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Authored Books

Waghmar, Burzine and Chaghatai, M. Ikram (2005) Bibliography of the works of the Scholar-Hermit Prof. Dr. Annemarie Schimmel from 1943 through 2003. Lahore: Iqbal Academy. (Iqbal Academy Brochure Series)

Edited Book or Journal Volume

Waghmar, Burzine, ed. (2004) The Empire of the Great Mughals: History, Art Culture. London: Reaktion Books.

Book Chapters

Waghmar, Burzine (2020) 'Settled rather than saddled Scythians: the easternmost Sakas.' In: Pankova, Svetlana and Simpson, St John, (eds.), Masters of the Steppe: the Impact of the Scythians and Later Nomad Societies of Eurasia. Proceedings of a conference held at the British Museum, 27-29 October 2017. Oxford: Archaeopress, pp. 639-649.

Waghmar, Burzine (2020) 'Between Hind and Hellas: the Bactrian Bridgehead (with an Appendix on Indo-Hellenic interactions).' In: Seshan, Radhika, (ed.), Indo-Hellenic Cultural Transactions: Proceedings of the Seminar on Indo-Hellenic Cultural Transactions, K R Cama Oriental Institute, Mumbai, 19-20 January, 2013. Mumbai: K. R. Cama Oriental Institute, pp. 187-228.

Waghmar, Burzine (2018) 'Annemarie Schimmel v: Bibliography.' In: Yarshater, Ehsan, (ed.), Encyclopædia Iranica. New York: Encyclopædia Iranica Foundation.

Waghmar, Burzine (2018) 'Annemarie Schimmel iv: Works on Iqbal and Indo-Muslim Studies.' In: Yarshater, Ehsan, (ed.), Encyclopædia Iranica. New York: Encyclopædia Iranica Foundation.

Waghmar, Burzine (2016) 'Repressing Pakistan: Oppressed Balochistan, Suppressed Sovereignty.' In: Faces of Oppression: Human Rights Violations in Balochistan. The Hague: Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO), pp. 13-22.

Waghmar, Burzine (2016) 'An Annotated Micro-history and Bibliography of the Houghton Shahnama.' In: Sharma, Sunil and Waghmar, Burzine, (eds.), Firdawsii Millennium Indicum: Proceedings of the Shahnama Millenary Seminar, K R Cama Oriental Institute, Mumbai, 8-9 January, 2011. Mumbai: K. R. Cama Oriental Institute, pp. 144-180.

Waghmar, Burzine and Sharma, Sunil (2016) 'Firdawsi: a Scholium.' In: Sharma, Sunil and Waghmar, Burzine, (eds.), Firdawsii Millennium Indicum: Proceedings of the Shahnama Millenary Seminar, K R Cama Oriental Institute, Mumbai, 8-9 January, 2011. Mumbai: K. R. Cama Oriental Institute, pp. 7-18.

Waghmar, Burzine (2016) 'Iridescent Iran: Persian palimpsest, Mazdean mosaic.' In: Cama, Shernaz, (ed.), Threads of Continuity: Zoroastrian Life and Culture. New Delhi: Parzor Foundation, pp. 215-224.

Waghmar, Burzine (2015) 'Burning Balochistan: Bombay Blowback and Pakistani Perfidy.' In: Petkovic, Iva, (ed.), Buried Human Rights, Global Geopolitics and Regional Repercussions; Balochistan in the Shadows. The Hague, The Netherlands: Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO), pp. 28-44.

Waghmar, Burzine (2014) 'Beleaguered Balochs: Muslim Republics Murdering Muslim Minorities.' In: Human Rights, Regional Security and Perspectives for Balochistan and Pakistan Post-2014. The Hague, The Netherlands: Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO), pp. 18-22.

Waghmar, Burzine (2013) 'Yet another Stan? Talibanisation and Islamic Radicalism in Balochistan and Southwest Asia.' In: Conference Report: What Future for Balochistan? Global and Regional Challenges. The Hague, The Netherlands: Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO), pp. 25-27.

Waghmar, Burzine (2013) 'Ann Katharine Swynford Lambton [Nancy] (1912-2008).' In: Goldman, Lawrence, (ed.), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography 2005-2008. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 674-675. (Supplementary Volume)

Waghmar, Burzine (2011) 'Islamic rule in Iran and Central Asia, 650-1000 CE.' In: Bisson, Wilfred J., (ed.), World History Encyclopedia. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, pp. 296-299. (World History Encyclopedia, Era 4: Expanding Regional Civilizations 300-1000, vol. 7)

Waghmar, Burzine (2010) 'Dinshah Dorabji Kapadia.' In: Yarshater, Ehsan, (ed.), Encyclopædia Iranica, vol. XV. New York: Encyclopædia Iranica Foundation, p. 521.

Waghmar, Burzine (2010) 'Preliminary Remarks on Bactrian Diplomatics.' In: Macuch, Maria, Weber, Dieter and Durkin-Meisterernst, Desmond, (eds.), Ancient and Middle Iranian Studies: Proceedings of the 6th European Conference of Iranian Studies, held in Vienna, 18-22 September 2007. Wiesbaden: Harrasowitz Verlag, pp. 245-254. (Iranica 19)

Waghmar, Burzine (2009) 'Gujarati.' In: Brown, Keith and Ogilvie, Sarah, (eds.), Concise Encyclopedia of the Languages of the World. Oxford: Elsevier, pp. 468-469. (Concise Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics)

Waghmar, Burzine and Young, Ruth (2008) 'Central Asia 500 BC-AD 600.' In: Onians, John, (ed.), The Art Atlas. London: Laurence King, pp. 82-83.

Waghmar, Burzine (2006) 'Gujarati.' In: Brown, Keith, (ed.), Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics , 2nd ed. Oxford: Elsevier, pp. 173-174.

Waghmar, Burzine (2005) 'Annemarie Schimmel and Indo-Pakistan Studies.' In: Durrani, Saeed, (ed.), Remembering the Scholar-Hermit: Proceedings of the Annemarie Schimmel Commemorative Seminar. Lahore: Iqbal Academy, pp. 67-72. (Iqbal Academy Brochure Series, no.26)

Waghmar, Burzine and Young, Ruth (2004) 'Central Asia 500 BC-AD 600.' In: Onians, John, (ed.), Atlas of World Art. London: Laurence King, pp. 82-83.

Waghmar, Burzine (2001) 'A Note on Parsi Islamology.' In: Modi, Homai N., (ed.), Third International Congress Proceedings: K. R. Cama Oriental Institute. Bombay: K. R. Cama Oriental Institute, pp. 252-258.

Journal Article

Waghmar, Burzine (2015) 'Jinnah's Jews: a Jeremiad.' Studies on Israel, 5. pp. 213-235.

Waghmar, Burzine (2013) 'Complaisant Pakistanis, Condescending Persians: Orientalist Observations on Iran-Pakistan Relations.' Studies on Iran: Responses, Articles, 1. pp. 186-194.

Waghmar, Burzine (2010) 'The Idea of Iran: last of the Persian dynasties.' The Middle East in London, 6 (8). p. 14.

Waghmar, Burzine (2009) '"The Zoroastrian-Islamic rut": reflections on the scholarship of Zoroastrianism and Islam.' FEZANA, 23 (4). pp. 41-42.

Waghmar, Burzine (2009) 'The Idea of Iran: traditions and innovations in early Islamic Persia.' The Middle East in London, 5 (8). p. 19.

Waghmar, Burzine (2008) 'Professor Ann Lambton.' The Independent. p. 50.

Waghmar, Burzine (2008) 'The Idea of Iran: the Early Islamic Period.' The Middle East in London, 4 (8). p. 17.

Waghmar, Burzine (2005) 'Pakistan Studies: The State of the Craft.' Dawn (Books and Authors Supplement). p. 5.

Waghmar, Burzine (2003) 'Professor Annemarie Schimmel (April 7, 1922 to January 26, 2003).' Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, 13 (3). pp. 377-379.

Waghmar, Burzine (2003) 'Annemarie Schimmel.' The Guardian. p. 24.

Waghmar, Burzine (2002) 'Ilya Gershevitch (1914-2001).' Nāme-ye Irān-e Bāstān: The International Journal of Ancient Iranian Studies, 1 (2). ix-xii.

Waghmar, Burzine (2001) 'Afganistán: una historia milenaria.' CIAA Newsletter, 14. p. 34.

Waghmar, Burzine and Frye, Richard N. (2001) 'Bactrian History and Language: An Overview.' Journal of the K. R. Cama Oriental Institute, 64. pp. 40-48.

Waghmar, Burzine (2001) 'The Disintegration of Afghan Heritage.' CIAA Newsletter, 14. pp. 15-16.

Waghmar, Burzine (2001) 'Georg Morgenstierne and his Indo-Iranology.' CIAA Newsletter, 14. p. 22.

Waghmar, Burzine (2001) 'Inaugural Ehsan and Latifeh Yarshater Lectures at the Collège de France, Paris.' CIAA Newsletter, 14. pp. 20-21.

Waghmar, Burzine (2001) 'Inaugural Faridoon Zartoshty Memorial Lecture at SOAS.' CIAA Newsletter, 13. p. 20.

Waghmar, Burzine (2001) 'Iranica at SOAS: A Brief History.' FEZANA, 14 (3). pp. 25-27.

Waghmar, Burzine (2001) '‘Treasures of the Ark: 1700 Years of Armenian Christian Art’ The British Library, London, U.K.' CIAA Newsletter, 13. pp. 30-31.

Waghmar, Burzine (2000) 'SOAS Names Endowed Chair in Zoroastrian Studies.' SIS Newsletter, 30 (2). p. 7.

Waghmar, Burzine and Frye, Richard N. (1999) ''Zoroastrians in the Early Islamic Period,’ trans. of Richard Frye, ‘Zoroastrier in der frühislamischer Zeit,’ Der Islam, 40 (1965): 198-99.' Journal of the K. R. Cama Oriental Institute, 63. pp. 94-97.

Waghmar, Burzine (1998) 'Salmān Pāk: A Mōbed of Islam?' Ushta: A Zoroastrian Studies Publication, 19 (2). p. 6.

Waghmar, Burzine (1996) 'Al-Majūs: The Zoroastrians of the Qu’rān.' FEZANA, 9 (4). p. 17.

Conference or Workshop Items

Waghmar, Burzine (2013) Yet Another Stan? Talibanisation and Islamic Radicalism in Balochistan and Southwest Asia. In: Global and Regional Security Challenges in South Asia: What Future for Balochistan, 24 February 2013, The Royal Society, London.

Waghmar, Burzine (2011) 'A celebration of 25 centuries': Pahlavisants, Pakistanis and Parsis. In: Persepolis 40 Years on: International Conference on the Archaeology, History and Reception of Persepolis, October 14-16, 2011, The University of Edinburgh.

Waghmar, Burzine (2011) Iran extérieur and Serindia: daily transactions along the Borderlands. In: Borderlands: 84th South Asia Archive and Library Group Winter Conference, January 28, 2011, Royal Asiatic Society, London. (Unpublished)

Waghmar, Burzine (2010) Matthew's Midrashic Magi. In: Zoroastrianism in the Levant: Twenty-Eighth Conference, ARAM Society for Syro-Mesopotamian Studies, 5-7 July, 2010, Oriental Institute, University of Oxford. (Unpublished)

Waghmar, Burzine (2006) Bangladesh Workshop: Conflict Issues Group. In: Bangladesh Workshop: Conflict Issues Group, 30 March, 2006, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO), London. (Unpublished)

Waghmar, Burzine (2006) Bangladesh: Dynamic Stalemate (2005-15). In: Bangladesh: Issues of Political Stability and Islamic Radicalization, 23 February, 2006, Chatham House, London. (Unpublished)

Waghmar, Burzine (2005) Orientalist remarks on South Asian dhimmis. In: "Religious Revivalism and Political Extremism in Pakistan and Bangladesh", 16 December 2005, International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), London. (Unpublished)

Waghmar, Burzine (2005) Zoroastrian Orientalists of the 19th and 20th centuries. In: Eighth World Zoroastrian Congress 2005. London, 24 June - 1 July, 2005, Wembley Conference Centre. (Unpublished)

Waghmar, Burzine (2005) Annemarie Schimmel and Indo-Pakistan Studies. In: A Quest for the Sacred: Professor Annemarie Schimmel Commemorative Seminar, 9 October 2003, London.

Waghmar, Burzine (2004) Good and Evil: A Zoroastrian Perspective. In: Roshni Forum, 28 March, 2004, Indian YMCA, London. (Unpublished)

Waghmar, Burzine (2003) Annemarie Schimmel: Zindagani aur Ilmiyat [Annemarie Schimmel: Life and Scholarship]. In: SOAS Urdu Society, 31 May, 2003, SOAS. (Unpublished)

Waghmar, Burzine (2003) Tribute to Annemarie Schimmel. In: Mera Payam Aur: Symposium on the Poet of the East Sir Allama Iqbal (1877-1938), 24 May, 2003, St. Antony's College, University of Oxford. (Unpublished)

Waghmar, Burzine (2001) G. K. Nariman and Parsi Islamology. In: Third International Congress Proceedings: K. R. Cama Oriental Institute, 6-8 January 2000, Bombay.

Book Reviews

Waghmar, Burzine (2008) 'Review of Elena Ku'zmina, The Origin of the Indo-Iranians (Leiden and Boston, 2007) and E. E. Kuzmina, The Prehistory of the Silk Road, ed. V. Mair (Philadelphia, 2008).' Journal of Inner Asian Art and Archaeology, 3 . pp. 185-186.

Waghmar, Burzine (2007) 'Review of Shaul Shaked, Le satrape de Bactriane et son gouverneur: Documents araméens du IVe s. avant notre ère provenant de Bactriane (Paris, 2004).' Bulletin of the Asia Institute, 17 . pp. 190-192.

Waghmar, Burzine (2006) 'Review of Tahir Jahangir, A Travel Companion to the Northern Areas of Pakistan (Karachi, 2004).' South Asia Research, 26 (2). pp. 212-213.

Waghmar, Burzine (2005) 'Review of Annemarie Schimmel, Morgenland und Abendland: Mein west-östliches Leben (Munich, 2002).' Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, 15 (2). pp. 236-238.

Waghmar, Burzine (2005) 'Review of B. A. Litvinsky, ed. Vostochniĭ Turkestan v drevnosti i rannem srednevekov’e: Arkhitektura, Isskustvo, Kostyum (Moscow, 2000).' Bulletin of the Asia Institute [n.s.], 15 . pp. 205-206.

Waghmar, Burzine (2005) 'Review of Josef Wiesehöfer, Das Frühe Persien: Geschichte eines antiken Weltreichs (Munich, 1999) and Michael Witzel, Das Alte Indien (Munich, 2003).' Bulletin of the Asia Institute [n.s.], 15 . p. 203.

Waghmar, Burzine (2005) 'Review of Richard Foltz, Spirituality in the Land of the Noble: How Iran Shaped the World’s Religions (Oxford, 2004).' Iranian Studies, 38 (3). pp. 526-531.

Waghmar, Burzine (2004) 'Review of Bernard Lewis, What Went Wrong? Western Impact and Middle East Response (London and New York, 2001) and idem, The Crisis of Islam: Holy War and Unholy Terror (London and New York, 2003).' Millennium: Journal of International Studies, 32 (2). pp. 347-349.

Waghmar, Burzine (2004) 'Review of Pierre Briant, From Cyrus to Alexander: A History of the Persian Empire, tr. Peter Daniels (Winona Lake IN, 2002).' CIAA Newsletter, 20 . pp. 51-52.

Waghmar, Burzine (2004) 'Review of Richard Hovannisian and Georges Sabagh, eds. The Persian Presence in the Islamic World (Cambridge, 1999).' Journal of Near Eastern Studies, 63 (2). pp. 121-122.

Waghmar, Burzine (2003) 'Review of D. D. Kosambi, Combined Methods in Indology and Other Writings, comp., ed. and introd. B. Chattopadhyaya (New Delhi, 2002).' CIAA Newsletter, 18 . pp. 79-80.

Waghmar, Burzine (2000) 'Review of Richard Foltz, Religions of the Silk Road: Overland Trade and Cultural Exchange from Antiquity to the Fifteenth Century (London and New York, 1999).' CIAA Newsletter (11). pp. 37-39.

Waghmar, Burzine (2000) 'Review of Richard Frye, The Heritage Of Central Asia: From Antiquity to the Turkish Expansion (Princeton 1996, repr. 1998).' Bulletin of the Asia Institute [n.s.], 11 . p. 210.

Waghmar, Burzine (1999) 'Review of R. E. Emmerick and P. O. Skjærvø, eds. Studies in the Vocabulary of Khotanese III (Vienna, 1997).' CIAA Newsletter (9). pp. 48-49.

Waghmar, Burzine (1999) 'Review of A. D. H. Bivar, The Personalities of Mithra in Archaeology and Literature, Biennial Yarshater Lecture Series 1 (New York, 1998).' CIAA Newsletter, 10 . pp. 38-39.

Waghmar, Burzine (1999) 'Review of Bernard Lewis, The Middle East: A Brief History of the Last 2,000 Years (London and New York 1995, repr. 1997).' Archív Orientální, 67 . pp. 425-426.

Waghmar, Burzine (1999) 'Review of Courtesy and Survival in Pashto and Dari: One hundred words of basic Pashto and Dari. London: Central Asian Studies, SOAS [1990].' CIAA Newsletter, 9 . pp. 46-47.

Waghmar, Burzine (1999) 'Review of Judith Josephson, The Pahlavi Translation Technique as Illustrated by Hōm Yašt (Uppsala, 1997).' Iranian Studies, 32 (3). pp. 417-418.

Waghmar, Burzine (1998) 'Review of Nicholas Sims-Williams and Shirin Akiner, eds. Languages and Scripts of Central Asia (London, 1997).' CIAA Newsletter (6). p. 29.

Waghmar, Burzine (1998) 'Review of Nicholas Sims-Williams, ed. 'Proceedings of the Third European Conference of Iranian Studies (Pt. 1 Old and Middle Iranian Studies)'.' CIAA Newsletter, 8 . pp. 40-41.

Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs

Waghmar, Burzine (2022) Elective Affinities: Iran, India and China’s Responses to the Ukraine War. RUSI Commentary [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Theses

Waghmar, Burzine (1996) The Vice-Regency of the Jurisconsult: Sacred Politics in the Islamic Republic of Iran. Masters dissertation. Boston University.

Films

Waghmar, Burzine and Jellinek, Richard (2007) Learn Gujarati at SOAS. . Available from http://www.soas.ac.uk/languagecentre/languages/guj....

Other

Waghmar, Burzine (2017) 'Bombay chai: cheerless cuppa for Kashmiris.' Amsterdam: The European Foundation for South Asian Studies (EFSAS).

Waghmar, Burzine (2010) 'Jašn-e jahānī-ye Norūz [The World Nowrouz Festivities, Sa‘dabad Palace, Teheran, Saturday, 27 March 2010 (live coverage)].' Iran Today programme, Press TV.