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Christopher Shackle
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Dates of existence
4 March 1942 -
History
Christopher Shackle was educated at Haileybury and Imperial Service College, before reading Persian and Turkish at Merton College, Oxford, graduating in 1963. He then went on to study Social Anthropology as a postgraduate at St Antony's College. He joined the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, in1966, becoming a Professor in 1985, Head of Department from 1983-1987 and Pro-Director of SOAS from1997-2003.
He is expert in the Saraiki language and has written several books on Saraiki literature.