Dr Willem Floor studied development economics, non-western sociology, as well as Persian, Arabic, and Islamology from 1963-1967 at the University of Utrecht (the Netherlands). He received his doctoral degree from the University of Leiden in 1971. Since 1983, Dr Floor has been employed by the World Bank as an energy specialist. Throughout this time, he has published extensively on the socio-economic history of Iran.
INTRODUCTION xiWho Was Engelbert Kaempfer? xiWhy This Translation?
xvBOOK ONE - 1FOREWORD 4ONEConcerning the King of the Persians, the
Current Situation of the Kingdom
& the Nature of Government in General 9TWOThe Coronation of King
Soleyman 28THREEPortrait of King Soleyman 41FOURThe First Man of
the State, the E`temad al-Dowleh 55FIVEThe Military Commanders &
the Persian Army 62SIXThe Important Dignitaries of the Court, who
are Members of the
Royal Council 69SEVENThe Administrators of the Exchequer. Revenues
& Expenditures 77EIGHTThe Religious Chiefs - The Sacred Buildings
85NINEThe Workshops of the Royal Household. The Minor Officials of
the Court 101TENThe Principal Provincial & Urban Officials
112ELEVENThe Main Characteristics of the Court 119TWELVEThe
Exterior Splendor of The Court 135THIRTEENThe Royal Palaces &
Gardens 147FOURTEENThe Royal Harem 163FIFTEENThe Pageant of the
Royal Cavalcade 169SIXTEENThe Reception of Visitors by His Most
Serene, Generally Called Audience 177BOOK TWO - 201ONEAbsence of
Sinkholes in the Caspian Sea. The Bitterness of that Sea.
202TWOBaku, the Median Peninsula, Remarkable for its Marvelous
Natural Phenomena 209THREEThe Horned Tower of Isfahan, the Royal
City of the Persians 227FOURThe Monuments of the Plain of
Persepolis, the Rock Sculptures
Called Naqsh-e Rostam 236FIVEThe Ruins of the Palace of Istakhr or
Persepolis, Now Called Chehel Menar 258SIXThe Ancient Monuments in
the Plain of Sjubasar, the New Persepolis 278SEVENTombs of Sheikh
Khvajeh Hafez & Sheikh Sa`di Shirazi,
Famous Persian Poets 287EIGHTViticulture at Shiraz 295NINEThe
Noteworthy Places of Mount Benna, in the Province of Lar 302TENThe
Remains of the Deluge of Moses in Persia 334ELEVENThe Sabeans or
Christians of St. John the Baptist, near the Tigris
& in the lands of Persia 340BOOK THREE - 354ONEThe Scythian Lamb or
the Borometz Fruit 355TWOThe Electric ray of the Persian Gulf
359THREEMuminahi or Persian Mumia 365FOURThe Persian Dracunculus on
the Persian Gulf Littoral 372FIVEThe History of the Asafoetida of
Disgun 380[Chapters 6-14 don't concern Persia and therefore have
not been translated]FIFTEENقیف Qeif orکیف Keif, or the
Intoxicants of the Persians & Indians 392BOOK FOUR -
404ONEIntroduction to the History of the Palm Tree 405TWOGeneral
History of the Palm Tree 411THREEThe Cultivation of the Palm
420FOURBotanical Description of the Palm Tree 426FIVEHistory of the
Botanical Anatomy of the Palm Tree's Fruit 431SIXNatural & Economic
History of the Palm Tree, the Fertility of the
Female Palm & How to Handle Dates 441SEVENJourney to the Palm
Groves 449EIGHTThe Day's Journeys, Halting Places, Cisterns &
Lodgings near the
Palm Groves 457NINEThe Pastimes of the Travelers in the Palm Groves
465TENThe Threefold Use of the Palm Tree. End of Story 475 Select
Bibliography 489INDEX 491
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