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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.

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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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