Willem Marius Floor (born 1942) is a Dutch historian, writer, and Iranologist.
[5] As an independent scholar, Willem Floor has published numerous works of history as well as translations.
Floor is an Iranologist and is widely known for his numerous books on the country's history and literature.
It all depends on the circumstances and I don’t think it is helpful to contribute to the proliferation of stereotypes of people.
Just take them as they are and work with that and you will be surprised to learn that what is considered ‘best and worst’ was based on lack of understanding and empathy.
My books are first and foremost written for myself, because they are the result of my attempt to find out what I can learn about a subject that may just be a term to me.
I have written books that initially I intended to be an article, because when I begin my research and start writing I have no pre-set ideas where I want to end up.
Samuel Gottlieb Gmelin’s Travels Through Northern Persia 1770–1774[22] Abbas Qoli Aqa Bakikhanov’s The Heavenly Rose-Garden: A History of Shirvan & Daghestan[38] Evliya Chelebi’s Travels in Iran and the Caucasus, 1647 and 1654[39] Hamideh Khanum Javanshir's Awake: A Moslem Woman’s Rare Memoir of Her Life and Partnership with the Editor of Molla Nasreddin, the Most Influential Satirical Journal of the Caucasus and Iran, 1907–1931 Engelbert Kaempfer's Exotic Attractions in Persia, 1684–1688: Travels & Observations[40]