A Social History of Sexual Relations in Iran (Second Edition)
Author: Willem Floor
After many years since the first edition of A Social History of Sexual Relations in Iran was published, Ferdosi Publishing received requests for a reprint. This provided an opportunity for a thorough revision of the book. In the second edition, in addition to a formal editorial revision, both the translation and even the original English text were reviewed. Through correspondence with the author (Willem Floor), six references to Quranic verses were corrected. Furthermore, the editor added notes at the end of sections, some of which questioned certain references made by the author. In addition, in this edition the transcription of names of individuals, places, and certain Persian, Arabic, and Turkish terms was compared with the original texts and corrected where necessary. Footnotes, which in the first edition had been moved to the end of the book, were restored to their original position at the bottom of the pages in accordance with the English text. Some footnotes that had originally appeared in English were translated into Persian.