Acknowledgments
I would like to thank Dr. M.L.M. van Berkel (Maaike), Professor, Department of History, Art History, and Classics at Radboud Institute for Culture and History at Radboud University, and Dr. Gabrielle van den Berg, Professor Cultural History of Iran and Central Asia at Leiden University, for all of the assistance they have given in support of this research from the beginning as well as for their feedback and comments, which significantly improved this study. The Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO), which provided the financing for this research, is also to be thanked.