Quarantine and Infectious Diseases in Kermanshahan: From the Time of Nasereddin Shah till the End of the Qajar Dynasty

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

1 PhD in History of Iran after Islam, Payam Noor University, Kermanshah, Iran

2 Assistant Professor, Department of History, Payam Noor University, Kermanshah, Iran

Abstract

Purpose: Quarantine was an important and modern way of preventing the spread of the diseases, that formed a new paradigm in healthcare of Iran in the Qajar dynasty. Due to the pilgrimages and the trades between Iran and Arab Iraq in the Ottoman Empire, a large number of people such as Pilgrims, merchants, and travelers traversed the roads of Kermanshah and played a major role in spreading out infectious diseases/epidemic in the region. In order to prevent epidemic, Iran and Iraq tried to keep the region in quarantine. The purpose of this research is to identify the importance of Kerrnanshan Quarantine in preventing epidemic.
 
Method and Research Design: Archival records and library resources were studied and analyzed using historical method in a descriptive and analytical way.

Results and conclusion: The results show that keeping the roads of Kermanshah in quarantine did not play a significant role in preventing of epidemic due to the following reasons: the ranking officials and influential people broke the quarantine; failure to allocate sufficient budget funds for quarantine; profiteer officials that received bribe from merchants; pilgrims and the caravans that were carrying the corpses.

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  • Receive Date: 24 December 2022
  • Revise Date: 27 December 2022
  • Accept Date: 20 February 2023

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