A Short Survey and Critical Review of the Paper “Quarantines of Iran in the End of Ghajar and the Beginning of Pahlavi Era”

Aliyeh Jahanian; Amir Aghayali; Jamal Rezaei Orimi

doi:10.18502/ijme.v16i15.15951

Aliyeh Jahanian Master of History and Civilization of Islamic Nations, Faculty of Theology, Islamic Azad University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran.
Amir Aghayali PhD Graduate in Local History, Department of History, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran.
Jamal Rezaei Orimi Master of History of Medical Sciences, Department of Persian Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.18502/ijme.v16i15.15951

Keywords: Quarantine, Communicable diseases, Qajar period, History of Medicine.

Abstract

Quarantine has a long history in Iran. The spread of epidemic diseases led to the creation of quarantine establishments in Iran. During the Qajar period, quarantine was taken into consideration, and at the end of the 19^th century, quarantine establishments were developed in the borders of Iran. Accordingly, in recent years, much research has been conducted on quarantine. The present study aimed to introduce and criticize the paper entitled, “Quarantines of Iran in the End of Ghajar and the Beginning of Pahlavi Era” by Kasiri and Dehghannejad. This analytical-critical study was conducted using library resources to introduce and evaluate the aforementioned paper. The text of the article is coherent and integrated and indicates the authors’ efforts to identify the problems and obstacles to implementing quarantine in Iran. Concerning the structure of the article, there are instances of inappropriate referencing, writing errors, and ambiguity in the scope and limits. Moreover, the failure to mention the effects of World War I on the severity of communicable diseases and quarantine and the vagueness of the prevalence of infectious diseases can be among the criticisms of the content and methodology. Although the abovementioned paper could present a new approach to the history of Quarantine in Iran in the Qajar and Pahlavi eras for the scholars of the history of medicine, it suffers from several structural, content, and methodological flaws. Therefore, given the importance of criticism in scientific studies and according to the analysis of this paper, the results could help enhance the quality of studies and scientific productions in this field.