Coll 28/77 ‘Persia. Foreign medical practitioners in Persia.’

Title:

Coll 28/77 ‘Persia. Foreign medical practitioners in Persia.’

Date:

1933/1942

Description:

Abstract: Correspondence and papers relating to the Persian Government’s regulation of foreign medical practitioners working in Persia [Iran]. The file contains: correspondence sent by HM’s Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at Tehran to the Foreign Office in London, reporting on the new laws and regulations; correspondence between HM’s Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at Tehran, and Persian Government officials over the implementation of the regulations; and circulars sent by HM’s Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to British consular officers in Persia, with instructions for the implementation of the new regulations.The correspondence covers: the conditions under which foreign practitioners could work in Persia; institutions whose medical diplomas the Persian Government recognised (an official list of international medical schools and faculties can be found at folios 121-122); the rights of foreign doctors to use the title Doctor; a request made by the British Government to the Iranian Government that Lieutenant-Colonel John Clark Pyper, Medical Officer and ex-officioVice-Consul at Zabul, be permitted to practice medicine.The file also includes a printed booklet entitled ‘Statements comparing the Expenditure incurred by the Government of India on Diplomatic and Consular Services in Persia in the year 1932-1933 with that in the previous year’, published by the Government of India Press in 1934 (ff 80-94).The file includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 166; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 2-166; these numbers are also written in pencil and circled.

Language:

English

Type:

Archival file

Type (Narrower):

Other Texts

Type (Broader):

Text

Subject:

Medical legislation
Medical personnel
Migrant workers
Government policy
Government of Iran, Pahlavi dynasty

Rights:

المُلكية العامة

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100000000648.0x000025_ar
81055/vdc_100000000648.0x000025_en
IOR/L/PS/12/3481
IOR/L/PS/12/3481

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