Hajji Baba Afshar
Hadji Baba Afshar | |
|---|---|
| حاجیبابا افشار | |
| Born | Iran |
| Nationality | Iranian |
| Other names | Mirza Baba Afshar |
| Occupation | Medical Doctor |
Hadji Baba Afshar (افشار، حاجی بابا in Persian) was one of the first medical practitioners in Iran who studied modern medicine in Europe.
He was sent in 1226 AH/1811 CE together with a number of others to study medicine and chemistry in England at the expense of the crown prince and under the supervision of Sir Harford Jones-Brydges.
Although he stayed for eight years in England, he did not receive a degree. Upon return he was the court physician under Mohammad Shah Qajar.[1]
Hajji Baba may have been the inspiration for the best-selling novels, The Adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan (1824) and The Adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan in England (1828), written by James Justinian Morier.[2] According to Stuart, Ḥāǰǰī Bābā was extremely annoyed at Morier’s use of his name for the title of his novel The Adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan.[3]
References
- ^ Ḥ. Maḥbūbī Ardakānī. Afsar, Hajji Baba. p. 586. Retrieved 14 March 2014.
{{cite encyclopedia}}:|work=ignored (help) - ^ Green, N. (2015). The Love of Strangers: What Six Muslim Students Learned in Jane Austen's London. Princeton University Press.
- ^ "Journal of a residence in northern Persia and the adjacent provinces of Turkey". May 5, 1854 – via Internet Archive.
Sources
- Cronin, Stephanie, ed. (2013). Iranian-Russian Encounters: Empires and Revolutions since 1800. Routledge. ISBN 978-0415624336.