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:: Volume 1, Issue 58 (summer 2025) ::
islamhistory 2025, 1(58): 108-112 Back to browse issues page
The Social Status and Scientific Legacy of the Khosravi Family in Hamadan
Behrouz Shourcheh , Reza Karami *
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The Khosravi family, one of the scholarly and religious families residing in Hamadan, played a pivotal role in linking religious knowledge with traditional medicine. This study was conducted to examine the continuity of the family's dual identity as physician-clerics and to explain the mechanisms through which they preserved their scientific and social authority during the transition to modern medicine. The principal research question concerns how this family maintained its position in both the religious and medical spheres. It appears that the intergenerational transmission of knowledge within the family, adaptation to emerging institutional structures, and the combination of religious credibility with scientific competence to strengthen public trust were instrumental in preserving the family's religious and scholarly status. This research employs a qualitative approach based on medical texts, family documents, oral interviews, and archival sources. The findings indicate that the family's authority endured through knowledge transmission, institutional legitimization, and social trust derived from the integration of religious heritage and medical expertise. This pattern reflects a constructive interaction between tradition and modernity in Iran.
Keywords: History of Medicine in Hamadan, Physician, Khosravi Family, Religion and Healing, Traditional Medicine
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Type of Study: Applicable | Subject: Special
Received: 2025/04/8 | Accepted: 2025/06/14
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Shourcheh B, Karami R. The Social Status and Scientific Legacy of the Khosravi Family in Hamadan. islamhistory 2025; 1 (58) :108-112
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