Badri Teymourtash
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Badri Teymourtash is considered the first female Iran
ian doctor. Born to an influential Iranian family in 1911, and the sister of Iran's second most powerful political personality during the early Pahlavi Dynasty
, Abdolhossein Teymourtāsh, she was sent to Belgium
in the late 1920s and enrolled in Dental School.
Upon graduating from Dental School, she is believed to have considered moving to the Belgian Congo
to undertake humanitarian work. However, Abdolhossein Teymourtash's fall from grace in 1932 prompted her to return to Iran where along with Teymourtash's wife and children she endured eight years of house arrest and exile to the family's farflung estates in Khorasan. After Reza Shah's abdication in 1941, pursuant to a general amnesty, all political prisoners were released, and Badri Teymourtash moved to Mashad where she pursued dentistry.
In the 1960s she assisted in founding Mashad University's School of Dentistry. During the 1980s the library at Mashad University's School of Dentistry was renamed in her honour.
Iran
Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...
ian doctor. Born to an influential Iranian family in 1911, and the sister of Iran's second most powerful political personality during the early Pahlavi Dynasty
Pahlavi dynasty
The Pahlavi dynasty consisted of two Iranian/Persian monarchs, father and son Reza Shah Pahlavi and Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi The Pahlavi dynasty consisted of two Iranian/Persian monarchs, father and son Reza Shah Pahlavi (reg. 1925–1941) and Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi The Pahlavi dynasty ...
, Abdolhossein Teymourtāsh, she was sent to Belgium
Belgium
Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...
in the late 1920s and enrolled in Dental School.
Upon graduating from Dental School, she is believed to have considered moving to the Belgian Congo
Belgian Congo
The Belgian Congo was the formal title of present-day Democratic Republic of the Congo between King Leopold II's formal relinquishment of his personal control over the state to Belgium on 15 November 1908, and Congolese independence on 30 June 1960.-Congo Free State, 1884–1908:Until the latter...
to undertake humanitarian work. However, Abdolhossein Teymourtash's fall from grace in 1932 prompted her to return to Iran where along with Teymourtash's wife and children she endured eight years of house arrest and exile to the family's farflung estates in Khorasan. After Reza Shah's abdication in 1941, pursuant to a general amnesty, all political prisoners were released, and Badri Teymourtash moved to Mashad where she pursued dentistry.
In the 1960s she assisted in founding Mashad University's School of Dentistry. During the 1980s the library at Mashad University's School of Dentistry was renamed in her honour.