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Hakim Syed Zillur Rahman

Hakim Syed Zillur Rahman

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Hakim Syed Zillur Rahman
Hakim S. Zillur Rahman.jpg
Born1 July 1940 (age 80)
Bhopal, Bhopal State, British India
(now in Madhya Pradesh, India)
NationalityIndian
CitizenshipIndian
Alma materAligarh Muslim University, Darul-uloom Nadwatul Ulama
Known forUnani medicine & History of medicine
Spouse(s)Ahmadi Begum
ChildrenSafia Akhtar, Syed Ziaur Rahman, Soofia Akhtar, Asifa Haneefa
Parent(s)Hakim Syed Fazlur Rahman
Haneefa Khatoon
RelativesHakim Syed Karam Husain (Grand father)

Hakim Syed Zillur Rahman is an Indian scholar of Unani medicine. He founded Ibn Sina Academy of Medieval Medicine and Sciences in 2000. He had earlier served as Professor and chairman, Department of Ilmul Advia at the Ajmal Khan Tibbiya College, Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), Aligarh, for over 40 years before retiring as Dean Faculty of Unani Medicine. Presently, he is serving AMU as "Honorary Treasurer".[1] In 2006, the Government of India awarded him the Padma Shri for his contribution to Unani Medicine.[2]

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Biography[edit]

Early life and education[edit]

Rahman was born on 1 July 1940 in Bhopal, Bhopal State (now in Madhya Pradesh).[citation needed] His grandfather Hakim Syed Karam Husain, father Hakim Syed Fazlur Rahman and uncle Hakim Syed Atiqul Qadir were Unani physicians in Tijara / Bhopal.[citation needed]

Rahman studied at Darul-uloom Nadwatul Ulama in Lucknow and then at Ajmal Khan Tibbiya College, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh.[citation needed]

Career[edit]

Rahman started his career in 1961 as a Demonstrator at Ajmal Khan Tibbiya College, Aligarh Muslim University as a Demonstrator. He then became a Lecturer at Jamia Tibbiya, Delhi, where he became a Reader in 1973 and a Professor in 1983. He remained Chairman of the Department of Ilmul Advia for 18 years and Dean of the Faculty of Unani Medicine, Aligarh Muslim University.[3][4]

He helped to establish the Ibn Sina Tibbia College at Beenapara, Azamgarh, and laid the foundation stone on 25 January 1981.[citation needed]

He edited Al-Hikmat, a monthly Unani Literary Magazine, from 1965 to 1970.[citation needed]

Works[edit]

His scholarship analyses the history of medicine particularly of medicine in medieval Islam.[citation needed]

Bibliography[edit]

His books include:[5]

Library[edit]

  • He established a library and archive in the 1960s, which became part of the Shifa-al Mulk Hakim Abdul Latif Memorial Committee in 1970. After the establishment of Ibn Sina Academy of Medieval Medicine and Sciences[10] in 2000, this library (Hakim Zillur Rahman Library)[11] and museum (Hakim Karam Hussain Museum on History of Medicine & Science and Hakim Fazlur Rahman Museum on Arts, Culture & Orientalism) have now become a part of the academy. The library at present houses one of the most precious and valuable collection of 20,000 printed books, 500 manuscripts",[12][13] some rare books, microfilms, compact discs, a large number of periodicals and manuscript catalogues. Books in many languages like Arabic, Persian, Urdu, Sanskrit and English on a variety of subjects like History of Medicine and History of Science, Unani, Medieval medicine, Ilmul Advia (Pharmacology), Urdu Literature with special reference to Ghalib, Iqbal, Aligarh and Sir Syed Ahmad Khan are also extant in this library. In addition, there is a Publication Division under the Shifaul Mulk Hakim Abdul Latif Memorial Committee, Centre for Safety & Rational Use of Indian Systems of Medicine, Ibn Sina Shifakhana, AIDS Cell & Ghalib Study Centre.

Awards and honours[edit]

Rahman was appointed honorary visiting professor at Hamdard University in 1997 and have further been awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Letters at a graduation ceremony in 2013.

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