Hakim Syed Zillur Rahman

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Hakim Syed Zillur Rahman
Born (1940-07-01) 1 July 1940 (age 83)
NationalityIndian
CitizenshipIndian
Alma materAligarh Muslim University, Darul-uloom Nadwatul Ulama
Known forUnani medicine & History of medicine
SpouseAhmadi Begum (1940-2022)

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, 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]

Career

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]

Bibliography

His books include:[5]

Library

  • 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 35,000 printed books, 1500 manuscripts",[12][13]

Awards and honours

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.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Honorary Treasurer". Aligarh Muslim University. 2018. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
  2. ^ "Padma Awards" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 October 2015. Retrieved July 21, 2015.
  3. ^ "Brief Biography". Germany.
  4. ^ "Biography" (PDF). International Institute of Islamic Medicine, USA.
  5. ^ "List of Books". Open Library.
  6. ^ Hakim Syed Zillur Rahman (1962), Daur-e Jadeed aur Tib, Bhopal, India: Tibbi Academy, India, OL 25279210M
  7. ^ Hakim Syed Zillur Rahman (2008) [1983], Ḥayāt-i Karam Ḥusain (revised second ed.), ʻAlīgaṛh: [s.n.], OL 3006896M
  8. ^ Commentaries, Sources and Editions of The Canon of Medicine. Ibn Sina Academy of Medieval Medicine & Sciences. 1986. OL 1374509M. {{cite book}}: External link in |publisher= (help)
  9. ^ "Dilli aur Tibb-e Unani". Urdu Academy, Govt. of NCT, Delhi. Archived from the original on 16 February 2010. Retrieved 17 March 2010.
  10. ^ "Visit of Ibn Sina Academy" (PDF). S. Moinuddin Alvi, Aligarh.[dead link]
  11. ^ "Zillur Rahman Library, India". United States National Library of Medicine, National Institute of Health. Archived from the original on 3 July 2013. Retrieved 3 May 2010.
  12. ^ "Manuscripts Catalogues at Zillur Rahman Library". Microfilm Centre of India. Archived from the original on 14 July 2011.
  13. ^ "Manuscripts Libraries". Microfilm Centre of India. Archived from the original on 19 February 2010.
  14. ^ https://m.facebook.com/IAMMS.Aligarh/posts/2957303840973225[user-generated source]

Further reading

  • Bhopal ka Maya-i naz Sapoot: Padma Shri Hakim Syed Zillur Rahman, by Kausar Siddiqi (Bhopal), Karwan-e Adab, January – March 2011, p. 10 – 16.
  • Hakim Syed Zillur Rahman – Hayat wa Khidmat, Aik Jaiza, Swad-e Harf (First edition 2011), Authored by Dr. Mukhtar Shamim, Bhopal, p. 112 – 127.
  • Hakim Syed Zillur Rahman – Eik Mut'ala (A monograph) by Dr. Fakhre Alam, Ibn Sina Academy, Aligarh, 2010; ISBN 978-93-8061-003-0.
  • Hakim Syed Zillur Rahman – Hayat wa Khidmat (A voluminous biography), Ed. Dr. Hasan Abbas (Banaras Hindu University) & Dr. A. Latif (Aligarh Muslim University), Markaz Tahqiqat Farsi wa Urdu, Siwan (Bihar), 2005, page 604.
  • Muslims in India, Ed. Ratna Sahai, Ministry of External Affairs, Govt. of India, New Delhi.
  • Investiture Ceremony Brochure, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Dept. of Education, New Delhi, 10 August 1996.
  • Hakim Syed Zillur Rahman Ek Mumtaz aur Yagana Sifat Tibbi Shakhsiyat by Basheer Zafar, Asrar-i Hikmat, Special Number, Lahore, 1970.
  • Professor Hakim Syed Zillur Rahman, by Dr. Rais Ahmad Naumani, Qaumi Awaz, 4 December 1995, New Delhi and Rehnumi Sehat, Faisalabad, Pakistan, April 1998, pp. 9 – 15.
  • Hakim Syed Zillur Rahman – Shakhsiyat aur Fan by Hakim Shafqat Azmi, Rahnuma-i Sehat, Faisalabad, Pakistan, January 1998.
  • Mufakir wa Mohaqiq Tibb-i Unani – Professor Zillur Rahman ka Tarikhi Taruf by Hakim Mohd. Qasim Siddiqui, Sada-i Qasmi Procedures, Karachi, 1997.
  • My Days at Aligarh, Autobiography by Prof. M. N. Farooqui, Former vice-chancellor, AMU, Aligarh, 1995.
  • Hakim Syed Zillur Rahman ke Azeem Ilmi Karname by Mr. Farooq Nafey of Qaide Azam University, Islamabad, Tahzibul Akhlaq, Lahore, Pakistan, April 1997.
  • Special Brochure on the Title Ceremony, Sada-i Qasmi, Karachi, Pakistan, July 1997.
  • Souvenir, Hindustan Mein Tibbi Unani (Past, Present, Future), All India Unani Tibbi Conference, New Delhi, 1993.
  • Dastawaiz, Urdu Academy, Govt. of U.P., Lucknow, 1983.
  • Hakim Syed Zillur Rahman – Aik Ilmi Shakhsiyat by Prof. Nisar Ahmad Faruqui, Idrak, Gopalpur, Bakarganj, Siwan (Bihar), 213–216: No. 3, 2003
  • Hakim Syed Zillur Rahman – Aik Maya’ naz Shakhsiyat by Dr. Abdul Latif, Idrak, Gopalpur, Bakarganj, Siwan (Bihar), 217–222: No. 3, 2003
  • Hakim Syed Zillur Rahman Number, Idrak (5), Gopalpur, Bakarganj, Siwan (Bihar), 2005.
  • First "Professor Hakim Syed Zillur Rahman Oration" Delivered by Prof. Hakim Abdul Hannan, Dean, Faculty of Eastern Medicine, Hamdard University, Karachi, at International Integrative Medicine Conference, Karachi, Pakistan, 24–26 Nov. 2008
  • Tibb-e Unani main Urdu tarjume ki rawayat aur Hakim Syed Zillur Rahman – aik tanqeedi aur tajziati muttala by Hakim Fakhre Alam, Uni-Med – Kulliyat 2007, Vol 3, No. 1: 2–11
  • Aks Khama Hakim Syed Zillur Rahman by Hakim Fakhre Alam, Aligarh, 2008