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{{Short description|Indian scholar of Unani medicine (born 1940)}}
'''Hakim Syed Zillur Rahman''' is well known for his contribution to [[Unani]]. He founded of Ibn Sina Academy of Medieval Medicine & Sciences in 2000. He has earlier served as professor and Chairman Department of Ilmul Advia at the Hakim Ajmal Khan Tibbiya College, [[Aligarh]], for over 40 years before retiring as dean faculty of Unani Medicine.
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'''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. After his retirement, he began serving AMU as "Honorary Treasurer".<ref name="Honorary Treasurer">{{cite web |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/agra/amu-court-elects-chancellor-pro-chancellor-and-treasurer/articleshow/66910186.cms|title=Honorary Treasurer |publisher=Aligarh Muslim University|date=2018 |access-date=6 December 2018 }}</ref> In 2006, the [[Government of India]] awarded him the [[Padma Shri]] for his contribution to Unani medicine.<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web |url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Awards |publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India |date=2015 |access-date=21 July 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015193758/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archive-date=15 October 2015 |df=dmy }}</ref>
Author of 45 books and several papers on different aspects of Unani, he also owns one of the largest collection of books on Unani Medicine in the world.


== Career ==
The [[Government of India]] conferred him with [[Padma Shri]] award in 2006 for his contribution in the field of medicine.
Rahman started his career in 1961 as a Demonstrator at Ajmal Khan Tibbiya College, [[Aligarh Muslim University]]. 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]].<ref>{{cite web
| url = http://www.culturelife.de/html/referenten/Rahman_bio_d.html
| title = Brief Biography
| publisher = Germany
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| url = http://www.iiim.org/Files/Advisors%20of%20IIIM/Dr.Hakim_Syed_Bio.pdf
| title = Biography
| publisher = International Institute of Islamic Medicine, USA.
}}</ref>


==Bibliography==
Author of 72 books, some of them are listed below:
His books include:'''<ref>{{cite web | url = https://openlibrary.org/a/OL11697A/Hakim_Syed_Zillur_Rahman | title = List of Books| publisher = Open Library}}</ref>'''


* ''Daur Jadeed Aur Tibb'', 1963.<ref>{{Citation |publisher = Tibbi Academy, India |location = Bhopal, India |author = Hakim Syed Zillur Rahman |title = Daur-e Jadeed aur Tib |date = 1962|ol = 25279210M }}</ref> (Book in [[Urdu language|Urdu]] on [[Modern history|Modern times]] and [[Unani medicine]])
==Biography==
* ''Tarikh llm Tashrih'', 1967. (Book in [[Urdu language|Urdu]] on [[History of anatomy]])
* ''Ilmul Amraz'', 1969. (Based on [[Avicenna]]'s tract on [[Pathology]] in [[Urdu language|Urdu]])
* ''Resalah Judia'', 1971. (Based on [[Avicenna]]'s tested [[Linguistic prescription|Prescription]]s in [[Urdu language|Urdu]])
* ''Tajdeed Tibb'', 1972. (Book in [[Urdu language|Urdu]] on [[Unani medicine]])
* ''Bayaz Waheedi'', 1974. (Book in [[Urdu language|Urdu]] on [[Linguistic prescription|Prescription]]s and [[formulations]] by Hakim Abdul Waheed)
* ''Matab Murtaish'', 1976. (Book in [[Urdu language|Urdu]] on [[Unani]] [[Formulary (model documents)|Formularies]] used by [[Hakim Abdul Aziz|Azizi Family]] of [[Lucknow]])
* ''Tazkerah Khandan Azizi'', 1978. (Book in [[Urdu language|Urdu]] on History of Azizi Family of [[Unani medicine]])
* ''Kitabul Murakkabat'', 1980. (Book in [[Urdu language|Urdu]] on [[Pharmaceutical formulation]] of [[Unani medicine]])
* ''Safvi Ahad Main Ilm Tashreeh Ka Mutala'', 1983. (Book in [[Urdu language|Urdu]] on Studies of [[History of anatomy]] during [[Safavid dynasty]])
* ''Hayat Karam Hussain'', 1983.<ref>{{Citation|publisher = [s.n.]|location = ʻAlīgaṛh| author = Hakim Syed Zillur Rahman|title = Ḥayāt-i Karam Ḥusain |orig-year = 1983|edition= revised second |year= 2008|ol = 3006896M}}</ref> (Biography of [[Hakim Syed Karam Husain]] in [[Urdu]])
* ''The Azizi Family of Physicians'', 1983. (Book in English on Azizi Family of [[Unani medicine]])
* ''Aligarh Key Tibbi Makhtootat'', 1984. (Book in [[Urdu language|Urdu]] on Manuscripts of [[Unani medicine]] extant in [[Aligarh]])
* ''Qanoon lbn Sina Aur Uskey Shareheen wa Mutarjemeen'', 1986.<ref>{{cite book | url = https://openlibrary.org/b/OL1374509M/Qānūn-i_ibn-i_Sīnā_aur_us_ke_shārḥīn_va_mutarajimīn | title = Commentaries, Sources and Editions of The Canon of Medicine | year = 1986 | publisher = Ibn Sina Academy of Medieval Medicine & Sciences| ol = 1374509M }}</ref> (Based on references and translations of the works of [[Ibn Sina]] in [[Urdu]])
* ''Risalah Nabidh'' (Edited with Facsimile), 1986. (Book in [[Urdu language|Urdu]] and [[Arabic language|Arabic]] on [[Nabidh]] by [[Qusta ibn Luqa]])
* ''Tibb Firoz Shahi'', 1990. (Book in [[Urdu language|Urdu]] on [[Unani medicine]] during [[Firuz Shah Tughlaq]])
* ''Research in Ilmul Advia'', 1990. (Book in English on Research in [[Unani]] [[Pharmacology]])
* ''Risalah Atrilal'', 1993. (Book in [[Arabic language|Arabic]] on Treatise on [[Ammi majus]] Linn)
* ''Studies in Ilmul Advia'', 1994. (Book in English on Studies on [[Unani]] [[Pharmacology]])
* ''Dilli aur Tibb Unani'', 1995.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.delhi.gov.in/wps/wcm/connect/doit_art/Art+Culture+and+Language/Home/Urdu+Academy/Publication | title = Dilli aur Tibb-e Unani | publisher = Urdu Academy, Govt. of NCT, Delhi | access-date = 17 March 2010 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100216184140/http://www.delhi.gov.in/wps/wcm/connect/doit_art/Art+Culture+and+Language/Home/Urdu+Academy/Publication | archive-date = 16 February 2010 | url-status = dead | df = dmy-all }}</ref> (Book in [[Urdu language|Urdu]] on History of [[Unani medicine]] in [[Delhi]])
* ''AI-Advia al-Qalbia'', 1996. (Book in [[Urdu language|Urdu]] on [[Avicenna]]'s treatise on [[Cardiac]] [[drugs]])
* ''Iran Nama'', 1998. ([[Iran]] [[Travel literature|Travelogue]] / [[Travel journal]] in [[Urdu language|Urdu]])
* ''Tibbi Taqdame'', 2001. (Based on [[Prefaces]] written for many books of other [[Unani]] scholars in [[Urdu language|Urdu]])
* ''Aina-e Tarikh Tibb'', 2001. (Based on chapters written on History of [[Unani medicine]] in [[Urdu language|Urdu]])
* ''Asmaul Advia'', 2002 (Based on Names of [[Pharmaceutics]] in [[Unani medicine]] in [[Urdu language|Urdu]])
* ''Maqalat Shifaul Mulk Hakim Abdul Latif'', 2002 (Based on [[Unani]] [[Article (publishing)|articles]] written by Shifaul Mulk Hakim Abdul Latif in [[Urdu language|Urdu]])
* ''Hakim Ajmal Khan'', 2004 (Biography of [[Hakim Ajmal Khan]] in [[Urdu language|Urdu]] and [[Hindi language|Hindi]])
* ''Persian Translation of Qanun Ibn Sina aur uskey Shirehin wa Mutarjamin'', 2004 (Based on references and translations of the works of [[Ibn Sina]] in [[Persian language|Persian]])
* ''Safar Nama Bangladesh'', 2006 ([[Bangladesh]] [[Travel literature|Travelogue]] / [[Travel journal]] in [[Urdu language|Urdu]]
* ''Jawami Kitab Al-Nabd Al-Saghir by Galen'', 2007 (Based on [[Galen]]'s treatise on arterial and venous pulse in [[Urdu language|Urdu]] and [[Arabic language|Arabic]])
* ''Risalah Fi Auja Al Niqris by Qusta Ibn Luqa'', 2007 (Based on Al Niqris by [[Qusta ibn Luqa]] in [[Urdu language|Urdu]] and [[Arabic language|Arabic]])
* ''Ainul Hayat by Mohammad Ibn Yusuf Harawi'', 2007 (Based on [[Ageing]] and [[senile]] problems by [[Muhammad ibn Yusuf al-Harawi]] in [[Urdu language|Urdu]] and [[Arabic language|Arabic]])
* ''Rislah fil Nabidh'', 2007 (Based on Arabic translation by [[Qusta ibn Luqa]] on Treatise of [[Nabidh]] by [[Rufus of Ephesus]] in [[Urdu language|Urdu]] and [[Arabic language|Arabic]])
* ''Kitab al Anasir by Galen'', 2008 (Based on al Anasir by [[Galen]] in [[Urdu language|Urdu]] and [[Arabic language|Arabic]])
* ''Kitab Al Mizaj by Galen'', 2008 (Based on Theory of [[temperament]] and [[Four humours]] by [[Galen]] in [[Urdu language|Urdu]] and [[Arabic language|Arabic]])
* ''Kitab fi Firaq al Tibb by Galen'', 2008 (Based on a book fi al Firaq by [[Galen]] in [[Urdu language|Urdu]] and [[Arabic language|Arabic]])
* ''Tazkira Atibba-e-Asr'', 2010 (Biographies of [[Unani]] [[scholars]] of contemporary age in [[Urdu language|Urdu]])
* ''Post Graduate Education, Research Methodology and Manuscript Studies in Unani Medicine'', 2011 (Edited Book in English on [[Research methodology]] in [[Unani medicine]])
* ''Ross Masud'', 2011 (Book on the Biography of [[Ross Masood]] in [[Urdu language|Urdu]])
* ''Mîzân-i Harf'', 2012 (Book based on essays and chapters on the life of [[Syed Amin Ashraf]])
* ''Risala Khizab'', 2013 (Book based on [[Hair coloring]])
* ''Manzoom Tibbi Rasail'', 2013
* ''Shifaul Amraz'', 2015
* ''Dewan-e Ghalib'' (Based on [[Ghalib]]'s Poetry collection printed in 1863)
* Mujarrbat-e Karam Hussain, 2015 (Based on prescription of [[Hakim Syed Karam Husain]])
* ''Ibn Sina Yadgari Khutbat'', 2016
* ''Hakim Ahsanullah Khan'', 2017 (Book based on biography; prime minister of [[Bahadur Shah Zafar]])
* ''English Translation of Qanun Ibn Sina aur uskey Shirehin wa Mutarjamin'', 2012 Translator Zakaria Virk, Toronto, Canada
* ''English translation of Dilli aur Tibbey Unani - History of Greek Medicine in Dehli '', 2021 Translator Zakaria Virk, Toronto, Canada
* ''English translation of Hakim Ajmal Khan - Biography of Hakim Ajmal Khan'', 2023 translator Zakaria Virk, Toronto, Canada


==Library==
===Early life and education===
He was born on 1 July 1940, at [[Bhopal]], [[Madhya Pradesh]] in a family of learned scholars. He received his early education from [[Darul-uloom Nadwatul Ulama]] at [[Lucknow]] and later studied at [[Aligarh Muslim University]].


* 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]]<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.geocities.com/ibnsinaacademy/views-articles/moinalvi.pdf | title = Visit of Ibn Sina Academy | publisher = S. Moinuddin Alvi, Aligarh}}{{dead link|date=October 2010|bot=AnomieBOT}}</ref> in 2000, this library (Hakim Zillur Rahman Library)<ref>{{cite web | url = http://wwwcf.nlm.nih.gov/hmddirectory/directory/locations.cfm#CIndia | title = Zillur Rahman Library, India | publisher = [[United States National Library of Medicine]], [[National Institute of Health]] | access-date = 3 May 2010 | archive-date = 3 July 2013 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130703100327/http://wwwcf.nlm.nih.gov/hmddirectory/directory/locations.cfm#CIndia | url-status = dead }}</ref> 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 a collection of 35,000 printed books, 1500 [[manuscripts]],<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.noormicrofilmindia.com/zillure11.htm | title = Manuscripts Catalogues at Zillur Rahman Library | publisher = Microfilm Centre of India | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110714192945/http://www.noormicrofilmindia.com/zillure11.htm | archive-date = 14 July 2011 | df = dmy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.noormicrofilmindia.com/cata.htm | title = Manuscripts Libraries | publisher = Microfilm Centre of India | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100219192026/http://www.noormicrofilmindia.com/cata.htm | archive-date = 19 February 2010 | df = dmy-all }}</ref>
===Career===
He started his career from [[Ajmal Khan Tibbiya College]], [[Aligarh Muslim University]] as Demonstrator in 1961 and then Lecturer from Jamia Tibbiya, [[Delhi]], he was appointed reader in 1973 and professor in 1983. He remained chairman of the Ilmul Advia Department for 18 years and Dean of the Faculty of [[Unani]] [[Medicine]], [[Aligarh Muslim University]].


==Awards and honours==
Abdur 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.


* Ayurvedic and Tibbi Academy Award, [[Government of UP]], [[Lucknow]], 1968.
==Works==
* [[Urdu Academy, Uttar Pradesh|Urdu Academy]] Award, [[Government of UP]], [[Lucknow]], 1974.
His entire work concerns with [[history of medicine]] particularly of [[medieval medicine]] and [[medicine in medieval Islam]]. He is himself a diligent explorer of [[Unani]] [[Medicine]] for old [[Arabic]] and [[Persian]] [[manuscripts]].
* Urdu Academy Award, [[Government of UP]], [[Lucknow]], 1978.
* Urdu Academy Award, [[Government of UP]], [[Lucknow]], 1993.
* Certificate of honours for outstanding contribution to Persian Language, ([[President of India]] Award on Independence day, 15 August 1995).
* Short-term Consultant, [[World Health Organization]] to the South East Asia Region for development of [[Unani]] Medicine in Bangladesh, 1996.
* Shifaul Mulk [[Hakim Habibur Rahman]] Memorial Foundation Shield, [[Dhaka]], [[Bangladesh]], 1996.
* Visiting Professor, [[Hamdard University]], [[Karachi]], [[Pakistan]], 1997.
* lmtiaz-e Mir Award, All India Mir Academy, [[Lucknow]], 1997.
* Pakistan Tibbi Pharmaceutical Manufacture's Council, [[Pakistan]], 1997.
* Conferment of title: Reflective thinker and Researcher, ldara Sada-e-Qasmi, [[Karachi]], Pakistan, 1997.
* Urdu Academy Award, [[Government of UP]], [[Lucknow]], 1998.
* [[Hakim Said]] Memorial Lecture, Hamdard Foundation, [[Hamdard University]], [[Karachi]], 2004
* Institute of Alternative Medicine, [[Karachi]], Pakistan, 2004
* [[Padma Shri]] by [[Government of India]], 2006.
* [[Ibn Sina]] Award, All India Unani Tibbi Congress, 2009
* [[Maulana Azad]] National Award, Milli Educational Foundation & All India Urdu Educational Committee, 2009
* Felicitated by Azam Tibbia College, [[Hyderabad, Sindh]], [[Pakistan]], 2004; Punjab Tibbia College, [[Jhang]], [[Pakistan]], 1997; Ajmal Tibbia College, Rawalpindi, [[Pakistan]], 1997; AR Memorial Tibbia College, [[Lahore]], [[Pakistan]], 1997; Anjuman Himayat Islam Tibbia College, [[Lahore]] 1997, 2004 and 2008
* Hakim Ahmed Ashraf Memorial Global Award – Awarded in 2009, by Hakim Ahmed Ashraf Memorial Society (Regd.), [[Hyderabad, India|Hyderabad]].
* D.Litt. (honoris causa) Awarded by [[Hamdard University]], Karachi, Pakistan, 2013.
* [[Yash Bharti Award]], [[Government of Uttar Pradesh]], 2015
* Hakim Ahmed Ashraf Memorial lifetime achievement award,by Hakim Ahmed Ashraf Memorial society (Govt.Regd.)in 2016, Hyderabad Telangana.
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* Nawab [[Siddiq Hasan Khan]] Award, Madhya Pradesh Urdu Academy, [[Government of Madhya Pradesh]], 2018
* First Sheikh Zayed International Award for TCAM 2020 in the category of Unani Medicine<ref>https://m.facebook.com/IAMMS.Aligarh/posts/2957303840973225 {{User-generated source|certain=yes|date=March 2022}}</ref>


==See also==
==Selected bibliography==
* [[Galen#Sources|Sources of Galen' works]]
* [[Qusta ibn Luqa#Writings|Writings of Qusta ibn Luqa]]
* [[Avicennism#References|Works on Ibn Sina]]
* [[Rufus of Ephesus#Works|Works on Rufus of Ephesus]]
* [[Muhammad ibn Yusuf al-Harawi|Ain al-Hayat by Muhammad ibn Yusuf al-Harawi]]
* [[Ibn Sina Academy of Medieval Medicine and Sciences#Zillur Rahman Library|Hakim Syed Zillur Rahman Library]]
* [[Hakim Ajmal Khan#Further reading|Hakim Ajmal Khan]]
* [[Hakim Habibur Rahman#Hakim Habibur Rahman Foundation|Hakim Habibur Rahman Foundation]]
* [[Dawakhana Shifaul Amraz]]
* [[Hakim Abdul Aziz]]
* [[List of Indian writers]]
* [[Syed Ziaur Rahman]], son
* [[Hakim Syed Karam Husain]], grandfather


==References==
* Daur Jadeed Aur Tibb, 1963.
{{Reflist}}
* Tarikh llm Tashrih, 1967.
* Ilmul Amraz, 1969.
* Resalah Judia, 1971.
* Tajdeed Tibb, 1972.
* Bayaz Waheedi, 1974.
* Matab Murtaish, 1976.
* Tazkerah Khandan Azizi 1978.
* Kitabul Murakkabat 1980.
* Safvi Ahad Main Ilm Tashreeh Ka Mutala, 1983.
* Hayat Karam Hussain, 1983.
* The Azizi Family of Physicians, 1983.
* Aligarh Key Tibbi Makhtootat, 1984.
* Qanoon lbn Sina Aur Uskey Shareheen wa Mutarjemeen, 1986.
* Risalah Nabidh (Fascimile), 1986.
* Tibb Firoz Shahi, 1990.
* Research in Ilmul Advia, 1990.
* Risalah Atrilal, 1993.
* Studies in Ilmul Advia, 1994.
* Dilli aur Tibb Unani, 1995.
* AI-Advia al-Qalbia, 1996.
* Iran Nama, 1998.
* Tibbi Taqdame, 2001.
* Aina-e Tarikh Tibb, 2001.
* Asmaul Advia, 2002
* Maqalat Shifaul Mulk Hakim Abdul Latif”, 2002
* Hakim Ajmal Khan, 2004
* Persian Translation of Qanun Ibn Sina aur uskey Shirehin wa Mutarjamin, 2004
* Safar Nama Bangladesh, 2006
* Jawami Kitab Al-Nabd Al-Saghir by Galen, 2007
* Risalah Fi Auja Al Niqris by Qusta Ibn Luqa, 2007
* Ainul Hayat by Mohammad b. Yusuf Harawi, 2007
* Rislah fil Nabidh, (Arabic translation of Qusta b. Luqa) by Rufus, 2007
* Kitab al Firaq by Galen, 2008.
* Kitab al Anasir by Galen, 2008
* Kitab Al Mizaj” 2008.
* Kitab fi Firaq al Tibb 2008.

==Significant Contributions==
* By his personal efforts made the Department of Ilmul Advia, Ajmal Khan Tibbia College, [[Aligarh Muslim University]], [[Aligarh]] as a center of excellence. A new building of the department with all modern facilities in the laboratories was constructed under his able guidance and chairmanship. He raised both name and fame of this department at national and international level.

* He assisted in the establishment of [[Ibn Sina]] Tibbia College at Beenapara, [[Azamgarh]] of which he laid the foundation stone on January 25, 1981.

* He established his personal library-cum-museum in 1960s. After the establishment of Ibn Sina Academy in 2000, this library (Zillur Rahman Library) and museum (Karam Hussain Museum of Medicine & Science and Fazlur Rahman Museum of Arts & Culture) 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]], some rare books, [[microfilms]], compact discs and a large number of periodicals. Books in many languages like [[Arabic]], [[Persian]], [[Urdu]], [[Sanskrit]] and [[English]] on a variety of subjects like [[History of Medicine]] and [[Sciences]], [[Unani]], [[Greco-Arab Medicine]], Ilmul Advia ([[Pharmacology]]), [[Urdu Literature]] with special reference to [[Ghalib]], [[Aligarh]] and [[Sir Syed Ahmad Khan]], besides thousands of bound volumes of magazines are extant in this library. In addition, there is a Publication Division under the Shifaul Mulk Hakim Abdul Latif Memorial Committee, Division of [[History of Medicine]] & [[Sciences]], Centre for Safety & Rational Use of Indian Systems of Medicine, [[AIDS]] Cell & [[Ghalib]] Study Circle.


==Further reading==
==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.&nbsp;10 – 16.

* Hakim Syed Zillur Rahman – Hayat wa Khidmat, Ed. Dr. Hasan Abbas & Dr. A. Latif, Markaz Tahqiqat Farsi wa Urdu, Siwan, 2005, (A voluminous book of 604 pages).
* Hakim Syed Zillur Rahman – Hayat wa Khidmat, Aik Jaiza, Swad-e Harf (First edition 2011), Authored by Dr. Mukhtar Shamim, Bhopal, p.&nbsp;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.
* 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, Aug. 10, 1996.
* 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.
* 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, December 4, 1995, New Delhi and Rehnumi Sehat, Faisalabad, Pakistan, April 1998, pp. 9 - 15.
* 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.&nbsp;9 – 15.
* Hakim Syed Zillur Rahman - Shakhsiyat aur Fun, by Hakim Shafqat Azmi, Rahnuma-i Sehat, Faisalabad, Pakistan, January 1998.
* 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.
* 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.
* 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.
* Vignettes of Aligarh Muslim University, The Aligarian, Aligarh Muslim University Students' Union Magazine, October 17, 1998.
* 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.
* 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.
* 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.
* 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
* Aligarians who made their marks in various fields, The Centre Pulse, NRSC English Magazine, 1996-97.
* Hakim Syed Zillur Rahman – Aik Maya’ naz Shakhsiyat by Dr. Abdul Latif, Idrak, Gopalpur, Bakarganj, Siwan (Bihar), 217–222: No. 3, 2003
* Farzandan-e Aligarh, Ufaq, NRSC Urdu Magazine, 1996-97.
* 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.
* 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, Nov. 24-26, 2008
* 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 tajarbati muttala by Hakim Fakhre Alam, Uni-Med – Kulliyat 2007, Vol 3, No. 1: 2-11
* 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


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==References==
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* [http://www.lifepositive.com/Body/traditional-therapies/unani.asp], Unani Medicine, Life Positive
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* [http://www.nlm.nih.gov/hmd/directory/151.html], Directory of History of Medicine Collection, NIH, USA
* [http://www.noormicrofilmindia.com/zillure11.htm], Zillur Rahman Library, Microfilm Centre of India
* [http://www.noormicrofilmindia.com/cata.htm], Library Catalogue, Microfilm Centre of India
* [http://www.iiim.org/Files/Advisors%20of%20IIIM/Dr.Hakim_Syed_Bio.pdf CHRONOLOGY OF (PADMA SHRI) HAKIM SYED ZILLUR RAHMAN]

==External links==
*[http://www.ibnsinaacademy.org Ibn Sina Academy of Medieval Medicine & Sciences]


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Hakim Syed Zillur Rahman
Born (1940-07-01) 1 July 1940 (age 84)
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
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. After his retirement, he began 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

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Rahman started his career in 1961 as a Demonstrator at Ajmal Khan Tibbiya College, Aligarh Muslim University. 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

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Author of 72 books, some of them are listed below: His books include:[5]

Library

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  • 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 a collection of 35,000 printed books, 1500 manuscripts,[12][13]

Awards and honours

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Abdur 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

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References

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  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 21 July 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.
  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

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  • 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
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