Hakim Abdul Hameed

{{Short description|Indian physician of the traditional system of Unani}}

{{Use Indian English|date=December 2015}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2015}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Hakim Abdul Hameed

| image = Hakeem abdul.png

| birth_date = 14 September 1908

| birth_place = Delhi, British Raj

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1999|6|22|1908|9|8|df=y}}

| death_place = India

| nationality = Indian

| occupation = Educationist, Unani Physician

| known for = Unani medicine and education

| awards = Padma Shri
Padma Bhushan

}}

Hakim Abdul Hameed ({{langx|ur|{{nq|حکیم عبدالحمید}}}}; 14 September 1908 – 22 July 1999) was an Indian physician of the traditional medicine system of Unani, the founder chancellor of Jamia Hamdard, and a former chancellor of Aligarh Muslim University.{{cite web | url=http://aligarhmovement.com/aligarians/prof_nazir_ahmad | title=Aligarh Movement | publisher=Aligarh Movement | date=2015 | access-date=5 May 2015}}{{cite web | url=http://www.hamdard.com.bd/profile/about-hamdard/152-hakim-abdul-hameed | title=Hamdard | publisher=Hamdard | date=2015 | access-date=5 May 2015 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150414135136/http://www.hamdard.com.bd/profile/about-hamdard/152-hakim-abdul-hameed | archive-date=14 April 2015 | df=dmy-all }} His ancestors came from Kashgar (now Kashi, Xinjiang, China) to the Indian subcontinent, in the reign of the Mughal emperor, Shah Alam.{{Cite web |date=2020-01-12 |title=Leadership & Business Wisdom |url=https://www.pakistangulfeconomist.com/2020/01/13/leadership-business-wisdom-2-20/ |access-date=2022-03-19 |website=Pakistan & Gulf Economist |language=en-US}} He was the founder and chief trustee of Hamdard Laboratories. He was honoured by the Government of India in 1965, with the award of Padma Shri, the fourth highest Indian civilian award{{cite web | url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf | title=Padma Shri | publisher=Padma Shri | date=2015 | access-date=11 November 2014 | archive-date=15 October 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015193758/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf | url-status=dead }} and in 1992, the government awarded him the third highest Indian honour of Padma Bhushan.{{cite web | url=http://twocircles.net/2008dec29/birth_centenary_hakim_abdul_hameed_observed_jamia_hamdard.html#.VUjsacuJi1s | title=Two Circles | publisher=Two Circles | date=2015 | access-date=5 May 2015}}{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ltoaVsL8f8cC&q=padma+bhushan+hakim+abdul+hameed&pg=PA45 | title=Development Digression Diary Of India | publisher=Concept Publishing Company | date=1993 | access-date=5 May 2015 | author=S. P. Agrawal| isbn=9788170223054 }} He was the elder brother of the Hakeem Muhammad Saeed.