Hakim Syed Zillur Rahman

{{Short description|Indian scholar of Unani medicine (born 1940)}}

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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".{{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 }} In 2006, the Government of India awarded him the Padma Shri for his contribution to Unani medicine.{{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 }}

Career

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.{{cite web

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Bibliography

Author of 72 books, some of them are listed below:

His books include:{{cite web | url = https://openlibrary.org/a/OL11697A/Hakim_Syed_Zillur_Rahman | title = List of Books| publisher = Open Library}}

Daur Jadeed Aur Tibb, 1963.{{Citation |publisher = Tibbi Academy, India |location = Bhopal, India |author = Hakim Syed Zillur Rahman |title = Daur-e Jadeed aur Tib |date = 1962|ol = 25279210M }} (Book in Urdu on Modern times and Unani medicine)
Tarikh llm Tashrih, 1967. (Book in Urdu on History of anatomy)
Ilmul Amraz, 1969. (Based on Avicenna's tract on Pathology in Urdu)
Resalah Judia, 1971. (Based on Avicenna's tested Prescriptions in Urdu)
Tajdeed Tibb, 1972. (Book in Urdu on Unani medicine)
Bayaz Waheedi, 1974. (Book in Urdu on Prescriptions and formulations by Hakim Abdul Waheed)
Matab Murtaish, 1976. (Book in Urdu on Unani Formularies used by Azizi Family of Lucknow)
Tazkerah Khandan Azizi, 1978. (Book in Urdu on History of Azizi Family of Unani medicine)
Kitabul Murakkabat, 1980. (Book in Urdu on Pharmaceutical formulation of Unani medicine)
Safvi Ahad Main Ilm Tashreeh Ka Mutala, 1983. (Book in Urdu on Studies of History of anatomy during Safavid dynasty)
Hayat Karam Hussain, 1983.{{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}} (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 on Manuscripts of Unani medicine extant in Aligarh)
Qanoon lbn Sina Aur Uskey Shareheen wa Mutarjemeen, 1986.{{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 }} (Based on references and translations of the works of Ibn Sina in Urdu)
Risalah Nabidh (Edited with Facsimile), 1986. (Book in Urdu and Arabic on Nabidh by Qusta ibn Luqa)
Tibb Firoz Shahi, 1990. (Book in 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 on Treatise on Ammi majus Linn)
Studies in Ilmul Advia, 1994. (Book in English on Studies on Unani Pharmacology)
Dilli aur Tibb Unani, 1995.{{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 }} (Book in Urdu on History of Unani medicine in Delhi)
AI-Advia al-Qalbia, 1996. (Book in Urdu on Avicenna's treatise on Cardiac drugs)
Iran Nama, 1998. (Iran Travelogue / Travel journal in Urdu)
Tibbi Taqdame, 2001. (Based on Prefaces written for many books of other Unani scholars in Urdu)
Aina-e Tarikh Tibb, 2001. (Based on chapters written on History of Unani medicine in Urdu)
Asmaul Advia, 2002 (Based on Names of Pharmaceutics in Unani medicine in Urdu)
Maqalat Shifaul Mulk Hakim Abdul Latif, 2002 (Based on Unani articles written by Shifaul Mulk Hakim Abdul Latif in Urdu)
Hakim Ajmal Khan, 2004 (Biography of Hakim Ajmal Khan in Urdu and 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)
Safar Nama Bangladesh, 2006 (Bangladesh Travelogue / Travel journal in Urdu
Jawami Kitab Al-Nabd Al-Saghir by Galen, 2007 (Based on Galen's treatise on arterial and venous pulse in Urdu and Arabic)
Risalah Fi Auja Al Niqris by Qusta Ibn Luqa, 2007 (Based on Al Niqris by Qusta ibn Luqa in Urdu and Arabic)
Ainul Hayat by Mohammad Ibn Yusuf Harawi, 2007 (Based on Ageing and senile problems by Muhammad ibn Yusuf al-Harawi in Urdu and Arabic)
Rislah fil Nabidh, 2007 (Based on Arabic translation by Qusta ibn Luqa on Treatise of Nabidh by Rufus of Ephesus in Urdu and Arabic)
Kitab al Anasir by Galen, 2008 (Based on al Anasir by Galen in Urdu and Arabic)
Kitab Al Mizaj by Galen, 2008 (Based on Theory of temperament and Four humours by Galen in Urdu and Arabic)
Kitab fi Firaq al Tibb by Galen, 2008 (Based on a book fi al Firaq by Galen in Urdu and Arabic)
Tazkira Atibba-e-Asr, 2010 (Biographies of Unani scholars of contemporary age in 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)
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

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{{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}} in 2000, this library (Hakim Zillur Rahman Library){{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 }} 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,{{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 }}{{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 }}

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.
Urdu Academy Award, Government of UP, Lucknow, 1974.
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.
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.
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 Medicinehttps://m.facebook.com/IAMMS.Aligarh/posts/2957303840973225 {{User-generated source|certain=yes|date=March 2022}}

Hakim Syed Zillur Rahman

Career

Bibliography

Library

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