Hakim Syed Zillur Rahman

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

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.

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 in 2000, this library (Hakim Zillur Rahman Library) 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",

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 Medicine
 * 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