Hakim Said
Hakim Mohammed Said (born 1920 in Delhi , British India ; died October 17, 1998 in Karachi ), also in the spelling Hakim Muhammad Saeed et al. a., was an Indian - Pakistani doctor , medical historian , philanthropist, and promoter of higher education.
Life
Hakim Mohammed Said's father founded Hamdard Dawakhana in Delhi in 1906 , a dispensary for the purpose of preserving and promoting Unani medicine. After his death in 1922, the eldest son took over the management and in 1935 encouraged his younger brother Hakim Mohammed Said to follow the family tradition and begin studying Ayurvedic and Unani medicine at the Ayurvedic and Unani Tibbia College . After graduating as a Bachelor of Eastern Medicine and Surgery (BEMS) in 1940, Said also worked for the family company Hamdard . In 1948 Hamdard was transferred to a pious foundation ( Waqf) transformed. At this point, Said was already in Karachi . As a supporter of the Pakistani Muslim League and an admirer of its leader, he emigrated to the newly founded state of Pakistan after the partition of India . In 1948 he founded another company specializing in Unani and Ayurveda medicine in Karachi, also under the name Hamdard , which became a Waqf in 1953 ( Hamdard Foundation ).
Said is the author of numerous works on a wide variety of topics. In addition to medicine, he also wrote about philosophy, science, health, religion, natural medicine, literature and society.
In 1991, Said founded Hamdard University , a private research university with locations in Karachi and Islamabad , where he also taught himself. It is one of the first and oldest private universities in Pakistan. In 1993 Said became governor of the Pakistani province of Sindh .
Hakim Said was murdered on October 17, 1998.
swell
- Susumu Nejima (Ed.): NGOs in the Muslim World . Routledge, London & New York, November 2015. P. 32 ff.
Web links
- Hamdard Laboratories (India) in Delhi
- Hamdard Laboratories (Waqf) Pakistan in Karachi
- Hamdard University
Footnotes
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Said, Hakim |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Saʿīd, Ḥakīm Moḥammad |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Indian-Pakistani pharmacist, medical historian, philanthropist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1920 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Delhi , British India |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 17, 1998 |
| Place of death | Karachi , Pakistan |