Hakim Syed Muhammad Karam Hussain (1870–25 June 1953) () was an

Unani Unani or Yunani medicine (Urdu: ''tibb yūnānī'') is Perso-Arabic traditional medicine as practiced in Muslim culture in South Asia and modern day Central Asia. Unani medicine is pseudoscientific. The term '' Yūnānī'' means 'Greek', ref ...

practitioner from

Tijara Tijara is a city and a municipality in Khairthal-Tijara district of the Indian state of Rajasthan. Tijara comes under the NCR area and is situated 55 km to the northeast of Alwar. The nearest railway station to Tijara is Khairthal. Bhiwad ...

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Biography

Education

After initial education from his hometown 'Tijara', he moved to

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at the age of 14 years. In Meerut, he took expertise, knowledge and proficiency on ‘ Unani Tibb’ from two leading practitioners 'Hakim Mohammad Hasan Haziq' and 'Hakim Baldev Sahai'. Hakim Hasan Haziq (died 1928) was the author of many books on Unani medicine including 'Lataif-e Ghalib' from Naami Press, Meerut, while Hakim Baldev Sahai was himself a student of Hakim Ahsanullah Khan, prime minister and royal physician to Emperor

Bahadur Shah Zafar Bahadur Shah II, (Abu Zafar Siraj-ud-din Muhammad; 24 October 1775 – 7 November 1862), usually referred to by his poetic title Bahadur Shah ''Zafar'' (; ''Zafar'' ), was the twentieth and last List of emperors of the Mughal Empire, Mughal emp ...

of Delhi.

Practicing Unani medicine

Hakim Syed Karam Husain started practicing

in early 1893. He established his own Unani

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, by the name of, Dawakhana Shifaul Amraz in 1894 . He was a personal Unani physician of

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Jai Singh Prabhakar Hon Colonel. HH Raj Rajeshwar Bharat Dharma Prabhakar Maharaja Shri Sawai Sir Jai Singhji Veerendra Shiromani Dev Bahadur , or simply Jai Singh Prabhakar, (14 June 1882 – 19 May 1937), was the Naruka Kachwaha Rajput ruler of the Princely S ...

(1882–1937) and has been a standing committee member of All India Unani and Ayurvedic Tibbi Conference, of whose Hakim Ajmal Khan was the president. Maharaja

once invited some significant Unani physicians working in the state of Alwar to discuss the future course and progress and promotion of Unani medicine. Hakim Syed Karam Hussain was the chief-de-mission of that delegation. In that delegation, the other physicians who were present: Hakim Syed Mohammad (Khairtal), Hakim Mohammad Sulaiman, Hakim Mohammad Umar Fasih, Hakim Imam Ali, Hakim Syed Ahmad Ali Akbarabadi and Hakim Ziauddin (Tijara).

Regional personality

He was popularly known as

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-e Tijara, a very pious and religious person and a resident of

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, of the Tijara city before the

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in 1947. He bought seven Havelis at

including the 'Haveli Qadeem' (the oldest private mansion at the Qazi Mohalla). In addition, he had two other houses in

Delhi Delhi, officially the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi, is a city and a union territory of India containing New Delhi, the capital of India. Straddling the Yamuna river, but spread chiefly to the west, or beyond its Bank (geography ...

. In the course of leisure moment, his favourite places of visit were

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and

. The following

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commemorative inscription can still be seen at the main entrance of his 'Haveli Qadeem' at Tijara: : y "شاہ اکبر" (Shah Akbar), meaning both 'Emperor Akbar' and 'Great Emperor', the poet parallels God and Jalaluddin Muhammad Akbar, and asserts 'Great Emperor' to both]. The above qata was written at the time when Emperor Akbar visited

while moving to

Fatehpur Sikri Fatehpur Sikri () is a town in the Agra District of Uttar Pradesh, India. Situated from the district headquarters of Agra, Fatehpur Sikri itself was founded as the capital of the Mughal Empire in 1571 by Mughal emperors, Emperor Akbar, servin ...

from

. According to Major P.W. Powlett (late settlement officer of Ulwar), "

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appears to have given some attention to

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in AH. 957 (A.D. 1579), he visited Ulwur (now

) on his way to

Community and social works

Being a well-off person in the region of

, he assisted many community and social works by lending either monetary donation or moral support to many organisations such as 'Anjuman Khadimul Islam' (Alwar), 'Jamiat Markaziya Tabligh-ul-Islam' (Ambala), ' Anjuman-e-Himayat-e-Islam' / ' Anjuman-i-Himayat-i-Islam' (Lahore), 'Jamia Masjid' (Tijara) and 'Madrasa Islamia' (Tijara). Ghulam Bhik Nairang was the founder of 'Jamiat Markaziya Tabligh-ul-Islam' (Ambala). Hakim Syed Karam Husain also assisted Maulana Mohammad Ilyas in many occasions when he visited nearby towns of

. The plaque, with the name of 'Hakim Syed Karam Husain', found in a

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of Jamia Masjid located at Bazaar during cleansing drive and is now preserved in the Jamia Masjid complex suggests that the main gate of the mosque (Sadar Darwaza) was once built by him. The mosque is believed to get damage during the

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. It is because of the influence of Hakim Karam Husain, that he brought Maharaja

at Tijara to visit 'Madrasa Islamia' (Islamia School). Raja Ghazanfar Ali Khan, the then Education Minister at the State of Alwar and Maj General

Fateh Naseeb Khan Khan Bahadur Maj.Gen. Fateh Naseeb Khan, OBE KB (1888–1933), was the Commander-in-chief of Alwar State Forces. He was a close confidant and trusted aide of Maharaja Jai Singh Prabhakar Bahadur, who was the Maharaja of Alwar State. He ...

, the then Commander-in-chief of Alwar State Army, also accompanied with him. On the main gate of school, it was written. He also supported in the publication of books of other authors in both

and other literary works. To name a few Tibbi books, which acknowledge his name are 'Tarjuma Qarabadin Azam', 'Tarjuma Aqsarai', 'Tauzih al Advia', 'Ilajun Nisan', Afsana Hikmat', 'Tafaruqul Amraz was Tafaruqul Advia', 'Moonisul Atibba' and 'Usoole Sehat'. Similarly, he helped in the publication of general books such as 'Qutub al Madar Talifat Shikwah' by Maulana Syed Ali Shikwa nabirah Maulana Syed Shah Jurat Ali Arghwani of

Makanpur Makanpur (formerly known as Khairabad) is a town in Kanpur Nagar district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. Makanpur is a town in the tehsil of Bilhaur. Makanpur is well connected by rail and road. The nearest city to Makanpur is Araul, wh ...

, 'Swanehumri Kalyari' by Mohammad Ashiq Ali, 'Risalah Islahul Milad' by Maulana Qari Abdul Latif Khan (Teacher, Madrasa Aaliya, Agra), 'Gulzar Risalat wa Guldasta-e Shahadat' by Qazi Zakiruddin, 'Nasihatul Muslamin al Maroof Musaddas Kabiruddin' by Aziz Kabiruddin Kalim, 'Kashiful Asrar' by Peerji Ahmad Shah Rampuri, 'Masnawi Farishta Rahmat' and 'Anjam Mohabbat' by Maulana Hakim Mohammad Ahmad Alwari and 'Gulshan Sairul Mashhoor ba Yaadgar Darbar Alwar'. In addition, he got printed a copy of

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from Gulzar Mohammadi Press, Meerut in 1889 (1307 AH).

Poetry

He had not only great interest in

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, but also as a Pen name Natiq (Takhallus), composed many poems. He learned the art of poetry from his teacher 'Hakim Mohammad Hasan Haziq' and 'Isharat Ali Khan Sadq Meeruti'. He once acknowledged,

Family history

Hakim Syed Karam Husain (1287AH/1870AD – 11th Shawwal 1372 AH/25 June 1953) was a direct descendant of Qazi Syed Rafi Mohammad. He was merely 8 years old when his father Qazi Mir Imdad Ali died. He was trained under the guidance of his mother, Fayyazun Nisan, who was a very talented woman. She inherited all the good qualities from her father, Hussainuddin (died on 11

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1278 AH / 1861 AD), a man of horse business from

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. Hussainuddin also had a good taste in literature. Apart from Fayyazun Nisan, he had another daughter, Bayazun Nisan from his wife Siddiqun Nisan (daughter of Ghulam Askari Ibn Salahuddin ibn Karimuddin ibn Muqtada ibn Qazi Ghulam Murtaza). With family members and friends, Karam Husain went for

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pilgrimage from

in January 1934 (1354 AH). With him, his wife (Mrs. Hakimun Nisa), sister (Mrs. Anwari Begum), elder son (Hakim Syed Atiqul Qadir), and others such as Khwaja Kamaluddin (Alias Mian Kallan Shah), Qazi Saeeduddin and Mrs. Zaeefa Khatoon were there. Many of his family members and relatives are remembered for their role and sacrifices in

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. After his demise, he was laid to rest adjacent to the grave of his wife Hakimun Nisa, who herself died at the age of 81 years on 14th Rabiulawwal 1370 AH/1950AD, in his family graveyard located at Church Road, Mohallah Jinsi,

Bhopal Bhopal (; ISO 15919, ISO: Bhōpāl, ) is the capital (political), capital city of the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh and the administrative headquarters of both Bhopal district and Bhopal division. It is known as the ''City of Lakes,'' due to ...

Books

He was the author of many books some are published while some are extant as unpublished manuscript on

. Following is a list of published books: * من موہنی الحب 'Man Mohnee' (Al-Hub). * Taufah-e Jahan Maroof ba Keemiya-e Ishrat * Nisab al Tibb al Maroof Tibbi Khaliq- Bari * Risala Khizab * Risala Khwas Aaq * Risala Maqsood al Talib * Mafatihul Ghaib * Taskhir Khalaiq Tarjuma Kitab Aqdul Mohabbat * Mafatihul Mominin * Ramzanul Muslamin * Risala Fazail al Haj * Chahal Kaaf * Darood Mastaghat * Harz Murtazvi Maroof ba 'Duwai Saifi' * Darbar Sultanul Hind * Irshad-e Wahidi * Tazkira Ahbab * Jashne Maulood * Kitab al Moalijat * Bayaz-e Tibb * Sharah-e Qasida Ghausiya * Waqiful Ayub wa kashiful Qaloob al Maroof 'Masnavi Mutmain' * Risala Qadm Shareef * Safar Nama-e Haj Apart from various books and monographs, he edited monthly periodical 'Masih-e Zaman' from 1926 to 1944. This periodical in 5000 copies was first printed from 'Hindustan Electric Printing Works' (Delhi) and then from 'Matba Abul Alai' (Agra) and 'Mahboobul Matabi' (Delhi). There was no printing press at Tijara, Alwar.

Legacy

* Two sons – Hafiz Hakim Syed Atiqul Qadir (1909–2000) and Hakim Syed Fazlur Rahman (1912–1994), whom Hakim Syed Karam Husain trained the arts of Unani Tibb. * A well-settled 'Dawakhana Shifaul Amraz'.

References

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