FratFiles

• Save Paper

Hakim Habibur Rahman


Hakim Habibur Rahman in his youth (circa 1920s)Hakim Habibur Rahman (Bengali: হাকিম হাবিবুর রহমান) (23 March 1881 - 23 February 1947) was an Unani physician, litterateur, journalist, politician and chronicler in early 20th-century Dhaka, Bangladesh. He was a close associate of Nawab Sir Khwaja Salimullah of the Dhaka Nawab Family. His two chronicles of Dhaka, Asudegan-e-Dhaka and Dhaka Panchas Baras Pahle, remain important primary source material for researchers working on Dhaka. His wide collection of manuscripts, coins, weapons and artifacts is preserved at the Dhaka University Library as the Hakim Habibur Rahman Collection.[1] The Hakim Habibur Rahman Lane carries his name near his birthplace, the Choto Katra, a landmark in the old part of Dhaka.[2]

Contents
1 Medical career
2 Social and political work
3 Literary work
4 Hakim Habibur Rahman......

View the rest of this paper...

Approximate Word Count: 574
Approximate Pages: 3 (250 words per double-spaced page)

Similar Essays

1. Hakim Habibur Rahman
   

   Hakim Habibur Rahman Hakim Habibur Rahman Hakim Habibur Rahman in his youth (circa 1920s)Hakim Habibur Rahman (Bengali: হাকিম হাবিবুর রহমান) (23

2. 
   

3. 
   

4. 
   

5.