Hakeem Ali Mohammad (1906-1988) was an

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physician in

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Life

Hakeem Ali was born in Zaina Kadal, Jammu and Kashmir. His father was also an Unani physician. Hakeem Ali was the descendant of Hakeem Abdur Rehman, whose lineage comes from Sheikh Hamza. Originally belonging to the Hindu Kashmiri

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Raina family, his ancestors were converted to Islam by Mir Syed Ali Hamadani. Hakeem Ali was married to Sidiqa Begum. The couple had three sons and five daughters. His sons Hakeem Mohammad Tahir and

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were high ranking officers in Jammu and Kashmir state administration besides being prominent literary personalities.

Career

Hakeem Ali got his formal education from Molvi Mohammad Hassan Taqi among others. He got his Unani education from his father Hakeem Habib-Ullah. After completing formal education in Unani medicine, he began his practice initially in Zanina Kadal and later moved to Gojwara, where he lived for the rest of his life. During his lifetime he became president of the Jammu and Kashmir Tibiyya Conference a chapter of All India Tibbiya Conference and traveled extensively in his quest for spirituality. He was a practicing Sufi who maintained a low profile. He performed Hajj in 1975 and adopted a life of tarik thereafter. He was connected to famous Sufi saint of Kashmir Mirak Shah sahab of Shalimar. In his early days he was afsar-e-mohalla of his locality in Zaina Kadal and post 1947 was appointed Emergency officer (Halqa Kawdara) for some time during Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah's emergency administration, but his Sufi inclinations weaned him away from politics.

Death

Hakeem Ali died in Gojwara after a brief illness in February 1988. He was buried in his ancestral graveyard near the Bahu-Din Sahib shrine.

References

Source:'' Tareek Aqwaam Kashmir'', Written by: Mohi-u-din Fauq, 3rd Edition, 12 March 1945 {{Authority control Unani practitioners 20th-century Indian medical doctors 1906 births 1987 deaths People from Srinagar Medical doctors from Jammu and Kashmir