Hakim Habibur Rahman
Hakim Habibur Rahman (, ; 23 March 188123 February 1947) was an Unani physician, litterateur, journalist, politician and chronicler in early 20th-century Dhaka. Rahman 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 artefacts is preserved at the Dhaka University Library as the Hakim Habibur Rahman Collection. The Hakim Habibur Rahman Lane carries his name near his birthplace, the Choto Katra, a landmark in the old part of Dhaka. Early life and family Habibur Rahman was born on 23 March 1881 to a Sunni Muslim family of hakims in the Choto Katra mahalla of Dacca, Bengal Presidency. His father was an akhund and physician, and his ancestors had arrived to Bengal from Afghanistan. Medical career Habibur Rahman trained for 11 years in tibb (traditional medical practice) and the Unani system of medicine at Kanpur, Lucknow, Delhi and Agra after completing his studies at Dhaka Madrasah. He established his own practice in 1904. In 1939 he was awarded the title of Shifaul Mulk for his contribution in