Hakim Said

Hakim Muhammad Saeed was a medical researcher, scholar, philanthropist, and a Governor of Sindh Province, Pakistan from 1993 until 1996. Saeed was one of Pakistans most prominent medical researchers in the field of Eastern medicines. He established the Hamdard Foundation in 1948, prior to his settlement in West Pakistan. In a few years time, the herbal medical products of the Hamdard Foundation became household names in Pakistan. Hakim Muhammad Saeed authored and compiled about 200 books in medicines, philosophy, science, health, religion, natural medicine, literary, social, and travelogues. OnOctober 1998, Saeed was assassinated by a group of unknown assailants while he was on his way to attend a medical experiment at the Hamdard Laboratories.

Hakim Muhammad Saeed was born in New Delhi, British Indian Empire in 1920 to an educated and religious Urduspeaking class. His forefathers and family had been associated with the herbal medicine business, and had established the Hamdard Waqf Laboratories which today has emerged as one of the largest manufacturers of Unani medicines in the world. Saeed attended the local school where he learned Arabic, Persian, Urdu, English and studied the Quran. At age 18, Hakim passed the university entrance test and went on to attend the University of Delhi in 1938. There, Saeed obtained a BPharm and BS in medicinal chemistry in 1942. After his undergraduate education, Saeed joined Hamdard Waqf Laboratories as a junior researcher and participated in herbal quality control while formulating medicines. In 1945, Saeed attended the postgraduate course, and obtained MPharm in Pharmacy from the same institution. After the independence of Pakistan in 1947, Saeed left his hometown with his wife and daughter

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