Hakim Syed Atiqul Qadir

Hafiz Hakim Syed Atiqul Qadir
Hakim Syed Atiqul Qadir
Born	1909 Tijara
Residence	Tijara, Bhopal and Aligarh
Alma mater	Bhupinder Tibbi College, Patiala
Known for	Unani medicine

Hafiz Hakim Syed Atiqul Qadir (1909–2000) was a noted Unani Physician from Tijara and Bhopal.

Hakim Syed Atiqul Qadir belonged to the family of Gardēzī Sadaat and was born on 24 Ramadan 1328 AH / 1909 AD at Tijara. He was a practicing Unani Physician from Tijara and Bhopal.

He learned Quran by heart (Hafiz) in 1920. From 1920 to 1925, he went to Alwar for basic education from Mian Wahid Ali Shah of Alwar. In 1929, he took admission in the Bhupinder Tibbi College, Patiala and obtained the degree ‘Haziqul Mulk’ in 1931. This college was named after Maharaja Bhupinder Singh of Patiala.

He started practicing Unani medicine with his father Hakim Syed Karam Husain at Dawakhana Shifaul Amraz, where he worked till 1947. After partition of India and complete devastation of the whole region of Alwar and Tijara, the family of Hakim Syed Atiqul Qadir migrated to Bhopal and started afresh the whole set up of the 'Dawakhana'. Many of his family members were already living in Bhopal before the partition of India since 1857, even his wife, Aziza Begum, belonged to Bhopal.

Hakim Hafiz Syed Atiqul Qadir practiced Tibb continuously in Bhopal till 1975 and then off and on in Bhopal and Aligarh. In Aligarh, he stayed with his younger brother Hakim Syed Fazlur Rahman and nephew Hakim Syed Zillur Rahman.