Raheem Khan

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Khan Bahadur Doctor Raheem Khan was

the first Muslim Principal of King Edward
Medical University (called King Edward
Medical College at that time). He was
awarded the title of Khan Bahadur on 13
March 1872 by British as a personal
distinction of his services to the medical
profession.[1] The British government
also gave him as a gift a large piece of
land in Begumpura, Lahore. He was the
first Muslim graduate doctor of
subcontinent who was the Honorary
Surgeon Superintendent King Edward
Medical School Lahore. He graduated
from Calcutta Medical College in the
1850s and started his career as District
Health Officer, Shahpur Sadar Sargodha.
Then he was honored by Viceroy of
subcontinent and made him the member
of his medical team. He also authored
many books in the field of medicine
particularly issues related to children and
medical jurisprudence which has been
reprinted in 2010 by BiblioBazaar. He
belongs to a noble family of Lucknow
long celebrated for its learning;
descended from Maulana Azeem Ullah
Khan (894). His descendant was Fakir-
ullah-khan, grandfather of Khan Bahadur;
he maintained an Arabic school at his
own cost in Lucknow. Khan Bahadur's
father Yusaf Khan was an equally noted
as an Arabic Scholar at lucknow, and was
invited by the Governor-General's Agent
in Assam to become the Mir Munshi, and
the Superintendent of the Oriental
College at Gauhati. He died in 1856 when
Raheem Khan was seventeen years of
age. Raheem khan was educated at
Dacca College; also at the Medical
College Calcutta, where he became a
sub-Assistant Surgeon in 1858 and
received special and rapid promotion
from Government because of his high
attainments. In 1860 he was appointed
to Medical College of Lahore, where he
had greatly distinguished himself by
introducing a knowledge of European
medical science among the chief Hakims
and native physicians of the Punjab. He
is a fellow of University of Lahore; and
received the rank of Honorary Surgeon on
1 January 1877, on the occasion of the
Proclamation of Her Most Gracious
Majesty as Empress of India. The Khan
Bahadur had five sons- Sadr-ud-din khan
born 1862; Kamr-ud-din Khan born 1870
and Badr-ud-din Khan born 1872;
Rasheed-ud-din Khan and Waheed-ud-din
Khan.[2] His grand son was administrator
of Lahore in 1947. Dr.Khan Bahadur died
in 1904 and his final resting place is in
University of Engineering and
Technology, Lahore.[3]

Raheem Khan

Born 1838

Died 1904
Lahore

Occupation Doctor
Books
Year Title
1881 Amrz al-ibyn [4]
1881 Rislah-i tibb muta'alliqah 'adlat [5]
The Principles and Practice of
1879
midwifery [6]

References
1. "Archived copy" . Archived from the
original on 26 July 2011. Retrieved
26 August 2010.
2. Lethbridge, Roper (1 January 2010).
"The Golden Book of India; a
Genealogical and Biographical
Dictionary of the Ruling Princes,
 Chiefs, Nobles, and Other
Personages, Titled Or" . General
Books LLC – via Google Books.
3. Government Gazette Notification,
chap: Raese-e-Lahore
4. Raheem Khan, Khan Bahadur (23
February 1881). "Amrz al-ibyn" .
Lahore Matba'-i Anjuman-i Panjab –
via Internet Archive.
5. Raheem Khan, Khan Bahadur (23
February 1881). "Rislah-i tibb
muta'alliqah 'adlat" . Lahore Matba'-i
Anjuman-i Panjab – via Internet
Archive.
6. "Auspices: Webster's Quotations,
Facts and Phrases" . Icon Group
 International, Incorporated. 26
November 2008 – via Google Books.

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