Alavi Shirazi

Scientist, Deceased Person

1670 – 1747

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Who was Alavi Shirazi?

Hakim Muhammad Hashim Muslim ibn Hakim Muhammad Hadi Qalandar ibn Muzaffar al-Din ‘Alavi Shirazi, with the royal title Alavi Khan Nawwab Mu‘tamad al-Muluk, was a royal Persian physician of the 18th century.

Hakim ‘Alavi Khan was born in Shiraz, in Persia, in 1670. In 1699 he went to South Asia and presented himself at the Mughal court of Afghans, where he was appointed physician to Prince Muhammad A‘zam. The Mughal ruler Bahadur Shah gave him the title ‘Alavi Khan.

Muhammad Shah, the Mughal ruler in Delhi, raised him to the rank of Shash-hazari and gave him the title of Mu‘tamad al-Muluk. When the Persian ruler Nadir Shah defeated Muhammad Shah and sacked Delhi, ‘Alavi Khan accompanied Nadir Shah when he left India and ‘Alavi Khan accepted the position of Hakim-bashi to Nadir Shah.

After making a pilgrimage to Mecca, ‘Alavi Khan returned to Delhi in 1743 and died there about four years later.

He wrote four medical treatises in Arabic and four in Persian.

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Born
1670
Nationality
  • Iran
Profession
Died
1747

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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