Hakim Syed Zillur Rahman is well known for his contribution to Unani medicine.
He founded Ibn Sina Academy of Medieval Medicine and Sciences in 2000.
He has earlier served as Professor and chairman, Department of Ilmul Advia at the Ajmal Khan Tibbiya College, Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), Aligarh, for over 40 years before retiring as Dean Faculty of Unani Medicine.
Presently, he is serving AMU as "Honorary Treasurer".Author of 54 books and several papers on different aspects of Unani, he also owns one of the largest collection of books on Unani medicine.
The Government of India conferred him with Padma Shri award in 2006 for his contribution in the field of Unani Medicine.