Profile of Government Nizamia Tibbi Collage
Government Nizamia Tibbi College, Hyderabad, is one of India's premier institutions for Unani medical education. Established in 1938 by the seventh Nizam of Hyderabad, Mir Osman Ali Khan, the college is located near Charminar and is affiliated with Kaloji Narayana Rao University of Health Sciences, Telangana. It offers undergraduate (BUMS) and postgraduate (MD) programmes in Unani medicine and is recognized as an important centre for education, research, and clinical training.
The college library is among its most valuable academic assets. It preserves a rich collection of rare and modern books, reference works, and scholarly publications on Unani medicine, pharmacology, therapeutics, medical history, and allied disciplines. Comprising resources in Urdu, Persian, Arabic, and English, the library serves as an important research centre for students, faculty members, researchers, and practitioners, while preserving the rich intellectual heritage of the Unani system of medicine in the Indian subcontinent.
To ensure the long-term preservation and wider accessibility of this valuable medical heritage, a selected portion of the library's rare collection has been digitized. It is now available through the Rekhta Digital Library, enabling researchers and readers around the world to explore this important repository of Unani medical literature.