Hakim Daud
Iranian physician)
Hakim Daud (also spelled Davud: died 1662/63) was a physician in Safavid Iran and the Mughal Empire.
His father and mother served as physicians under the Safavid rulers Shah Abbas I and Shah Safi. Hakim Daud served as the physician of Shah Abbas II. Dissatisfied with his position, he emigrated to India, where he got a promotion after successfully treating the daughter of the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan for a burn.
In 1656, while still in India, Hakim Daud funded the construction of the Hakim Mosque in Isfahan, which was completed in 1663. He died before its completion, in 1662/63.
The Iranian court physicians and politicians Mirza Mahmud Khan Hakim ol-Molk and Ebrahim Hakimi were his descendants.
References
Sources
Newman, Andrew J. (2008). Safavid Iran: Rebirth of a Persian Empire. I.B.Tauris. ISBN 978-0857716613.
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