Hakim

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Hakim, or Al-hakim with the article, is:

• (al-)hakim is a title in Arabic and some other oriental Muslim languages, but note that there are actually two separate Arabic words which can be transcribed into English as "Hakim" — حكيم ħakīm means wise man or physician, while حاكم ħākim means a ruler, governor, or judge.

• "Hakim" (حكيم), also written as Hakeem, is a title given to a practitioner of Herbal Medicine which is referred to as Hikmat.

• al-Hakim is also one of 99 names of Allah meaning the Healer.

Hakim is the name of the following individuals:

• George Habash, founder of the PFLP.
• Maximos V Hakim, former patriarch of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church.
• Muhammad ibn Abdullah al-Hakim, Islamic scholar and author of Ma'rifah 'Ulum al-Hadith
• Hakim ibn Hizam, a rich Meccan convert to Islam
• Hakim al-Nishaburi, the leading hadith scholar of his time.
• Grand Ayatollah Muhsin al-Hakim, the spiritual leader of the Shia world between 1955 and 1970
• Naji Hakim, the Lebanese-born organist
• Hakim, a Spanish singer of Maghrebi descent.
• Hakim, the Egyptian singer.
• Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah -- a Fatimid caliph
• Tawfiq al-Hakeem -- Prestigious Egyptian dramatist, novelist and thinker.
• Abdel-Aziz al-Hakim -- a Shiite cleric and former militia leader in Iraq, a President of Governing Council (2003) after the USA invasion of Iraq
• Mohammed Baqir al-Hakim -- a Shiite cleric and the brother of Abdel-Aziz al-Hakim
• Mohammad Said al-Hakim -- a Shiite cleric and uncle of Mohammad Baqir al-Hakim.
• Hakeem Olajuwon, a retired NBA Basketball player

Finally hakim refers to:

• Hakim Rifle, Egyptian rifle
• Hakim, a character on Sesamstraat