Hakim or Al-Hakim (commonly Arabic: /ḥakīm/حكيم meaning wise‎ or /ḥākim/ or /ḥākem/ meaning ruler) is a given name for a male.

Variant transliterations include Hakam (or Al Hakam), Hakm (or Al Hakm), Hakum (or Al Hakum), Hakeem (or Al Hakeem) and Hakem (or Al Hakem).

It may refer to:

Title or honorific [link]

Al-Hakim (Arabic: الحكيم‎ /alḥakīm/ wise one or doctor), a term used to describe the polymath scientists and philosophers who played a central role in the development of Science in medieval Islam.^[1] This honorific is also used by the following Unani physicians:

• Hakim Abdul Aziz
• Hakim Habibur Rahman
• Hakim Mohammed Said
• Hakim Syed Karam Husain
• Hakim Syed Fazlur Rahman
• Hakim Syed Zillur Rahman

As title (laqab) [link]

• Samir Geagea, known as al-Hakim, leader of the Lebanese Forces party
• George Habash, known as al-Hakim, founder of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine

Family name [link]

Hakim is the family name of:

• Maximos II Hakim (c.1689-1761), patriarch of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church from 1760 to 1761
• Maximos V Hakim (1908-2001), patriarch of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church from 1967 to 2000
• Naji Hakim (1955-), the Lebanese-born composer and organist at the Église de la Sainte-Trinité, Paris
• Peter Hakim, an American economist of Lebanese descent
• Omar Hakim (1959-), an American drummer
• Nadey Hakim (1958-), the British-born world renowned surgeon

Patronymic [link]

Al-Hakim is the patronym or kunya of:

• Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah, a Fatimid caliph
• 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
• Grand Ayatollah Muhsin al-Hakim, the spiritual leader of the Shia world between 1955 and 1970
• Mohammad Said al-Hakim, a Shiite cleric and uncle of Mohammad Baqir al-Hakim.
• Mohammed Baqir al-Hakim, a Shiite cleric and the brother of Abdel-Aziz al-Hakim
• Muhammad ibn Abdullah al-Hakim, Islamic scholar and author of Ma'rifah 'Ulum al-Hadith
• Tawfiq al-Hakeem, Egyptian dramatist, novelist and thinker

Personal name [link]

Hakim or Hakeem is the personal name of:

• Hakim (Egyptian singer), an Egyptian singer
• Hakim (Spanish singer), a Spanish singer of Maghrebi descent
• Hakim al-Nishaburi, the leading hadith scholar of his time and the author of Al-Mustadrak alaa al-Sahihain
• Hakim ibn Hizam, a rich Meccan convert to Islam
• Hakeem Olajuwon, a retired NBA basketball player
• Hakim Warrick, an NBA player for the Phoenix Suns
• Hakeem Seriki, a rapper known as Chamillionaire
• Hakim Toumi (born 1961), an Algerian hammer thrower
• Hakeem Noor-ud-Din, first successor of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad and renowned scholar of 19th century India
• Hakim Abol Qasim Ferdowsi Tusi, better known as Ferdowsi, famous Persian poet and author of the Shahnameh.
• Peter Lamborn Wilson, an American writer better known by his pseudonym Hakim Bey
• Hakim (director), an Indian director and actor of Malayalam films

Places and things [link]

• Hakim Expressway, Tehran, Iran
• Hakim Electronic Health Record, a popular Electronic Health Record which due to its data extraction capabilities is mainly in use in international and national disease registries and medical research centers.
• Al Hakum, a former biological weapons facility in Iraq
• Hakim Rifle, an Egyptian rifle
• A Polymath is also known as Hakeem

References [link]

1. ^ Nasr, Seyyed (1968). Science and Civilization in Islam. Harvard University Press. p. 41. 

See also [link]

• Hakim (title)
• Arabic name
• Wikipedia pages beginning with "Hakim"

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