Hakim
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Hakim or Al-hakim (Arabic: حاكم) is a given name for a male in the Arabic or Urdu language that means judge, arbitrator, ruler or governor.
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:
[edit] Title or honorific
- Al-Hakim, one of the 99 names of Allah in the Qur'an
- Al-Hakim (Arabic: الحكيم wise one or doctor), an honorific or kunya used by the following individuals:
- George Habash, founder of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine
[edit] Family name
Hakim is the family name of:
- Maximos V Hakim, former patriarch of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church
- Naji Hakim, the Lebanese-born organist
[edit] Patronymic
Al-Hakim is the patronym 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
[edit] Personal name
Hakim or Hakeem is the personal name of:
- Hakim (Egyptian singer), the Egyptian singer
- Hakim (singer), a Spanish singer of Maghrebi descent
- Hakim al-Nishaburi, the leading hadith scholar of his time
- Hakim ibn Hizam, a rich Meccan convert to Islam
- Hakim Mohammed Said, Renowned scholar, finest exponents of eastern medicine, philanthropist of Pakistan and former Governor of Sindh.
- Hakeem Olajuwon, a retired NBA basketball player
- Hakeem Seriki, a rapper known as Chamillionaire
- Hakeem Noor-ud-Din, First succerssor of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad and renowned scholar of 19th century India
[edit] Places and things
- Al Hakum, a former biological weapons facility in Iraq
- Hakim Rifle, an Egyptian rifle