Hakim or Al-Hakim (commonly Arabic: /ḥakīm/حكيم meaning wise‎ /ḥākim/ meaning ruler) is a given name for a male. In the Arabic language, Hakim means wise.

Hakim (commonly Arabic: /ḥākim/حاكم meaning ruler‎). 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 /alḥakīm/ 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
    • Samir Geagea, current leader of the Lebanese Forces Political Party in Lebanon

[edit] Family name

Hakim is the family name of:

• Maximos II Hakim, patriarch of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church from 1760 to 1761
• Maximos V Hakim, patriarch of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church from 1967 to 2000
• Naji Hakim, the Lebanese-born organist
• Omar Hakim, an American drummer

[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 and the author of Al-Mustadrak alaa al-Sahihain
• Hakim Hassan ,a rich Islam in U.S
• 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 successor of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad and renowned scholar of 19th century India
• Hakim Zinniq Bergmanna, a Dutch singer of traditional Palestinian music
• 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

[edit] Places and things

• 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

[edit] See also

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

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