HAKIM, or, as the full title runs, El Hakim bi-amri-llah Aboo ’Alee Mansoor (985-1020), the sixth of the Fatimite caliphs, and the third of that dynasty ruling in Egypt, founder of the sect of the Druses, was born in 985

A. D., was designated heir apparent in 993, succeeded in 996, and died in 1020. For the principal eveuts of his life and the leading features of his character the reader is referred to the article Egypt (vol. vii. p. 751). See also Druses (vol. vii. p. 484).