Because there is not a hospital nearby, the family members who became ill were treated initially by a hakim, a local physician using traditional remedies.

We all felt very depressed, except, perhaps, the Persian “hakim,” who doubtless greatly relished the failure of the English doctor.

Just then Ahmed entered, accompanied by a "hakim" or native doctor.

A third principal Cham character is a moral arbiter, or hakim, introduced by Mr. Robinson to underscore the group’s ethical core.

Some hakim burned his child's stomach with an iron.