I went to a Omar Hakim clinic last year and he said he replaced dire strait drummer on the brothers in arms album which was recorded on an island in the atlantic (azores?) while the guy was being treated in Holland for health problems.
Is it possible he also wrote the drum part to sultans ?
That man has the magic touch, what a musician !
No it isn't. Dire Straits at the Time of Sultans of Swing were relative unknowns (though very talented ones) and used no session musicians.
The drummer Omar Hakim replaced was Terry Williams during the recording on Montserrat, apparently the only bit of Terry Williams that remains on the record is the drum intro of Money For Nothing, everything else is Mr. Hakim. He was replaced not for health reasons, but more because his drumming style didn't suit the record and production rather than for health issues.