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Malik, Mallik, Melik, Malka, Malek, Maleek, Malick, Mallick, or Melekh ( phn, 饜饜饜; ar,
賲賱賰 Malik, Mallik, Melik, Malka, Malek, Maleek, Malick, Mallick, or Melekh ( phn, 饜饜饜; ar, 賲賱賰; he, 诪侄诇侄讱职) is the Semitic term translating to "king", recorded in East Semitic and Arabic, and as mlk in Northwest Semitic dur ...
; he, 诪侄诇侄讱职) is the Semitic term translating to "
king King is the title given to a male monarch in a variety of contexts. The female equivalent is queen, which title is also given to the consort of a king. *In the context of prehistory, antiquity and contemporary indigenous peoples, the tit ...
", recorded in
East Semitic The East Semitic languages are one of three divisions of the Semitic languages. The East Semitic group is attested by three distinct languages, Akkadian, Eblaite and possibly Kishite, all of which have been long extinct. They were influenced by ...
and
Arabic Arabic (, ' ; , ' or ) is a Semitic languages, Semitic language spoken primarily across the Arab world.Semitic languages: an international handbook / edited by Stefan Weninger; in collaboration with Geoffrey Khan, Michael P. Streck, Janet C ...
, and as mlk in
Northwest Semitic Northwest Semitic is a division of the Semitic languages comprising the indigenous languages of the Levant. It emerged from Proto-Semitic language, Proto-Semitic in the Early Bronze Age. It is first attested in proper names identified as Amorite ...
during the
Late Bronze Age The Bronze Age is a historic period, lasting approximately from 3300 BC to 1200 BC, characterized by the use of bronze, the presence of writing in some areas, and other early features of urban civilization. The Bronze Age is the second pri ...
(e.g.
Aramaic The Aramaic languages, short Aramaic ( syc, 軔塥堋軡軔, Ar膩m膩y膩; oar, 饜饜饜饜饜; arc, 饜饜饜饜饜; tmr, 讗植专指诪执讬转), are a language family containing many varieties (languages and dialects) that originated in ...
, Canaanite,
Hebrew Hebrew (; ; ) is a Northwest Semitic language of the Afroasiatic language family. Historically, it is one of the spoken languages of the Israelites and their longest-surviving descendants, the Jews and Samaritans. It was largely preserved ...
). Although the early forms of the name were to be found among the pre-Arab and pre-Islamic
Semites Semites, Semitic peoples or Semitic cultures is an obsolete term for an ethnic, cultural or racial group.the Levant The Levant () is an approximate historical geographical term referring to a large area in the Eastern Mediterranean region of Western Asia. In its narrowest sense, which is in use today in archaeology and other cultural contexts, it is equ ...
,
Canaan Canaan (; Phoenician: 饜饜饜饜 鈥 ; he, 讻职旨谞址注址谉 鈥 , in pausa 鈥 ; grc-bib, 围伪谓伪伪谓 鈥 ;The current scholarly edition of the Greek Old Testament spells the word without any accents, cf. Septuaginta : id est Vetus T ...
, and
Mesopotamia Mesopotamia ''Mesopotam铆膩''; ar, 亘賽賱賻丕丿 俦賱乇賻賾丕賮賽丿賻賷賿賳 or ; syc, 軔塥堋 堍軛塥虉軡堍, or , ) is a historical region of Western Asia situated within the Tigris鈥揈uphrates river system, in the northern part of the F ...
, it has since been adopted in various other, mainly but not exclusively
Islamized Islamization, Islamicization, or Islamification ( ar, 兀爻賱賲丞, translit=aslam膩h), refers to the process through which a society shifts towards the religion of Islam and becomes largely Muslim. Societal Islamization has historically occurre ...
or
Arabized Arabization or Arabisation ( ar, 鬲毓乇賷亘, ') describes both the process of growing Arab influence on non-Arab populations, causing a language shift by the latter's gradual adoption of the Arabic language and incorporation of Arab culture, aft ...
non-Semitic
Asian languages A wide variety of languages are spoken throughout Asia, comprising different language families and some unrelated isolates. The major language families include Austroasiatic, Austronesian, Caucasian, Dravidian, Indo-European, Afroasiatic, Turk ...
for their ruling princes and to render kings elsewhere. It is also sometimes used in derived meanings. The female version of Malik is Malikah ( ar,
賲賱賰丞 Malik, Mallik, Melik, Malka, Malek, Maleek, Malick, Mallick, or Melekh ( phn, 饜饜饜; ar, 賲賱賰; he, 诪侄诇侄讱职) is the Semitic term translating to "king", recorded in East Semitic and Arabic, and as mlk in Northwest Semitic duri ...
; or its various spellings such as Malekeh or Melike), meaning "queen". The name Malik was originally found among various pre-Arab and non-Muslim Semitic peoples such as the indigenous ethnic Assyrians of
Iraq Iraq,; ku, 毓蹘乇丕賯, translit=脢raq officially the Republic of Iraq, '; ku, 讴蹎賲丕乇蹖 毓蹘乇丕賯, translit=Komar卯 脢raq is a country in Western Asia. It is bordered by Turkey to Iraq鈥揟urkey border, the north, Iran to Iran鈥揑raq ...
,
Amorites The Amorites (; sux, 饞垾饞寘, MAR.TU; Akkadian language, Akkadian: 饞饞埇饞姃饞対 or 饞嬀饞夝拤○拰/饞妿 ; he, 讗直诪讜止专执讬, '臄m艒r墨; grc, 峒埼嘉肯佅佄贬繓慰喂) were an ancient Semitic languages, Northwest Semitic-speaking people ...
,
Jews Jews ( he, 讬职讛讜旨讚执讬诐, , ) or Jewish people are an ethnoreligious group and nation originating from the Israelites Israelite origins and kingdom: "The first act in the long drama of Jewish history is the age of the Israelites""The ...
,
Arameans The Arameans ( oar, 饜饜饜饜饜; arc, 饜饜饜饜饜; syc, 軔塥虉堋軡軔, 膧r膩m膩y膿) were an ancient Semitic-speaking people in the Near East, first recorded in historical sources from the late 12th century BCE. The Aramean ...
, Mandeans, Syriacs, and pre-Islamic
Arabs The Arabs (singular: Arab; singular ar, 毓賻乇賻亘賽賷賹賾, DIN 31635: , , plural ar, 毓賻乇賻亘, DIN 31635, DIN 31635: , Arabic pronunciation: ), also known as the Arab people, are an ethnic group mainly inhabiting the Arab world in Wester ...
. It has since been spread among various predominantly Muslim and non-Semitic peoples in
Central Asia Central Asia, also known as Middle Asia, is a subregion, region of Asia that stretches from the Caspian Sea in the west to western China and Mongolia in the east, and from Afghanistan and Iran in the south to Russia in the north. It includes t ...
, the
Middle East The Middle East ( ar, 丕賱卮乇賯 丕賱兀賵爻胤, ISO 233: ) is a geopolitical region commonly encompassing Arabian Peninsula, Arabia (including the Arabian Peninsula and Bahrain), Anatolia, Asia Minor (Asian part of Turkey except Hatay Pro ...
, and
South Asia South Asia is the southern subregion of Asia, which is defined in both geographical and ethno-cultural terms. The region consists of the countries of Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka.;;;;;;;; ...
.
Malik Malik, Mallik, Melik, Malka, Malek, Maleek, Malick, Mallick, or Melekh ( phn, 饜饜饜; ar, 賲賱賰; he, 诪侄诇侄讱职) is the Semitic term translating to "king", recorded in East Semitic and Arabic, and as mlk in Northwest Semitic duri ...
is also an
angel In various theistic religious traditions an angel is a supernatural spiritual being who serves God. Abrahamic religions often depict angels as benevolent celestial intermediaries between God (or Heaven) and humanity. Other roles include ...
in the
Quran The Quran (, ; Standard Arabic: , Classical Arabic, Quranic Arabic: , , 'the recitation'), also romanized Qur'an or Koran, is the central religious text of Islam, believed by Muslims to be a revelation in Islam, revelation from God in Islam, ...
, who never smiled since the day the hellfire was created. The last name "Malik" also refers to people belonging to the
Punjab Punjab (; Punjabi: 倬賳噩丕亘 ; 啜┌啜溹ň啜 ; ; also romanised as ''Panj膩b'' or ''Panj-膧b'') is a geopolitical, cultural, and historical region in South Asia, specifically in the northern part of the Indian subcontinent, comprising ...
,
Uttar Pradesh Uttar Pradesh (; , 'Northern Province') is a state in northern India. With over 200 million inhabitants, it is the most populated state in India as well as the most populous country subdivision in the world. It was established in 1950 ...
and
Haryana Haryana (; ) is an Indian state located in the northern part of the country. It was carved out of the former state of East Punjab on 1 Nov 1966 on a linguistic basis. It is ranked 21st in terms of area, with less than 1.4% () of India's land ar ...
region in
India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...
and
Pakistan Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 24 ...
. Malik is also a common name for boys in Greenlandic, meaning "ocean wave".


Etymology

The earliest form of the name ''Maloka'' was used to denote a prince or chieftain in the
East Semitic The East Semitic languages are one of three divisions of the Semitic languages. The East Semitic group is attested by three distinct languages, Akkadian, Eblaite and possibly Kishite, all of which have been long extinct. They were influenced by ...
Akkadian Akkadian or Accadian may refer to: * Akkadians, inhabitants of the Akkadian Empire * Akkadian language, an extinct Eastern Semitic language * Akkadian literature, literature in this language * Akkadian cuneiform Cuneiform is a logo- syllabi ...
language of the
Mesopotamian Mesopotamia ''Mesopotam铆膩''; ar, 亘賽賱賻丕丿 俦賱乇賻賾丕賮賽丿賻賷賿賳 or ; syc, 軔塥堋 堍軛塥虉軡堍, or , ) is a historical region of Western Asia situated within the Tigris鈥揈uphrates river system, in the northern part of the F ...
states of
Akkad Akkad may refer to: *Akkad (city), the capital of the Akkadian Empire *Akkadian Empire, the first ancient empire of Mesopotamia *Akkad SC, Iraqi football club People with the name *Abbas el-Akkad, Egyptian writer *Abdulrahman Akkad, Syrian LGBT act ...
,
Assyria Assyria (Neo-Assyrian cuneiform: , romanized: ''m膩t A拧拧ur''; syc, 軔墁軜塥, 示膩thor) was a major ancient Mesopotamian civilization which existed as a city-state at times controlling regional territories in the indigenous lands of the A ...
,
Babylonia Babylonia (; Akkadian: , ''m膩t Akkad墨'') was an ancient Akkadian-speaking state and cultural area based in the city of Babylon in central-southern Mesopotamia (present-day Iraq and parts of Syria). It emerged as an Amorite-ruled state c. ...
and
Chaldea Chaldea () was a small country that existed between the late 10th or early 9th and mid-6th centuries BCE, after which the country and its people were absorbed and assimilated into the indigenous population of Babylonia. Semitic-speaking, it was ...
. The Northwest Semitic '' mlk'' was the title of the rulers of the primarily
Amorite The Amorites (; sux, 饞垾饞寘, MAR.TU; Akkadian: 饞饞埇饞姃饞対 or 饞嬀饞夝拤○拰/饞妿 ; he, 讗直诪讜止专执讬, '臄m艒r墨; grc, 峒埼嘉肯佅佄贬繓慰喂) were an ancient Northwest Semitic-speaking people from the Levant who also occupied lar ...
,
Sutean The Suteans (Akkadian: ''Sut墨鈥櫯'', possibly from Amorite: ''艩et墨鈥檜'') were a Semitic people who lived throughout the Levant, Canaan and Mesopotamia during the Old Babylonian period. Unlike Amorites, they were not governed by a king. They w ...
,
Canaan Canaan (; Phoenician: 饜饜饜饜 鈥 ; he, 讻职旨谞址注址谉 鈥 , in pausa 鈥 ; grc-bib, 围伪谓伪伪谓 鈥 ;The current scholarly edition of the Greek Old Testament spells the word without any accents, cf. Septuaginta : id est Vetus T ...
ite,
Phoenicia Phoenicia () was an ancient thalassocratic civilization originating in the Levant region of the eastern Mediterranean, primarily located in modern Lebanon. The territory of the Phoenician city-states extended and shrank throughout their histor ...
n and
Aramean The Arameans ( oar, 饜饜饜饜饜; arc, 饜饜饜饜饜; syc, 軔塥虉堋軡軔, 膧r膩m膩y膿) were an ancient Semitic-speaking people in the Near East, first recorded in historical sources from the late 12th century BCE. The Aramean h ...
city-states of the
Levant The Levant () is an approximate historical geographical term referring to a large area in the Eastern Mediterranean region of Western Asia. In its narrowest sense, which is in use today in archaeology and other cultural contexts, it is eq ...
and
Canaan Canaan (; Phoenician: 饜饜饜饜 鈥 ; he, 讻职旨谞址注址谉 鈥 , in pausa 鈥 ; grc-bib, 围伪谓伪伪谓 鈥 ;The current scholarly edition of the Greek Old Testament spells the word without any accents, cf. Septuaginta : id est Vetus T ...
from the
Late Bronze Age The Bronze Age is a historic period, lasting approximately from 3300 BC to 1200 BC, characterized by the use of bronze, the presence of writing in some areas, and other early features of urban civilization. The Bronze Age is the second pri ...
. Eventual derivatives include the Aramaic, Neo-Assyrian, Mandic and Arabic forms: ''Malik'', ''Malek'', ''Mallick'', ''Malkh''a, ''Malka'', ''Malkai'' and the
Hebrew Hebrew (; ; ) is a Northwest Semitic language of the Afroasiatic language family. Historically, it is one of the spoken languages of the Israelites and their longest-surviving descendants, the Jews and Samaritans. It was largely preserved ...
form ''Melek''. ''
Moloch Moloch (; ''M艒le岣'' or 讛址诪止旨诇侄讱职鈥 ''hamM艒le岣''; grc, 螠蠈位慰蠂, la, Moloch; also Molech or Molek) is a name or a term which appears in the Hebrew Bible several times, primarily in the book of Leviticus. The Bible strongly co ...
'' has traditionally been interpreted as the epithet of a god, known as "the king" like
Baal Baal (), or Baal,; phn, , ba士l; hbo, , ba士al, ). ( ''ba士al'') was a title and honorific meaning "owner", "lord" in the Northwest Semitic languages spoken in the Levant during Ancient Near East, antiquity. From its use among people, it cam ...
was an epithet "the master" and
Adon Adon ( phn, 饜饜饜) literally means "lord." Adon has an uncertain etymology, although it is generally believed to be derived from the Ugaritic ad, 鈥渇ather.鈥 Ugaritic tradition The pluralization of adon "my lord" is ''adonai'' "my lord ...
an epithet "the lord", but in the case of Moloch purposely mispronounced as ''Mole岣'' instead of ''Mele岣'' using the vowels of Hebrew ''bosheth'' "shame".


Political

Primarily a ''malik'' is the ruling monarch of a
kingdom Kingdom commonly refers to: * A monarchy ruled by a king or queen * Kingdom (biology), a category in biological taxonomy Kingdom may also refer to: Arts and media Television * ''Kingdom'' (British TV series), a 2007 British television drama s ...
, called ''mamlaka''; that term is however also used in a broader sense, like realm, for rulers with another, generally lower titles, as in Sahib al-Mamlaka. Malik is also used for tribal leaders, e.g. among the
Pashtuns Pashtuns (, , ; ps, 倬跉鬲丕賳賴, ), also known as Pakhtuns or Pathans, are an Iranian ethnic group who are native to the geographic region of Pashtunistan in the present-day countries of Afghanistan and Pakistan. They were historically re ...
. Some
Arab The Arabs (singular: Arab; singular ar, 毓賻乇賻亘賽賷賹賾, DIN 31635: , , plural ar, 毓賻乇賻亘, DIN 31635: , Arabic pronunciation: ), also known as the Arab people, are an ethnic group mainly inhabiting the Arab world in Western Asia, ...
kingdoms are currently ruled by a Malik: *
Bahrain Bahrain ( ; ; ar, 丕賱亘丨乇賷賳, al-Bahrayn, locally ), officially the Kingdom of Bahrain, ' is an island country in Western Asia. It is situated on the Persian Gulf, and comprises a small archipelago made up of 50 natural islands and an ...
, formerly under a '' hakim'', or "ruler", until 16 August 1971, then under an ''
emir Emir (; ar, 兀賲賷乇 ' ), sometimes transliterated amir, amier, or ameer, is a word of Arabic origin that can refer to a male monarch, aristocrat, holder of high-ranking military or political office, or other person possessing actual or cerem ...
'', or "prince", and since 14 February 2002 under a ''malik''. *
Jordan Jordan ( ar, 丕賱兀乇丿賳; tr. ' ), officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan,; tr. ' is a country in Western Asia. It is situated at the crossroads of Asia, Africa, and Europe, within the Levant region, on the East Bank of the Jordan Rive ...
, formerly the
Emirate An emirate is a territory ruled by an emir, a title used by monarchs or high officeholders in the Muslim world. From a historical point of view, an emirate is a political-religious unit smaller than a caliphate. It can be considered equivalen ...
of
Transjordan Transjordan may refer to: * Transjordan (region), an area to the east of the Jordan River * Oultrejordain, a Crusader lordship (1118鈥1187), also called Transjordan * Emirate of Transjordan, British protectorate (1921鈥1946) * Hashemite Kingdom of ...
; *
Morocco Morocco (),, ) officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is the westernmost country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It overlooks the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria to ...
, formerly a
Sultanate This article includes a list of successive Islamic states and Muslim dynasties beginning with the time of the Islamic prophet Muhammad (570鈥632 CE) and the early Muslim conquests that spread Islam outside of the Arabian Peninsula, and continui ...
; *
Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia, officially the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), is a country in Western Asia. It covers the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, and has a land area of about , making it the fifth-largest country in Asia, the second-largest in the A ...
. On 10 June 1916 the
Grand Sharif The Sharif of Mecca ( ar, 卮乇賷賮 賲賰丞, Shar墨f Makkah) or Hejaz ( ar, 卮乇賷賮 丕賱丨噩丕夭, Shar墨f al-岣j膩z, links=no) was the title of the leader of the Sharifate of Mecca, traditional steward of the holy cities of Mecca and Medina and ...
of
Mecca Mecca (; officially Makkah al-Mukarramah, commonly shortened to Makkah ()) is a city and administrative center of the Mecca Province of Saudi Arabia, and the Holiest sites in Islam, holiest city in Islam. It is inland from Jeddah on the Red ...
assumed the title of King of the
Hejaz The Hejaz (, also ; ar, 俦賱賿丨賽噩賻丕夭, al-岣j膩z, lit=the Barrier, ) is a region in the west of Saudi Arabia. It includes the cities of Mecca, Medina, Jeddah, Tabuk, Yanbu, Taif, and Baljurashi. It is also known as the "Western Provin ...
; from 29 October 1916 "King of the Arabs and
Commander of the Faithful Commander (commonly abbreviated as Cmdr.) is a common naval officer rank. Commander is also used as a rank or title in other formal organizations, including several police forces. In several countries this naval rank is termed frigate captain. ...
"; from 6 November 1916 recognized by the allied powers only as King of the
Hejaz The Hejaz (, also ; ar, 俦賱賿丨賽噩賻丕夭, al-岣j膩z, lit=the Barrier, ) is a region in the west of Saudi Arabia. It includes the cities of Mecca, Medina, Jeddah, Tabuk, Yanbu, Taif, and Baljurashi. It is also known as the "Western Provin ...
,
Commander of the Faithful Commander (commonly abbreviated as Cmdr.) is a common naval officer rank. Commander is also used as a rank or title in other formal organizations, including several police forces. In several countries this naval rank is termed frigate captain. ...
,
Grand Sharif The Sharif of Mecca ( ar, 卮乇賷賮 賲賰丞, Shar墨f Makkah) or Hejaz ( ar, 卮乇賷賮 丕賱丨噩丕夭, Shar墨f al-岣j膩z, links=no) was the title of the leader of the Sharifate of Mecca, traditional steward of the holy cities of Mecca and Medina and ...
and
emir Emir (; ar, 兀賲賷乇 ' ), sometimes transliterated amir, amier, or ameer, is a word of Arabic origin that can refer to a male monarch, aristocrat, holder of high-ranking military or political office, or other person possessing actual or cerem ...
of Mecca; also assumed the title of
Caliph A caliphate or khil膩fah ( ar, 禺賽賱賻丕賮賻丞, ) is an institution or public office under the leadership of an Islamic steward with the title of caliph (; ar, 禺賻賱賽賷賮賻丞 , ), a person considered a political-religious successor to th ...
on 11 March 1924; from 3 October 1924: King of the Hejaz and Grand Sharif of Mecca. In 1925
Nejd Najd ( ar, 賳賻噩賿丿賹, ), or the Nejd, forms the geographic center of Saudi Arabia, accounting for about a third of the country's modern population and, since the Emirate of Diriyah, acting as the base for all unification campaigns by the H ...
conquered Hijaz, so the Sultan of Nejd added the title "King of Hijaz". On 22 September 1932 Nejd and Hejaz were renamed as Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, full style: ''Malik al-Mamlaka al-'Arabiyya as-Sa'udiyya'' ("King of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia"); from 1986 prefixed to the name: '' Khadim al-Haramayn ash-Sharifayn'' ("Servant (i.e.
Protector Protector(s) or The Protector(s) may refer to: Roles and titles * Protector (title), a title or part of various historical titles of heads of state and others in authority ** Lord Protector, a title that has been used in British constitutional l ...
) of the Two Exalted Holy Places
ecca and Medina Ecca may refer to: * Ecca Group, a group of sedimentary geological formations in southern Africa * Ecca Pass, Eastern Cape province, South Africa * European Coil Coating Association, non-profit group dedicated to the diffusion of the use of coil a ...
). Other historic realms under a Malik include: *
Egypt Egypt ( ar, 賲氐乇 , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia via a land bridge formed by the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Mediter ...
鈥 the former khedivate and subsequently independent sultanate was ruled by ''Malik Misr'' ("
King of Egypt King of Egypt () was the title used by the ruler of Egypt between 1922 and 1951. When the United Kingdom issued the Unilateral Declaration of Egyptian Independence on 28 February 1922, thereby ending its protectorate over Egypt, Egypt's Sult ...
") from 1922 to 1951; and ''Malik Misr wa's Sudan'' ("
King of Egypt and the Sudan King of Egypt and the Sudan ( ') was the title used by the Egyptian monarch from 16 October 1951 until the abolition of the monarchy on 18 June 1953. In 1951, the Egyptian Parliament amended the Constitution by Law 176 of 16 October 1951 to provid ...
") from 16 October 1951 until the proclamation of the republic on 18 June 1953 *
Iraq Iraq,; ku, 毓蹘乇丕賯, translit=脢raq officially the Republic of Iraq, '; ku, 讴蹎賲丕乇蹖 毓蹘乇丕賯, translit=Komar卯 脢raq is a country in Western Asia. It is bordered by Turkey to Iraq鈥揟urkey border, the north, Iran to Iran鈥揑raq ...
鈥 between 23 August 1921 and 2 May 1958, Iraq was ruled by a Hashemite '' Malik al-'Iraq'' ("King of Iraq"). Among the indigenous Assyrians and
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, the term has been (and still is) used since pre-Arab and pre-Islamic times for the title of tribal chief, for example
Malik Khoshaba Malik Khoshaba Yousip ( syr, 堋軤軣 軞軙軖塬軖軔 軡軜埽堞) was an Assyrian tribal leader (or "malik") of the Tyari tribe (''Bit Tyareh'') who played a significant role in the Assyrian independence movement during World War I. Early life Malik Kh ...
of the Bit- Tyareh tribe. *
Libya Libya (; ar, 賱賷亘賷丕, L墨biy膩), officially the State of Libya ( ar, 丿賵賱丞 賱賷亘賷丕, Dawlat L墨biy膩), is a country in the Maghreb region in North Africa. It is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to Egypt鈥揕ibya bo ...
Idris I Idris (I) ibn Abd Allah ( ar, 廿丿乇賷爻 亘賳 毓亘丿 丕賱賱賴, translit=Idr墨s ibn 士Abd All膩h), also known as Idris the Elder ( ar, 廿丿乇賷爻 丕賱兀賰亘乇, translit=Idr墨s al-Akbar), (d. 791) was an Arab Hasanid Sharif and the founder of the ...
(1890鈥1983) (Sayyid Muhammad Idris as-Sanusi, heir of a Muslim sect's dynasty) reigned as ''Malik al-Mamlaka al-Libiyya al-Muttahida'' ("King of the United Libyan Kingdom") from 24 December 1951 through 25 April 1963 and ''Malik al-Mamlaka al-Libiyya'' ("King of the Libyan Kingdom") until 1 September 1969. *
Maldives Maldives (, ; dv, 迡蕤迗蕃迉蕤迌蕨迖薨迻蕃, translit=Dhivehi Raajje, ), officially the Republic of Maldives ( dv, 迡蕤迗蕃迉蕤迌蕨迖薨迻蕲迬蕃 迻蕺迚薨迉瞢迌蕤迖薨迶蕨, translit=Dhivehi Raajjeyge Jumhooriyyaa, label=none, ), is an archipelag ...
鈥 between 1965 and 1968, Muhammad Fareed Didi ruled the Maldives as ''Jala'ala ul-Malik'' ("King" and the style of "His Majesty"); previous rulers were styled Sultan of Land and Sea and Lord of the twelve-thousand islands, holding both the Arabic title of Sultan and the more ancient Divehi title of Maha Radun or Ras Kilege. *
Oman Oman ( ; ar, 毓購賲賻丕賳 ' ), officially the Sultanate of Oman ( ar, 爻賱賿胤賳丞購 毓購賲丕賳 ), is an Arabian country located in southwestern Asia. It is situated on the southeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula, and spans the mouth of t ...
鈥 the
Nabhani dynasty The Nabhani dynasty (or Nabhanids; ar, 兀爻乇丞 亘賳賷 賳亘賴丕賳 ''示usrat ban墨 nabh膩n''), members of the Bani Nabhan family, were rulers of Oman from 1154 until 1624, when the Yaruba dynasty took power. One of their most visible legacies is th ...
ruled Oman between 1154 and 1470; later it was an
imamate {{expand Arabic, date=April 2021 The term imamate or ''imamah'' ( ar, 廿賲丕賲丞, ''im膩mah'') means "leadership" and refers to the office of an ''imam'' or a state ruled by an ''imam''. Theology *Imamate, in Sunni doctrine the caliphate :* Naqshb ...
/ Sultanate. *
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, formerly ruled by maliks (1 year). *
Yemen Yemen (; ar, 俦賱賿賷賻賲賻賳, al-Yaman), officially the Republic of Yemen,, ) is a country in Western Asia. It is situated on the southern end of the Arabian Peninsula, and borders Saudi Arabia to the Saudi Arabia鈥揧emen border, north and ...
鈥 between 1918 and 27 September 1962, and in dissidence to March 1970, the imamate of Yemen was ruled by '' Imam al-Muslimin, Amir al-Mu'minin, Malik al-Mamlaka al-Mutawakkiliyya al-Yamaniyya'' ("Imam of the Muslims,
Commander of the Faithful Commander (commonly abbreviated as Cmdr.) is a common naval officer rank. Commander is also used as a rank or title in other formal organizations, including several police forces. In several countries this naval rank is termed frigate captain. ...
, King of the Mutawakkilite Yemeni Kingdom"). *
Afghanistan Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan,; prs, 丕賲丕乇鬲 丕爻賱丕賲蹖 丕賮睾丕賳爻鬲丕賳 is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. Referred to as the Heart of Asia, it is bordere ...
,
Pakistan Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 24 ...
,
Bangladesh Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 165 million people in an area of . Bangladesh is among the mos ...
,
India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...
鈥 The
Muslim Muslims ( ar, 丕賱賲爻賱賲賵賳, , ) are people who adhere to Islam, a monotheistic religion belonging to the Abrahamic tradition. They consider the Quran, the foundational religious text of Islam, to be the verbatim word of the God of Abrah ...
rulers bestowed the title of ''Malik'' on loyal tribal leaders and chieftains in
South Asia South Asia is the southern subregion of Asia, which is defined in both geographical and ethno-cultural terms. The region consists of the countries of Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka.;;;;;;;; ...
. The Mughal and colonial
India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...
, the princely state of Zainabad, Vanod was ruled by a Malek Shri (
Shri Shri (; , ) is a Sanskrit term denoting resplendence, wealth and prosperity, primarily used as an honorific. The word is widely used in South and Southeast Asian languages such as Marathi, Malay (including Indonesian and Malaysian), Javanese, ...
is an emphatical
honorific An honorific is a title that conveys esteem, courtesy, or respect for position or rank when used in addressing or referring to a person. Sometimes, the term "honorific" is used in a more specific sense to refer to an honorary academic title. It ...
). The title Malik has also been used in languages which adopted Arabic
loanword A loanword (also loan word or loan-word) is a word at least partly assimilated from one language (the donor language) into another language. This is in contrast to cognates, which are words in two or more languages that are similar because th ...
s (mainly, not exclusively, in Muslim cultures), for various
prince A prince is a male ruler (ranked below a king, grand prince, and grand duke) or a male member of a monarch's or former monarch's family. ''Prince'' is also a title of nobility (often highest), often hereditary, in some European states. Th ...
ly or lower ranks and functions. * In
Armenia Armenia (), , group=pron officially the Republic of Armenia,, is a landlocked country in the Armenian Highlands of Western Asia.The UNbr>classification of world regions places Armenia in Western Asia; the CIA World Factbook , , and ''Ox ...
, the title of Melik was bestowed upon princes who ruled various
principalities A principality (or sometimes princedom) can either be a monarchical feudatory or a sovereign state, ruled or reigned over by a regnant-monarch with the title of prince and/or princess, or by a monarch with another title considered to fall under ...
, often referred to as Melikdoms. * In
Georgia Georgia most commonly refers to: * Georgia (country), a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia * Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United States Georgia may also refer to: Places Historical states and entities * Related to the ...
, among the numerous Grandees, often related to Armenia: ** In the fourth class, ('' Sul-didibuli-tavadi'') of the
Kingdom of Kartli The Kingdom of Kartli ( ka, 醿メ儛醿犪儣醿氠儤醿 醿♂儛醿涐償醿め儩, tr) was a late medieval/ early modern monarchy in eastern Georgia, centred on the province of Kartli, with its capital at Tbilisi. It emerged in the process of a triparti ...
, commanders of banners (''
sadrosho ''sadrosho'' ( ka, 醿♂儛醿撫儬醿濁儴醿; literally, "of a banner") was an administrative division in medieval and early modern Georgia which supplied men for a subdivision of the army marked by its own banner. A tactical unit furnished by this terr ...
''), sixth and last in that class, the Malik of
Somkhiti Somkhiti ( ka, 醿♂儩醿涐儺醿樶儣醿 ) was an ambiguous geographic term used in medieval and early modern Georgian historical sources to refer to Armenia on one hand and to the Armeno-Georgian marchlands along the river valleys of Debed and Khr ...
(Somkhiti is the name of Armenia in Georgian). ** In the sixth class, Grandees of the second class (''
mtavari ''Mtavari'' ( ka, 醿涐儣醿愥儠醿愥儬醿) was a feudal title in Georgia usually translated into English as Prince or Duke. The earliest instances of the use of ''mtavari'' are in the early Georgian hagiographic texts dated to the 5th century. From ...
'') of the Kingdom of Kartli, ranking first of the second subclass, Grandees under the Prince of Sabaratiano: the Malik of Lori ( Lori 鈥 a region in Armenia), head of the house of Melikishvili. The word Malik is sometimes used in Arabic to render roughly equivalent titles of foreign rulers, for instance the chronicler
Baha al-Din Ibn Shaddad Bah膩示 al-D墨n Ab奴 al-Ma岣ツ乻in Y奴suf ibn R膩fi士 ibn Tam墨m ( ar, 亘賴丕亍 丕賱丿賷賳 丕亘賳 卮丿丕丿; the honorific title "Bah膩' ad-D墨n" means "splendor of the faith"; sometimes known as Bohadin or Boha-Eddyn) (6 March 1145 – 8 Novem ...
refers to King
Richard I of England Richard I (8 September 1157 鈥 6 April 1199) was King of England from 1189 until his death in 1199. He also ruled as Duke of Normandy, Aquitaine and Gascony, Lord of Cyprus, and Count of Poitiers, Anjou, Maine, and Nantes, and was ...
as ''Malik al-Inkitar''.


Religious

*The sacrament of
Holy Leaven Holy Leaven, also known as ''Malka'' ( syc, 堋懿軤軣艿軔, ), is a powder added to the sacramental bread used in the Eucharist of both the Ancient Church of the East and the Assyrian Church of the East and historically in the Church of the Eas ...
in the
Assyrian Church of the East The Assyrian Church of the East,, ar, 賰賳賷爻丞 丕賱賲卮乇賯 丕賱丌卮賵乇賷丞 sometimes called Church of the East, officially the Holy Apostolic Catholic Assyrian Church of the East,; ar, 賰賳賷爻丞 丕賱賲卮乇賯 丕賱丌卮賵乇賷丞 丕賱乇爻賵賱 ...
*It is also one of the
Names of God in Islam Names of God in Islam ( ar, 兀賻爻賿賲賻丕亍購 俦賱賱賻賾侔賴賽 俦賱賿丨購爻賿賳賻賶侔 , "''Allah's Beautiful Names''") are names attributed to God in Islam by Muslims. While some names are only in the Quran, and others are only in the hadith, th ...
, and is then ''al-Malik'' (丕賱賲賱賰) or ''The King, Lord of the Worlds'' in the absolute sense (denoted by the definite article), meaning the
King of Kings King of Kings; grc-gre, 螔伪蟽喂位蔚峤合 螔伪蟽喂位苇蠅谓, Basile霉s Basil茅艒n; hy, 铡謤謩铡盏斋謥 铡謤謩铡, ark'ayits ark'a; sa, 啶す啶距ぐ啶距啶距ぇ啶苦ぐ啶距, Mah膩r膩jadhir膩ja; ka, 醿涐償醿め償醿 醿涐償醿め償, ''Mepet mepe'' ...
, above all earthly rulers. **Hence, Abdelmelik ("servant of llahthe King") is an Arabic male name. *In Biblical Hebrew,
Moloch Moloch (; ''M艒le岣'' or 讛址诪止旨诇侄讱职鈥 ''hamM艒le岣''; grc, 螠蠈位慰蠂, la, Moloch; also Molech or Molek) is a name or a term which appears in the Hebrew Bible several times, primarily in the book of Leviticus. The Bible strongly co ...
is either the name of a god or the name of a particular kind of sacrifice associated historically with Phoenician and related cultures in North Africa and the Levant. *
Melqart Melqart (also Melkarth or Melicarthus) was the tutelary god of the Phoenician city-state of Tyre and a major deity in the Phoenician and Punic pantheons. Often titled the "Lord of Tyre" (''Ba鈥榓l 峁⑴玶''), he was also known as the Son of ...
("king of the city") was a Phoenician and Punic god. *The
Melkite The term Melkite (), also written Melchite, refers to various Eastern Christianity, Eastern Christian churches of the Byzantine Rite and their members originating in the Middle East. The term comes from the common Central Semitic Semitic root, ro ...
s (from Syriac ''malk膩y芒'', 堋軤軣軡軔, "imperial") are the members of several Christian churches of the Middle East, originally those who sided with the Byzantine emperor.


Compound and derived titles

*''Malika'' is the female derivation, a term of Arabic origin used in Persia as the title for a Queen consort. Frequently also used as part of a lady's name, e.g. ''Malika-i-Jahan'' 'Queen of the World'. *''
Sahib Sahib or Saheb (; ) is an Arabic title meaning 'companion'. It was historically used for the first caliph Abu Bakr in the Quran. The title is still applied to the caliph by Sunni Muslims. As a loanword, ''Sahib'' has passed into several langua ...
us-Sumuw al-Malik'' (female Sahibat us-Sumuw al-Malik) is an Arabic title for His/Her
Royal Highness Royal Highness is a style used to address or refer to some members of royal families, usually princes or princesses. Monarchs and their consorts are usually styled ''Majesty''. When used as a direct form of address, spoken or written, it takes ...
, notably for Princes in the dynasty of the Malik of Egypt. The following components are frequently part of titles, notably in Persian (also used elsewhere, e.g. in India's Moghol tradition): *- ul-Mulk (or ul-Molk): - of the kingdom; e.g. Malik Usman Khan, who served the
Sultan Sultan (; ar, 爻賱胤丕賳 ', ) is a position with several historical meanings. Originally, it was an Arabic abstract noun meaning "strength", "authority", "rulership", derived from the verbal noun ', meaning "authority" or "power". Later, it ...
of
Gujarat Gujarat (, ) is a state along the western coast of India. Its coastline of about is the longest in the country, most of which lies on the Kathiawar peninsula. Gujarat is the fifth-largest Indian state by area, covering some ; and the ninth ...
as Governor of
Lahore Lahore ( ; pnb, ; ur, ) is the second most populous city in Pakistan after Karachi and 26th most populous city in the world, with a population of over 13 million. It is the capital of the province of Punjab where it is the largest city. ...
, received the title of ''Zubdat ul-Mulk'' 'best of the kingdom' as a hereditary distinction, which was retained as part of the style of his heirs, the ruling Diwans (only since 1910 promoted to
Nawab Nawab (Balochi language, Balochi: 賳賵丕亘; ar, 賳賵丕亘; bn, 唳ㄠΜ唳距Μ/唳ㄠ唳唳距Μ; hi, 啶ㄠさ啶距が; Punjabi language, Punjabi : 啜ㄠǖ啜距ì; Persian language, Persian, Punjabi language, Punjabi , Sindhi language, Sindhi, Urd ...
) of
Palanpur Palanpur is a city and a municipality of Banaskantha district in the Indian state of Gujarat. Palanpur is the administrative headquarters of Banaskantha district. Palanpur is the ancestral home to an industry of Indian diamond merchants. Ety ...
. *- ul-Mamaluk (plural of ''ul-mulk''): - of the kingdoms. In the great Indian Muslim
salute state A salute state was a princely state under the British Raj that had been granted a gun salute by the British Crown (as paramount ruler); i.e., the protocolary privilege for its ruler to be greeted鈥攐riginally by Royal Navy ships, later also ...
of
Hyderabad Hyderabad ( ; , ) is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Telangana and the ''de jure'' capital of Andhra Pradesh. It occupies on the Deccan Plateau along the banks of the Musi River (India), Musi River, in the northern part ...
, a first rank- vassal of the Mughal
padshah Padishah ( fa, 倬丕丿卮丕賴; ; from Persian language, Persian: r Old Persian: * 'master', and ''sh膩h'', 'king'), sometimes Romanization of Persian, romanised as padeshah or padshah ( fa, 倬丕丿卮丕賴; ota, 倬丕丿卮丕賴, p膩di艧ah; tr, pa ...
(emperor) imitating his lofty Persian court protocol, the word Molk became on itself one of the titles used for ennobled Muslim retainers of the ruling
Nizam The Nizams were the rulers of Hyderabad from the 18th through the 20th century. Nizam of Hyderabad (Ni岷撃乵 ul-Mulk, also known as Asaf Jah) was the title of the monarch of the Hyderabad State ( divided between the state of Telangana, Mar ...
's court, in fact the third in rank, only below Jah (the highest) and
Umara Emir (; ar, 兀賲賷乇 ' ), sometimes transliterated amir, amier, or ameer, is a word of Arabic origin that can refer to a male monarch, aristocrat, holder of high-ranking military or political office, or other person possessing actual or ceremo ...
, but above Daula, Jang,
Nawab Nawab (Balochi language, Balochi: 賳賵丕亘; ar, 賳賵丕亘; bn, 唳ㄠΜ唳距Μ/唳ㄠ唳唳距Μ; hi, 啶ㄠさ啶距が; Punjabi language, Punjabi : 啜ㄠǖ啜距ì; Persian language, Persian, Punjabi language, Punjabi , Sindhi language, Sindhi, Urd ...
,
Khan Bahadur Khan Bahadur 鈥 a compound of khan ('leader') and bahadur ('brave') 鈥 was a formal title of respect and honor, which was conferred exclusively on Muslim and other non-Hindu natives of British India. It was one degree higher than the title of K ...
and Khan; for the Nizam's Hindu retainers different titles were used, the equivalent of Molk being Vant.


Usage in South Asia


Pashtun usage

The Arabic term came to be adopted as a term for "
tribal chieftain A tribal chief or chieftain is the leader of a tribal society or chiefdom. Tribe The concept of tribe is a broadly applied concept, based on tribal concepts of societies of western Afroeurasia. Tribal societies are sometimes categorized as ...
" in the
tribal The term tribe is used in many different contexts to refer to a category of human social group. The predominant worldwide usage of the term in English is in the discipline of anthropology. This definition is contested, in part due to conflic ...
areas of northwestern
Pakistan Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 24 ...
. In tribal Pashtun society in Pakistan the Maliks serve as ''de facto'' arbiters in local conflicts, interlocutors in state policy-making, tax-collectors, heads of village and town councils and delegates to provincial and national ''jirgas'' as well as to Parliament.


Punjabi usage

In the
Punjab Punjab (; Punjabi: 倬賳噩丕亘 ; 啜┌啜溹ň啜 ; ; also romanised as ''Panj膩b'' or ''Panj-膧b'') is a geopolitical, cultural, and historical region in South Asia, specifically in the northern part of the Indian subcontinent, comprising ...
, "Malik", literally meaning "King" or "
tribal chieftain A tribal chief or chieftain is the leader of a tribal society or chiefdom. Tribe The concept of tribe is a broadly applied concept, based on tribal concepts of societies of western Afroeurasia. Tribal societies are sometimes categorized as ...
" is a title used by some well-reputed specific Punjabi aristocrat bloodlines with special lineage, more formally known as
Zamindar A zamindar ( Hindustani: Devanagari: , ; Persian: , ) in the Indian subcontinent was an autonomous or semiautonomous ruler of a province. The term itself came into use during the reign of Mughals and later the British had begun using it as a ...
s. The Actual clan to hold and originate this esteemed title is the "
Awan Awan may refer to: Places * Awan (ancient city), a city-state in Elam in the 3rd millennium BCE * Awan (region), a town in Guna district, Madhya Pradesh, India * Awan, Bhulath, a village in Kapurthala district, Punjab, India, Punjab, Pakistan * ...
" Tribe, a Martial Warrior Tribe which is also associated with different aspects throughout different generations and periods of history, It is believed that they originated as a clan of warriors who later on settled as wealthy landlords. Malik Awans in Punjabi Ethnology are considered to be Honourable Warriors. Some Maliks (Urdu: 賲賱讴) belong to a clan of
Hindu Hindus (; ) are people who religiously adhere to Hinduism.Jeffery D. Long (2007), A Vision for Hinduism, IB Tauris, , pages 35鈥37 Historically, the term has also been used as a geographical, cultural, and later religious identifier for ...
Jat The Jat people ((), ()) are a traditionally agricultural community in Northern India and Pakistan. Originally pastoralists in the lower Indus river-valley of Sindh, Jats migrated north into the Punjab region in late medieval times, and su ...
,
Muslim Muslims ( ar, 丕賱賲爻賱賲賵賳, , ) are people who adhere to Islam, a monotheistic religion belonging to the Abrahamic tradition. They consider the Quran, the foundational religious text of Islam, to be the verbatim word of the God of Abrah ...
and a few Sikh Jat, found primarily in India. (There also exist Hindu Punjabi Maliks that are part of the
Khukhrain The Khukhrain or Khokhrain is a clan composed of eight septs of the Khatri caste that originally hailed from the areas of the Salt Range. Battle of Bhera The Khukhrains spread over Khushab, Dhune Kheb, Chakwal, Pind Dadan Khan, Peshawar, Nowshe ...
or
Arora Arora is a community of Punjab, comprising both Hindus and Sikhs. The name is derived from their native place Aror. Historically, the Arora section of the Khatri community had been principally found in West Punjab, in the districts to the sou ...
communities. The Muslim Malik community is settled all over Pakistan and the Sikh Malik in India. The Malik are also known as the Gathwala. The Gathwala are now designating themselves as Maliks. Due to popularity of the Malik title many Punjabi sub-castes such as
Gujarati Gujarati may refer to: * something of, from, or related to Gujarat, a state of India * Gujarati people, the major ethnic group of Gujarat * Gujarati language, the Indo-Aryan language spoken by them * Gujarati languages, the Western Indo-Aryan sub ...
Punjabis The Punjabis ( Punjabi: ; 啜┌啜溹ň啜﹢ ; romanised as Panj膩b墨s), are an Indo-Aryan ethnolinguistic group associated with the Punjab region of the Indian subcontinent, comprising areas of eastern Pakistan and northwestern India. The ...
and many others have adapted the title to gain acceptance in the
Punjab Punjab (; Punjabi: 倬賳噩丕亘 ; 啜┌啜溹ň啜 ; ; also romanised as ''Panj膩b'' or ''Panj-膧b'') is a geopolitical, cultural, and historical region in South Asia, specifically in the northern part of the Indian subcontinent, comprising ...
i caste system.


General usage

Malik or Malek is a common element in first and family names, usually without any aristocratic meaning.


List of notable name-bearers


First name

*
Malik Ambar Malik Ambar (1548 鈥 13 May 1626) was a Siddi military leader and prime minister who became a kingmaker and de facto ruler of the Ahmadnagar Sultanate in the Deccan region of India. Born in the Adal Sultunate, in present-day Ethiopia, Malik ...
, Born in present-day Ethiopia, became a military leader for the
Ahmadnagar Sultanate The Ahmadnagar Sultanate was a late medieval Indian Muslim kingdom located in the northwestern Deccan, between the sultanates of Gujarat and Bijapur. Malik Ahmed, the Bahmani governor of Junnar after defeating the Bahmani army led by general Ja ...
*
Malik Shakeel Awan Malik Shakeel Awan ( ur, 賲賱讴 卮讴蹖賱 丕毓賵丕賳; born 25 January 1966) is a Pakistani politician and businessman who served as a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from 2010 to 2013. Early life and education Awan was born on 25 Ja ...
, Born in present day Pakistan, served as a Member of National Assembly of Pakistan * Malik Basit or Malik B (1972鈥2020), American rapper *
Malik Bendjelloul Malik Bendjelloul (14 September 1977 鈥 13 May 2014) was a Swedish documentary filmmaker, journalist and former child actor.Rohter, Larry (20 July 2012)Retrieved 26 February 2013.Malik Davis (born 1998), American football player *
Malik Dixon Malik Dixon (born September 7, 1975) is an American former professional basketball player. He was the top scorer in the 2005 Israel Basketball Premier League. He currently resides in Sydney, and plays amateur An amateur () is generally consid ...
, American basketball player, top scorer in the 2005 Israel Basketball Premier League * Malik Gabdullin, Kazakh writer, philologist and a professor,
Hero of the Soviet Union The title Hero of the Soviet Union (russian: 袚械褉芯泄 小芯胁械褌褋泻芯谐芯 小芯褞蟹邪, translit=Geroy Sovietskogo Soyuza) was the highest distinction in the Soviet Union, awarded together with the Order of Lenin personally or collectively for ...
. * Malik Izaak Taylor (aka Phife Dawg), American rapper and a member of the group A Tribe Called Quest *
Malik Ata Muhammad Khan Malik Ata Muhammad Khan (Urdu, pnb, , 25 October 1937 鈥 6 February 2020), popularly known as Prince Malik Ata was a Pakistani feudal lord and politician. He was the chief of Kot Fateh Khan in Attock District of North Western Punjab, Pakista ...
, Current Chieftain of Malik-Awan Clan, A Renowned feudal lords and states man *
Nawab Malik Amir Mohammad Khan Malik Amir Mohammad Khan (; 20 June 1910 鈥 26 November 1967) was the Nawab of Kalabagh and a prominent feudal lord, politician, the chief or sardar of the Awan tribe, and of his tribal estate Kalabagh, in Mianwali District of north western Pu ...
, Nawab of Kalabagh, Patriarch of Malik-Awan Tribe * Malik Feroz Khan Noon, former Prime Minister of Pakistan *
Malik Khizar Hayat Tiwana Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Malik Khizar Hayat Tiwana KCSI, OBE ( pa, ; 7 August 1900 鈥 20 January 1975) was an Indian statesman, army officer, and landowner who served as the prime minister of the Punjab Province of British India between 1942 a ...
, Punjab Unionist party Premier of the Punjab *
Malik Khoshaba Malik Khoshaba Yousip ( syr, 堋軤軣 軞軙軖塬軖軔 軡軜埽堞) was an Assyrian tribal leader (or "malik") of the Tyari tribe (''Bit Tyareh'') who played a significant role in the Assyrian independence movement during World War I. Early life Malik Kh ...
, an Assyrian tribal leader of the Tyareh tribe. *
Malik Newman Malik Tidderious Newman (born February 21, 1997) is an American professional basketball player for Avtodor Saratov of the VTB United League. He played college basketball for the Kansas Jayhawks. He attended Callaway High School in Jackson, Mis ...
(born 1997), American basketball player in the
Israeli Basketball Premier League Ligat HaAl ( he, 诇讬讙转 讛注诇, lit., ''Supreme League or Premier League''), or the Israeli Basketball Premier League, is the top-tier level league of professional sports, professional competition in Israeli sports club, club basketball, making ...
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Malik Peiris Joseph Sriyal Malik Peiris ( Sinhala: 喽⑧窛喾冟洞喾 喾佮穵鈥嵿痘喾掄逗喾忇督喾 喽膏督喾掄稓喾 喽脆窊喽秽窉喾冟穵, born 10 November 1949) is a Hong Kong-based British and Sri Lankan virologist, most notable for being the first person to ...
, Sri Lankan scientist *
Malik Riaz Malik Riaz Hussain (Urdu, pa, ; born February 8, 1954) is a Pakistani business tycoon who is the founder of Bahria Town, the largest privately held real estate development company in Pakistan and in Asia. Riaz started his career as a clerk w ...
, Pakistani businessman and a real estate investor who owns
Bahria Town Bahria Town (Private) Limited ( ur, ) is an Islamabad-based privately owned real-estate development company which owns, develops and manages properties across Pakistan. It established its first gated community exclusively developed for the el ...
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Malik Shabazz Malcolm X (born Malcolm Little, later Malik el-Shabazz; May 19, 1925 鈥 February 21, 1965) was an American Muslim minister and human rights activist who was a prominent figure during the civil rights movement. A spokesman for the Nation of ...
, also known as Malcolm X, an American Muslim leader and human rights activist *
Malik Willis Malik Antonio Willis ( ; born May 25, 1999) is an American football quarterback for the Tennessee Titans of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Auburn before transferring to Liberty, where he won the 2020 Dudley Aw ...
, American football player *
Malik Yoba A鈥嬧媌dul-Malik Kashie Yoba (born September 17, 1967) is an American actor. He is known for his starring role as NYPD Detective J. C. Williams on the Fox police drama ''New York Undercover'' and as Yul Brenner in the film '' Cool Runnings''. ...
, American actor and occasional singer


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Abdul Malik Abdul Malik ( ar, 毓亘丿 丕賱賲賱賰) is an Arabic (Muslim or Christian) male given name and, in modern usage, surname. It is built from the Arabic words '' Abd'', ''al-'' and ''Malik''. The name means "servant of the King", in the Christian instan ...
, Brigadier (rtd.), first Pakistani cardiologist, founder of National Heart Foundation *
Anu Malik Anwar Sardar "Anu" Malik (born 2 November 1960) is an Indian music composer, singer, music arranger and score composer. He is an Indian National Award and Filmfare Award winning musician, who primarily composes music for the Hindi film indus ...
, Indian singer and music director *
Armaan Malik Armaan Malik (born 22 July 1995) is an Indian singer, songwriter, record producer, voice-over, performer, dancer and actor. He is known for his singing in multiple languages, including Hindi, Telugu, English, Bengali, Kannada, Marathi, Tamil, G ...
, Indian singer *
Art Malik Athar ul-Haque Malik (born 13 November 1952), known professionally as Art Malik, is a Pakistani-born British actor who achieved international fame in the 1980s through his starring and subsidiary roles in assorted British and Merchant Ivory tel ...
, Pakistan-born British actor *
Nikunj Malik Nikunj Malik (born 30 October 1989) is an Indian actress and TV personality. Career Malik debuted as a contestant on the Indian reality wedding show, ''Rahul Dulhaniya le Jayega.'' The show first aired on NDTV Imagine on 1 February 2011. Althou ...
, Indian actress *
Rami Malek Rami Said Malek (; , ; born May 12, 1981) is an American actor. He is known for portraying computer hacker Elliot Alderson in the USA Network television series ''Mr. Robot'' (2015鈥2019), for which he received the Primetime Emmy Award for Outs ...
, American actor *
Rani Malik Aashiqui () is a 1990 Indian Hindi musical romantic drama film and first installment of Aashiqui series directed by Mahesh Bhatt, starring Rahul Roy, Anu Aggarwal and Deepak Tijori in pivotal roles. The film was known for its music, by compose ...
, Indian poet and lyricist *
Shoaib Malik Shoaib Malik ( Punjabi, ur, ; born 1 February 1982) is a Pakistani cricketer who plays for the Pakistan national cricket team and currently plays for Karachi Kings in the Pakistan Super League (PSL). He was the captain of the Pakistan national ...
, Pakistani cricket player * Steve Malik (born c. 1965), American businessman and sports team owner * Tashfeen Malik, Arab American terrorist *
Terrence Malick Terrence Frederick Malick (born November 30, 1943) is an American filmmaker. His films include '' Days of Heaven'' (1978), '' The Thin Red Line'' (1998), for which he received Academy Award nominations for Best Director and Best Adapted Screenp ...
(born 1943), American film director, screenwriter, producer *
Veena Malik The ''veena'', also spelled ''vina'' ( sa, 啶掂啶`ぞ IAST: v墨峁嚹), comprises various chordophone instruments from the Indian subcontinent. Ancient musical instruments evolved into many variations, such as lutes, zithers and arched harps.< ...
, Pakistani actress, TV host and model *
Wendie Malick Wendie Malick (born December 13, 1950) is an American actress and former fashion model, known for her roles in various television comedies. She starred as Judith Tupper Stone in the HBO sitcom '' Dream On'', and as Nina Van Horn in the NBC sitc ...
, American actress, former model *
Yakov Malik Yakov Alexandrovich Malik (russian: 携泻芯胁 袗谢械泻褋邪薪写褉芯胁懈褔 袦邪谢懈泻) (11 February 1980) was a Soviet diplomat. Biography Born in Ostroverkhovka village, Kharkov Governorate, Malik was educated at Kharkiv Institute of Nationa ...
, Soviet diplomat *
Yasin Malik Yasin Malik (born 3 April 1966) is a Kashmiri separatist leader and former militant who advocates the separation of Kashmir from both India and Pakistan. He is the Chairman of the Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front, which originally spearheaded ar ...
, Kashmiri politician *
Zayn Malik Zain Javadd Malik ( ; born 12 January 1993), known mononymously as Zayn, is an English pop and R&B singer. Zayn auditioned as a solo contestant for the British music competition television series ''The X Factor'' in 2010. After being eliminate ...
(born 1993), English singer


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Malak (disambiguation) Mal'ak (also spelled Malak, Melek) may refer to: * Malak Hifni Nasif (1886-1918), Egyptian feminist and poet * Malak Karsh (1915鈥2001), Canadian photographer * Malak, Northern Territory a suburb in the City of Darwin, Australia * Mal'ak Elohim ...
, a Semitic word meaning "angel" *
Melech (name) Melech or Meilech (Hebrew 诪诇讱) is a given name of Hebrew origin which means king. It is a name used by Jewish people. People * Melech Epstein (1889鈥1979), American journalist and historian * David Melech Friedman (born 1958), American l ...
, a given name of Hebrew origin that means 'king'. *
Maluku islands The Maluku Islands (; Indonesian: ''Kepulauan Maluku'') or the Moluccas () are an archipelago in the east of Indonesia. Tectonically they are located on the Halmahera Plate within the Molucca Sea Collision Zone. Geographically they are located eas ...
, an archipelago in Indonesia whose name is thought to have been derived from the Arab traders' term for the region, Jazirat al-Muluk ('the island of many kings'). *
Minicoy Minicoy, locally known as Maliku (), is an island in Lakshadweep, India. Along with Viringili, it is on ''Maliku atoll'', the southernmost atoll of Lakshadweep archipelago. Administratively, it is a census town in the Indian union territory of ...
, an island in India that was the ancient capital of Lakshadweepa, whose local name (Maliku) is thought to have been derived from the Arab traders' term for it, Jazirat al-Maliku ('the island of the king').Lutfy, Mohamed Ibrahim. Thaareekhuge therein Lakshadheebu *


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Malik Family History
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