Malik (disambiguation)

Malik is the Arabic for "king, chieftain".

By analogy, the word malik is also used in the weaker meaning of 'chief' in various modest titles, such as, in Persian:

• Malik ul-Shu'ara: 'King of the Poets'; i.e. poet laureate.
• Malik ul-Tujjar: 'King of the Merchants', an office held by the head of the merchant community in each town or city.
• Maalik the hell guardian (angel who guards the Hellfire)

Malik may also refer to:

South Asian communities

• Malik (Punjab), a Hindu Khukhrain or Arora community
• Malik (Bihar), a social group found in the Indian state of Bihar
• Malik (Jat), a Jat clan found in the Indian state of Haryana
• Malik (Julaha), a Punjabi Muslim tribe.
• Malik (Gujarat), a Gujarati Muslim community.
• Malik (Kashmir), a Kashmiri kram or tribe.

People

• Malik (name)

Films

• Maalik (1972 film), Indian Hindi film starring Rajesh Khanna and Sharmila Tagore

Toponymy

• Malik, Cambodia
• Malik, Croatia, a village near Bosiljevo, Croatia

Popular culture

• Malek the Paladin, a fictional character from the video game series Legacy of Kain
• Malik, a 1975 album by Lafayette Afro Rock Band
• Malik Wright, a character from The Game, a U.S. TV series
• Malik, a fictional character from the video game series Assassin's Creed.
• Faridah Malik, a fictional character from the video game Deus Ex: Human Revolution.

See also

• Malick (disambiguation)
• Malika (disambiguation)
• Mallik Island (a place in the Mackenzie Delta in the Canadian Arctic)

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