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 (Bihar and Eastern Uttar Pradesh), a social group found in the Indian state of Bihar and eastern part of Uttar Pradesh
• 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
• Malik (Punjab), a Hindu Khukhrain or Arora community
• Malik, a title or name often used by members of the Awan tribe in Punjab, Pakistan

People

• Malik (name)

The arts

Film, music and television

• Maalik (1972 film), an Indian Hindi drama film, directed by A. Bhimsingh and starring Rajesh Khanna and Sharmila Tagore
• Malik, a 1975 album by the French funk-rock band Lafayette Afro Rock Band
• Malik Wright, a character from the American comedy-drama television series The Game (since 2006)

Video games

• Faridah Malik, a fictional character from the 2011 video game Deus Ex: Human Revolution
• Malek the Paladin, a fictional character from the video game series Legacy of Kain
• Malik, a fictional character from the video game series Assassin's Creed
• Malik Caesar, a fictional character in the 2009 video game Tales of Graces

Toponymy

• Malik, Cambodia
• Malik, Croatia, a village near Bosiljevo, Croatia
• Malik, Iran, a village in Kerman Province, Iran

See also

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