1. the leader of a town or community in some parts of Asia Minor and the Indian subcontinent; - Example: "maliks rule the hinterland of Afghanistan under the protection of warlords"
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
malik
n 1: the leader of a town or community in some parts of Asia
Minor and the Indian subcontinent; "maliks rule the
hinterland of Afghanistan under the protection of warlords"