Malik
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Malik is the Semitic term translating to "king", recorded in East Semitic and Arabic, and as M-L-K in Northwest Semitic during the Late Bronze Age.
Page from a Rosh Hashanah prayerbook with Hebrew מלך (melekh) in large red text.
Khan (title)
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Khan is a historic Turkic and Mongolic title originating among nomadic tribes in the Central and Eastern Eurasian Steppe to refer to a king. It first appears among the Rouran and then the Göktürks as
Malik
…used for ennobled Muslim retainers of the ruling Nizam's court, in fact the third in rank, only below Jah (the highest) and Umara, but above Daula, Jang, Nawab, Khan Bahadur and Khan; for the Nizam's Hindu retainers different titles were used, the equivalent of Molk being Vant. The Arabic term came to…
Eurasia on the eve of the Mongol invasions, c. 1200 AD
Mongol Empire's largest extent outlined in red; the Timurid Empire is shaded.
Two Khans in Turkoman Tribal Costume, One of 274 Vintage Photographs. Brooklyn Museum.