Malik 3 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
| Sex | M |
| Floruit | M/L VII |
| Dates | 666 (taq) / 672 (tpq) |
| Religion | Muslim |
| Ethnicity | Arab |
| Titles | Commander of the Arabs (office) |
| Textual Sources | Elias Barshinaya, Chronicle (Eliae metropolitae Nisibeni, Opus chronologicum, pars prior, ed. and tr. E. W. Brooks, CSCO 62 and CSCO 63 (1910) (chronicle); Tabari, al-, Ta'rikh al-rusul wa-l-muluk, ed. M.-J. de Goeje et al., 15 vols. (Leiden 1879-1901); Eng tr. The History of al-Tabari, general editor E. Yar-Shater, 39 vols. (New York, 1985-) (history) |
Malik 3 was an Arab commander who led several raids on Byzantine territory. In AH 46 (March 666/March 667), according to some accounts, Malik b. Hubayrah al-Sakuni (Malik 3) led the winter expedition into Byzantine territory; other leaders named in the sources as leader of this campaign were Malik b. Ubaydallah (Malik 2) and `Abd al-Rahman b. Khalid b. al-Walid (Abd ar-Rahman 9): Tabari XVIII, p. 88. In AH 47 (March 667/Feb. 668) he led the winter campaign against Byzantine territory: Tabari XVIII, p. 91. In AH 48 (Feb. 668/Feb. 669) he led a sea raid (presumably against the Byzantines): Tabari XVIII, p. 93. In AH 49 (Feb. 669/Jan. 670) he led the winter campaign into Byzantine territory: Tabari XVIII, p. 94. He is also mentioned in Tabari in AH 51 (Jan. 671/Jan. 672) in connection with the killing, on Mu`awiya's orders, of his cousin Hujr b. `Adi (on whom see Encyclopaedia of Islam, s.v. Hudjr b. `Adi al-Kindi; a supporter of `Ali, whose death "opens the martyrology of the Shi`a"); he opposed the caliph but was later reconciled to him: Tabari XVIII, pp. 148, 152-153. In AH 47 (March 667/Feb. 668) = 978 Sel. (666/667) Malik ibn Hubaira (
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