Malik 4 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
| Sex | M |
| Floruit | M/L VII |
| Dates | 674 (taq) / 680 (tpq) |
| Variant Names | M'lk |
| Religion | Muslim |
| Ethnicity | Arab |
| Locations | Sawriyah |
| Titles | Commander of the Arabs (office) |
| Textual Sources | Baladhuri, al-, Kitab futuh al-Buldan, tr. P. K. Hitti, The Origins of the Islamic State (London, 1916, reprint Beirut, 1966) (history); 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) |
According to Tabari, some accounts (not specified) named Malik 4 as the leader of the winter campaign into Byzantine territory in AH 55 (Dec. 674/Nov. 675); three others are named in other accounts as the leader of this campaign, viz. Sufyan b. `Awf al-Azdi (Sufyan 1), `Amr b. Muhriz (Amr 4) and `Abdallah b. Qays al-Fazari (Abdullah 2): Tabari XVIII, p. 180. In AH 58 (Nov. 677/Oct. 678) he raided Byzantine territory: Tabari XVIII, p. 192 (called Malik b. `Abdallah al-Khath`ami). In AH 60 (Oct. 679/Sept. 680), according to one source, al-Waqidi, cited by Tabari, he led a raid against Sawriyah (?Isauria): Tabari XVIII, p. 208. Malik ibn-`Abdallah al-Khathami, nicknamed Malik as-Sawa'if, a Palestinian, made an expedition into Byzantine territory, returning with great booty: Baladhuri, tr. Hitti, p. 298. In AH 56 (Nov. 675/Nov. 676) = 987 Sel. (675/676) Malik ibn Abdullah (
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