malik

noun3

1. •
   A tribal chieftain in certain areas of Afghanistan and Pakistan, especially among the Pashtuns.
2. •
   A tribal chieftain in modern Assyrian society.

   • The leader of this party was Khoshaba, one of the chiefs, though not the real malik of the Lower Tiyari clan. — 1935
3. •
   An upper-caste landlord in the southern part of Bihar in eastern India.