Ibrahim Malik

Who is Ibrahim Malik?

The Malik are a Syed "Mallicks" Muslim community found in the state of Bihar in India. They are also found in the city of Kolkata in West Bengal, in Bangladesh and the Indian diaspora, but large numbers of them migrated to Pakistan following the 1947 partition of India and Pakistan.

The group purports its origin to Syed Ibrahim Mallick, a Sufi born near Ghazni, descended from ancestors who had migrated there from Baghdad.

The Muslim population of Bihar was around 13% before the partition of India in 1947. At that time, Syed “Mallicks” constituted about 25% of the Muslim population of Bihar, mostly concentrated in the villages and towns in the districts of Patna, Bihar Sharif, Gaya, Jehanabad, Arwal, Nawada, Jamui and Sheikhpura. Syed Ibrahim Mallick