Malik or Malak is a gotra of Jats found in Pakistan and India.[1] The Malik Jats were originally called Ghatwal (or Gathwala).[2] They later began calling themselves malik ("lord").[3] They were zamindars (landowners) during the Mughal era.[4]
Kumar, Dharma; Desai, Meghnad; Bhattacharya, Sabyasachi; Raychaudhuri, Tapan, eds. (2010). The Cambridge Economic History of India. Vol.2: C. 1757 - c. 2003 / ed. by Dharma Kumar with the editorial assistance of Meghnad Desai. Introduction by Sabyasachi Bhattacharya. Vol.2 (1st impred.). New Delhi: Orient Blackswan. ISBN978-81-250-2731-7.
Indian Journal of Physical Anthropology and Human Genetics. Ethnographic and Folk Culture Society, U.P. 2005. p.110. They are the largest group in northwest India, having various clans and more than 500 gotras. The main gotras are Maliks (Ghatwalla)
