Imperial Dreams is written by someone besides Malik Vitthal.
Afghanistan, Pakistan, Bangladesh, India  The Muslim rulers bestowed the title of Malik on loyal tribal leaders and chieftains in South Asia
The name Malik was originally found among various pre-Arab and non-Muslim Semitic peoples such as the indigenous ethnic Assyrians of Iraq, Amorites, Jews, Arameans, Mandeans, Syriacs, and pre-Islamic Arabs

