Malik ibn Tawk

Malik ibn Tawk ibn Malik ibn 'Attab at-Taghlibi
مالك بن طوق بن مالك بن عتاب التغليبي
Governor of Damascus and Jordan
In office
847 – 850
MonarchAl-Mutawakkil
Preceded byRija ibn Ayyub al-Hadari (841–847)
Succeeded byal-Mu'ayyad
Governor of Mosul
In office
829 – 831
Monarchal-Mamun
Preceded byMuhammed ibn al-Sayyid ibn Anas (827–828)
Succeeded byMansur ibn Bassam (c.834–838)
Personal details
Died873
ParentTawk ibn Malik ibn Attab at-Taghlibi

Malik ibn Tawk ibn Malik ibn 'Attab at-Taghlibi (Arabic: مالك بن طوق التغلبي) (died 873) was an Arab Abbasid official during the reigns of caliphs al-Wathiq (r. 842–847) and al-Mutawakkil (r. 847–861). He is best known as the founder of the fortress town of al-Rahba on the western banks of the Euphrates, part of the present-day Syrian town of Mayadin.