Malik 5 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
| Sex | M |
| Floruit | M VIII |
| Dates | 766 (taq) / 767 (tpq) |
| Religion | Muslim |
| Ethnicity | Arab |
| Locations | Kalikala; Kaisareia (Cappadocia) |
| Textual Sources | Chronique de Denys de Tell-Mahré, ed. and tr. J.-B. Chabot (Paris, 1895); tr. A. Palmer, The Seventh Century in West-Syrian Chronicles (Liverpool, 1993), pp. 54-65 (chronicle) |
In the year 1078 Sel. (766/767) an Arab army under Abbas 2 invaded the lands of the Romans; part of the army under two commanders, Radad 1 and Malik 5 (Malik ibn Tuf), left the main force and raided widely, reaching as far as Kaisareia; on their way back, with many captives and much plunder, they were trapped in a flat area among hills by the Romans (cf. Anonymus 729) and their army was heavily defeated; one commander, Radad 1, escaped on horseback; the other commander, Malik ibn Tuf (Malik 5), fled with 5,000 men towards Kalikala (Theodosiopolis, in Armenia): Pseudo-Dion., Chron., pp. 233, 29 - 238, 26 = pp. 183-187, cf. p. 238, 21 = p. 187 for his name. Cf. Rochow, Theophanes, pp. 135-136, and for Theodosiopolis, pp. 165-166.
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