Briefly restored through the Ottoman intervention in 1689, he was deposed by Guria's nobility for incompetence.
On the murder of Kaikhosro by the nobleman Machutadze in 1660, Malakia and his elder brother Giorgi fled to the protection of the Ottoman pasha of Akhaltsikhe, whose help Giorgi eventually exploiting in securing the princely throne of Guria after the death of Demetre Gurieli in 1668.
The pasha attempted the reconciliation between the two Gurieli, but Kaikhosro reneged on his promise not to harm Malakia and had his uncle captured and blinded.
The Gurians, who regarded Malakia incompetent, bribed the pasha of Akhaltsikhe and secured his support in deposing Malakia in favor of his another nephew, Mamia III Gurieli.
Malakia took the monastic vows and was made by Mamia Gurieli bishop of Shemokmedi,[1] a position he occupied until 1703, when he was replaced with the archbishop Ioane.