Master Malati or Moallem Malati (died May 19, 1803) is a

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and

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. Malati was a scribe of Ayyoub Bey el-Defterdar, one of the Mamluks of Muhammad Bey Abu al-Dhahab. When the French under

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occupied

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, they formed a department to look after national problems, and, with the consent of the Christian and Moslem members of this department, they made Master Malati its general manager. After the French left

, Master Gergis El-Gohary, Master Wasef, and Master Malati were protected by the rulers of

. However, in a disturbance at the time of Tahir Pasha, the acting Ottoman governor of Egypt, Moallem Malati was arrested. His head was cut off at Bab Zoweila in

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. This happened on 12 Pashons 1519 A.M. (May 19, 1803 AD) He was subsequently canonized by the

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