Master Malati or
Moallem Malati (died
May 19,
1803) is a
Coptic Orthodox martyr and
saint.
Malati was a scribe of Ayyoub Beck El-Defterdar, one of the
Mamluks of Mohammed Beck Abu El-Dahab. When the
French under
Napoléon Bonaparte occupied
Egypt, 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
Egypt, Master Gergis El-Gohary, Master Wasef, and Master Malati were protected by the rulers of
Egypt. However, in a disturbance at the time of Taher Pasha, the governor of
Egypt, Moallem Malati was arrested. His head was cut off at Bab Zoweila in
Cairo. This happened on 12
Pashons 1519 A.M. (
May 19 1803 A.D.) He was subsequently canonized by the
Coptic Orthodox Church.