The evening dinner was excellent, as the old copt, who for many years was a cook in the employment of the Cook Agency, was anxious to display his culinary skill.
"In Desert and Wilderness"
Henryk Sienkiewicz
In February, 1865, a copt, Abdul Melak, presented himself at the consulate of Jeddah, pretending to have just arrived from Abyssinia with a message from the Abouna to the Consul-General, purporting that if he could bring from H.M.'s Consul-General in Egypt a written declaration to the effect that, should the Emperor allow the Europeans in chains to depart, no steps would be taken to punish the offence, he, the Abouna, would engage himself to obtain their liberation, and become their security.
"A Narrative of Captivity in Abyssinia With Some Account of the Late Emperor Theodore, His Country and People"
Henry Blanc
In Cairo I married a copt.
"Queen Sheba's Ring"
H. Rider Haggard