1800 December 31, James Leander Cathcart, “[letter to Richard O'Brien]”, in Jane Bancker Newkirk, editor, Tripoli: first war with the United States, LaPorte, IN: Herald Print, →OCLC, pages 225–226:
[…] last week an ambassador, chaoux', or courier, call him which you please, arrived with a very smart firman from the Grand Signore, […]
1817, Miss Tully, Narrative of a ten years' residence at Tripoli in Africa: from the possession of the family of the late Richard Tully, Esq., the British consul, 2nd edition, London: H. Colburn, →OCLC, page 268:
He took the hand of Sidy Useph's chaoux as if in a friendly manner and contrived by one squeeze to dislocate the man's little finger the excruciating pain of which deprived Sidy Useph's chaoux of all strength,[…]