Eugène Delacroix; Combat of the Giaour and Hassan 02 Paintings by the Orientalist Artists in the Nineteenth-Century, with footnotes, 48

Petit Palais, Musée des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris

“Giaour” is the Turkish word for infidel or non-believer, and is similar to the Arabic word “kafir”. The story is Byron’s only fragmentary narrative poem. The main story is of Leila, a member of her master Hassan’s harem, who loves the giaour and is killed by being drowned in the sea by Hassan. In revenge, the giaour kills him and then enters a monastery due to his remorse.

Byron was inspired to write the poem during his Grand Tour between 1810 and 1811. While in Athens, he became aware of the Turkish custom of throwing a woman found guilty of adultery into the sea wrapped in a sack. More on The Giaour

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