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Giaour

: The Giaour (1820, lithograph; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York) : The Combat of the Giaour and Hassan (1826, oil on canvas; Art Institute of Chicago), inspired by Lord Byron's The Giaour Giaour or Gawur or Gavour ( ; , ; from Ottoman Turkish and ; ; ; ; ; / ; ) meaning 'infidel', is a slur used mostly in the lands of the former Ottoman Empire for non-Muslims or, more particularly, Christians in the Balkans.

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: The Giaour (1820, lithograph; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York) : The Combat of the Giaour and Hassan (1826, oil on canvas; Art Institute of Chicago), inspired by Lord Byron's The Giaour Giaour or Gawur or Gavour ( ; , ; from Ottoman Turkish and ; ; ; ; ; / ; ) meaning 'infidel', is a slur used mostly in the lands of the former Ottoman Empire for non-Muslims or, more particularly, Christians in the Balkans.

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