# Sakr-el-Bahr — The Sea Hawk character guide > Sakr-el-Bahr in The Sea Hawk by Rafael Sabatini. **Role:** major **Also known as:** Sakr, Sakr - el - Bahr, The Captive Sakr **First appearance:** 0011-part-ii-sakr-el-bahr ## Snapshot The feared corsair captain of Algiers, a renegade whose iron body and soulless efficiency conceal a history of betrayal and a hunger for reckoning. ## Who they are Sakr-el-Bahr commands a galeasse in the corsair fleet, a man whose name alone quiets murmurs and whose counsel Asad-ed-Din both needs and resents. Six months chained to a galley oar forged him into something harder than flesh, and the memory of that horror drives every calculation he makes. He is the novel's most dangerous presence, a man whose loyalty is always in question and whose vengeance, when it comes, will not be gentle. ## Relationships ### [Marzak](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_sea_hawk_se/characters/marzak) _family_ Marzak is the son of Sakr-el-Bahr (Oliver Tressilian), but their relationship is marked by conflict and resentment. ### [Master Lionel Tressilian](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_sea_hawk_se/characters/master_lionel_tressilian) _rivalry_ Lionel fears and hates Sakr-el-Bahr, unaware that he is his brother Oliver transformed. ### [Sir Oliver Tressilian](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_sea_hawk_se/characters/sir_oliver_tressilian) _psychological_ Sakr-el-Bahr is the alter ego of Sir Oliver Tressilian, representing his darker, vengeful side after his betrayal and enslavement. ### [Fenzileh](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_sea_hawk_se/characters/fenzileh) _family_ Fenzileh is the wife of Sakr-el-Bahr (Oliver), but their marriage is one of convenience and cultural obligation, lacking true love. ### [Marzak](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_sea_hawk_se/characters/marzak) _family_ Marzak is the son of Sakr-el-Bahr (Oliver Tressilian), but their relationship is marked by conflict and resentment. ### [Marzak](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_sea_hawk_se/characters/marzak) _family_ Marzak is the son of Sakr-el-Bahr (Oliver Tressilian), but their relationship is marked by conflict and resentment. ### [Master Lionel Tressilian](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_sea_hawk_se/characters/master_lionel_tressilian) _rivalry_ Lionel fears and hates Sakr-el-Bahr, unaware that he is his brother Oliver transformed. ### [Master Lionel Tressilian](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_sea_hawk_se/characters/master_lionel_tressilian) _rivalry_ Lionel fears and hates Sakr-el-Bahr, unaware that he is his brother Oliver transformed. ### [Fenzileh](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_sea_hawk_se/characters/fenzileh) _family_ Fenzileh is the wife of Sakr-el-Bahr (Oliver), but their marriage is one of convenience and cultural obligation, lacking true love. ### [Sir Oliver Tressilian](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_sea_hawk_se/characters/sir_oliver_tressilian) _psychological_ Sakr-el-Bahr is the alter ego of Sir Oliver Tressilian, representing his darker, vengeful side after his betrayal and enslavement. ### [Sir Oliver Tressilian](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_sea_hawk_se/characters/sir_oliver_tressilian) _psychological_ Sakr-el-Bahr is the alter ego of Sir Oliver Tressilian, representing his darker, vengeful side after his betrayal and enslavement. ### [Fenzileh](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_sea_hawk_se/characters/fenzileh) _family_ Fenzileh is the wife of Sakr-el-Bahr (Oliver), but their marriage is one of convenience and cultural obligation, lacking true love. ## In the story ### [The Sea Hawk](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_sea_hawk_se/chapters/the-sea-hawk) Sir Oliver's alias as a feared corsair leader. ### [I: The Captive](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_sea_hawk_se/chapters/i-the-captive) The corsair leader, formerly Sir Oliver Tressilian, orchestrates the ambush and capture of a Spanish ship. ### [II: The Renegade](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_sea_hawk_se/chapters/ii-the-renegade) The alias and new identity of Sir Oliver Tressilian as a Muslim corsair, known as the Hawk of the Sea. ### [III: Homeward Bound](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_sea_hawk_se/chapters/iii-homeward-bound) Confronts Jasper Leigh in the cabin, spares him conditionally, and resolves to sail to England to confront his brother and possibly see Rosamund. ### [IV: The Raid](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_sea_hawk_se/chapters/iv-the-raid) Oliver's corsair identity; he commands the raid and shows grim resolve. ### [Lion of the Faith](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_sea_hawk_se/chapters/v-lion-of-the-faith) Absent but central to the conversation; Fenzileh accuses him of infidelity and risky voyages, while Asad praises his deeds. ### [VI: The Convert](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_sea_hawk_se/chapters/vi-the-convert) Accepts Jasper Leigh's conversion and service, warning him of consequences for disloyalty. ### [Marzak-Ben-Asad](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_sea_hawk_se/chapters/vii-marzak-ben-asad) Returns in triumph, presents spoils and Jasper Leigh to Asad, requests to keep Rosamund and Lionel as personal captives but is denied by law. ### [VIII: Mother and Son](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_sea_hawk_se/chapters/viii-mother-and-son) Sakr-el-Bahr is summoned to lead the treasure galley expedition, dissembles his vexation at having Marzak as lieutenant, and departs to prepare his galeasse. ### [XI: The Truth](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_sea_hawk_se/chapters/xi-the-truth) Confronts Lionel and Rosamund on the terrace, using cunning to extract the truth about Peter Godolphin's death, and threatens Lionel with the horrors of the oar. ### [XIII: In the Sight of Allah](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_sea_hawk_se/chapters/xiii-in-the-sight-of-allah) Performs a Muslim marriage ceremony to protect Rosamund from Asad, then secretly plans her escape. ### [XIV: The Sign](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_sea_hawk_se/chapters/xiv-the-sign) Mentioned as the target of Fenzileh's schemes; his marriage to Rosamund is used against him. ### [The Voyage](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_sea_hawk_se/chapters/xv-the-voyage) Paces the deck in anxiety, torn between his vow to Rosamund and the threat of Asad's presence; he probes crew loyalty and mocks Lionel. ### [The Pannier](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_sea_hawk_se/chapters/xvi-the-pannier) Defends the pannier with desperate skill and threats, ultimately exposed as having hidden Rosamund. ### [The Dupe](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_sea_hawk_se/chapters/xvii-the-dupe) Defends his secretive actions regarding Rosamund, claiming love and a desire to undo past wrongs, but is accused of treachery by Asad and Marzak. ### [XVIII: Sheik Mat](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_sea_hawk_se/chapters/xviii-sheik-mat) Claims Rosamund as his wife to shield her from Asad, and later threatens Asad with prophecy of violence if she is taken. ### [XIX: The Mutineers](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_sea_hawk_se/chapters/xix-the-mutineers) Confronts Asad, visits Rosamund, tells his life story, and learns of the English ship's arrival. ### [XX: The Messenger](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_sea_hawk_se/chapters/xx-the-messenger) Orchestrates a feigned execution of Lionel to secretly send him as a messenger to Sir John Killigrew. ### [XXII: The Surrender](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_sea_hawk_se/chapters/xxii-the-surrender) Surrenders himself and Rosamund to Sir John Killigrew after threatening to blow up the ship with a powder keg. ## Links - HTML: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_sea_hawk_se/characters/sakr_el_bahr - Book: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_sea_hawk_se - All characters: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_sea_hawk_se/characters