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	==Gallery==		==Gallery==
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	ACMir Samarra - Concept Art.jpg\|Concept art of Samarra		ACMir Samarra - Concept Art.jpg\|Concept art of Samarra
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	{{Era\|Locations}}{{WP-REAL}}		{{Era\|Locations}}{{WP-REAL}}
	[[File:ACMirage Great Mosque of Samarra's Spiral Minaret.png\|thumb\|250px\|Spiral Minaret of the Great Mosque of Samarra]]		[[File:ACMirage Great Mosque of Samarra's Spiral Minaret.png\|thumb\|250px\|Spiral Minaret of the Great Mosque of Samarra]]
	'''Samarra''' is a city in [[Iraq]] which stands on the east bank of the [[Tigris]] in the {{Wiki\|Saladin Governorate}}. During the [[Middle Ages]], it served as the capital of the [[Abbasid Caliphate]] for a period of nearly sixty years, between 836 and 892.<ref>{{WP\|Samarra}}</ref> It was also the birthplace of the [[Assassins\|Hidden One]] [[Basim ~~Ibn~~ Ishaq]], the human [[Isu incarnation\|incarnation]] of the [[Isu]] [[Loki]].<ref name="Ubisoft">{{Ubisoft\|url=/en-us/game/assassins-creed/mirage\|text=Assassin's Creed Mirage\|archivedate=20220912044806}}</ref><ref name="TrailerBreakdown">{{Youtube\|video=dKox5i_T6XA\|text=Assassin’s Creed Mirage: Developer Trailer Breakdown <nowiki>\|</nowiki> #UbiForward\|channel=Ubisoft\|channelname=Ubisoft\|quote=So we are 20 years before Valhalla, around 20 years. Basim is around 17 years old, on the trailer here. It's actually the beginning of the game.}}</ref>		'''Samarra''' is a city in [[Iraq]] which stands on the east bank of the [[Tigris]] in the {{Wiki\|Saladin Governorate}}. During the [[Middle Ages]], it served as the capital of the [[Abbasid Caliphate]] for a period of nearly sixty years, between 836 and 892.<ref>{{WP\|Samarra}}</ref> It was also the birthplace of the [[Assassins\|Hidden One]] [[Basim ibn Ishaq]], the human [[Isu incarnation\|incarnation]] of the [[Isu]] [[Loki]].<ref name="Ubisoft">{{Ubisoft\|url=/en-us/game/assassins-creed/mirage\|text=Assassin's Creed Mirage\|archivedate=20220912044806}}</ref><ref name="TrailerBreakdown">{{Youtube\|video=dKox5i_T6XA\|text=Assassin’s Creed Mirage: Developer Trailer Breakdown <nowiki>\|</nowiki> #UbiForward\|channel=Ubisoft\|channelname=Ubisoft\|quote=So we are 20 years before Valhalla, around 20 years. Basim is around 17 years old, on the trailer here. It's actually the beginning of the game.}}</ref>

	The city housed the famous {{Wiki\|Great Mosque of Samarra}}, built between 848 and 851 on ~~the order of~~ [[Caliph]] [[al-Mutawakkil]], until it was largely destroyed during the [[Mongol Empire\|Mongol]] invasion of Iraq in 1278. Only the mosque's outer wall and minaret have been preserved.<ref>{{WP\|Great Mosque of Samarra}}</ref>		The city housed the famous {{Wiki\|Great Mosque of Samarra}}, built between 848 and 851 by Basim's father [[Ishaq ibn Khalid]]<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – [[A Bloody Welcome]]</ref><ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Mirage]] – [[Valley of Memory]]'' – [[Database: Is'haq ibn Khalid]]</ref> on [[Caliph]] [[al-Mutawakkil]]'s orders, until it was largely destroyed during the [[Mongol Empire\|Mongol]] {{Wiki\|Mongol conquest of Persia and Mesopotamia\|invasion}} of Iraq in 1278. Only the mosque's outer wall and minaret have been preserved.<ref>{{WP\|Great Mosque of Samarra}}</ref>

	==Behind the scenes==		==Behind the scenes==

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	*''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' {{1stm}}		*''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' {{1stm}}
	*''[[Assassin's Creed: Mirage]]'' {{Mo}}		*''[[Assassin's Creed: Mirage]]'' {{Mo}}
			**''[[Valley of Memory]]'' {{Mo}}
	*''[[Echoes of History]]'' {{Mo}}		*''[[Echoes of History]]'' {{Mo}}

imported>Soranin: We should leave concept art in the gallery, when possible, like in this case where we do have some other image for the main body

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We should leave concept art in the gallery, when possible, like in this case where we do have some other image for the main body

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	{{Era\|Locations}}{{WP-REAL}}		{{Era\|Locations}}{{WP-REAL}}
	[[File:~~ACMir~~ Samarra ~~- Concept Art~~.~~jpg~~\|thumb\|250px\|~~Concept art~~ of Samarra]]		[[File:ACMirage Great Mosque of Samarra's Spiral Minaret.png\|thumb\|250px\|Spiral Minaret of the Great Mosque of Samarra]]
	'''Samarra''' is a city in [[Iraq]] which stands on the east bank of the [[Tigris]] in the {{Wiki\|Saladin Governorate}}. During the [[Middle Ages]], it served as the capital of the [[Abbasid Caliphate]] for a period of nearly sixty years, between 836 and 892.<ref>{{WP\|Samarra}}</ref> It was also the birthplace of the [[Assassins\|Hidden One]] [[Basim Ibn Ishaq]], the human [[Isu incarnation\|incarnation]] of the [[Isu]] [[Loki]].<ref name="Ubisoft">{{Ubisoft\|url=/en-us/game/assassins-creed/mirage\|text=Assassin's Creed Mirage\|archivedate=20220912044806}}</ref><ref name="TrailerBreakdown">{{Youtube\|video=dKox5i_T6XA\|text=Assassin’s Creed Mirage: Developer Trailer Breakdown <nowiki>\|</nowiki> #UbiForward\|channel=Ubisoft\|channelname=Ubisoft\|quote=So we are 20 years before Valhalla, around 20 years. Basim is around 17 years old, on the trailer here. It's actually the beginning of the game.}}</ref>		'''Samarra''' is a city in [[Iraq]] which stands on the east bank of the [[Tigris]] in the {{Wiki\|Saladin Governorate}}. During the [[Middle Ages]], it served as the capital of the [[Abbasid Caliphate]] for a period of nearly sixty years, between 836 and 892.<ref>{{WP\|Samarra}}</ref> It was also the birthplace of the [[Assassins\|Hidden One]] [[Basim Ibn Ishaq]], the human [[Isu incarnation\|incarnation]] of the [[Isu]] [[Loki]].<ref name="Ubisoft">{{Ubisoft\|url=/en-us/game/assassins-creed/mirage\|text=Assassin's Creed Mirage\|archivedate=20220912044806}}</ref><ref name="TrailerBreakdown">{{Youtube\|video=dKox5i_T6XA\|text=Assassin’s Creed Mirage: Developer Trailer Breakdown <nowiki>\|</nowiki> #UbiForward\|channel=Ubisoft\|channelname=Ubisoft\|quote=So we are 20 years before Valhalla, around 20 years. Basim is around 17 years old, on the trailer here. It's actually the beginning of the game.}}</ref>

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	==Gallery==		==Gallery==
	<gallery captionalign="center" position="center" spacing="small" widths="180">		<gallery captionalign="center" position="center" spacing="small" widths="180">
	~~ACMirage Great Mosque of~~ Samarra~~'s Spiral Minaret~~.~~png~~\|~~Spiral Minaret of the Great Mosque~~ of Samarra		ACMir Samarra - Concept Art.jpg\|Concept art of Samarra
	</gallery>		</gallery>

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	[[File:~~ACMirage Great Mosque of~~ Samarra~~'s Spiral Minaret~~.~~png~~\|thumb\|250px\|~~Spiral Minaret of the Great Mosque~~ of Samarra]]		[[File:ACMir Samarra - Concept Art.jpg\|thumb\|250px\|Concept art of Samarra]]
	'''Samarra''' is a city in [[Iraq]] which stands on the east bank of the [[Tigris]] in the {{Wiki\|Saladin Governorate}}. During the [[Middle Ages]], it served as the capital of the [[Abbasid Caliphate]] for a period of nearly sixty years, between 836 and 892.<ref>{{WP\|Samarra}}</ref> It was also the birthplace of the [[Assassins\|Hidden One]] [[Basim Ibn Ishaq]], the human [[Isu incarnation\|incarnation]] of the [[Isu]] [[Loki]].<ref name="Ubisoft">{{Ubisoft\|url=/en-us/game/assassins-creed/mirage\|text=Assassin's Creed Mirage\|archivedate=20220912044806}}</ref><ref name="TrailerBreakdown">{{Youtube\|video=dKox5i_T6XA\|text=Assassin’s Creed Mirage: Developer Trailer Breakdown <nowiki>\|</nowiki> #UbiForward\|channel=Ubisoft\|channelname=Ubisoft\|quote=So we are 20 years before Valhalla, around 20 years. Basim is around 17 years old, on the trailer here. It's actually the beginning of the game.}}</ref>		'''Samarra''' is a city in [[Iraq]] which stands on the east bank of the [[Tigris]] in the {{Wiki\|Saladin Governorate}}. During the [[Middle Ages]], it served as the capital of the [[Abbasid Caliphate]] for a period of nearly sixty years, between 836 and 892.<ref>{{WP\|Samarra}}</ref> It was also the birthplace of the [[Assassins\|Hidden One]] [[Basim Ibn Ishaq]], the human [[Isu incarnation\|incarnation]] of the [[Isu]] [[Loki]].<ref name="Ubisoft">{{Ubisoft\|url=/en-us/game/assassins-creed/mirage\|text=Assassin's Creed Mirage\|archivedate=20220912044806}}</ref><ref name="TrailerBreakdown">{{Youtube\|video=dKox5i_T6XA\|text=Assassin’s Creed Mirage: Developer Trailer Breakdown <nowiki>\|</nowiki> #UbiForward\|channel=Ubisoft\|channelname=Ubisoft\|quote=So we are 20 years before Valhalla, around 20 years. Basim is around 17 years old, on the trailer here. It's actually the beginning of the game.}}</ref>

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	==Behind the scenes==		==Behind the scenes==
	In an interview with ''Arabhardware'', Lead Producer Fabian Salomon was asked why ''[[Assassin's Creed: Mirage]]'' would be set in [[Baghdad]] rather than the Abbasid Caliphate's capital of Samarra, and whether players would be able to visit it in any capacity. In response, he said that the developers wanted to explore Baghdad because of its rich architecture and culture from being a central trade location along the [[Silk Road]]. He went on to say that while a few areas just outside the city would also be open to players, Samarra was not in that list.<ref name="Arabhardware">{{Cite web\|url=https://arabhardware.net/articles/assassin-s-creed-mirage-lead-producer-interview\|title=تفاصيل حصرية عن Assassin's Creed Mirage من مقابلتنا مع مدير الإنتاج!\|author=Arabhardware\|publisher=''Arabhardware''\|date=12 September 2022\|accessdate=14 September 2022\|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220912174314/https://arabhardware.net/articles/assassin-s-creed-mirage-lead-producer-interview\|archivedate=12 September 2022\|language=Arabic}}</ref>		In an interview with ''Arabhardware'', Lead Producer Fabian Salomon was asked why ''[[Assassin's Creed: Mirage]]'' would be set in [[Baghdad]] rather than the Abbasid Caliphate's capital of Samarra, and whether players would be able to visit it in any capacity. In response, he said that the developers wanted to explore Baghdad because of its rich architecture and culture from being a central trade location along the [[Silk Road]]. He went on to say that while a few areas just outside the city would also be open to players, Samarra was not in that list.<ref name="Arabhardware">{{Cite web\|url=https://arabhardware.net/articles/assassin-s-creed-mirage-lead-producer-interview\|title=تفاصيل حصرية عن Assassin's Creed Mirage من مقابلتنا مع مدير الإنتاج!\|author=Arabhardware\|publisher=''Arabhardware''\|date=12 September 2022\|accessdate=14 September 2022\|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220912174314/https://arabhardware.net/articles/assassin-s-creed-mirage-lead-producer-interview\|archivedate=12 September 2022\|language=Arabic}}</ref>

			==Gallery==
			<gallery captionalign="center" position="center" spacing="small" widths="180">
			ACMirage Great Mosque of Samarra's Spiral Minaret.png\|Spiral Minaret of the Great Mosque of Samarra
			</gallery>

	==Appearances==		==Appearances==

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	[[File:ACMirage Great Mosque of Samarra's Spiral Minaret.png\|thumb\|250px\|Spiral Minaret of the ~~{{Wiki\|~~Great Mosque of Samarra}}]]		[[File:ACMirage Great Mosque of Samarra's Spiral Minaret.png\|thumb\|250px\|Spiral Minaret of the Great Mosque of Samarra]]
	'''Samarra''' is a city in [[Iraq]] which stands on the east bank of the [[Tigris]] in the {{Wiki\|Saladin Governorate}}. During the [[Middle Ages~~\|Medieval period~~]], it served as the capital of the [[Abbasid Caliphate]]. ~~The city~~ was the birthplace of the [[Assassins\|Hidden One]] [[Basim Ibn Ishaq]], the human [[Isu incarnation\|incarnation]] of the [[Isu]] [[Loki]].<ref name="Ubisoft">{{Ubisoft\|url=/en-us/game/assassins-creed/mirage\|text=Assassin's Creed Mirage\|archivedate=20220912044806}}</ref><ref name="TrailerBreakdown">{{Youtube\|video=dKox5i_T6XA\|text=Assassin’s Creed Mirage: Developer Trailer Breakdown <nowiki>\|</nowiki> #UbiForward\|channel=Ubisoft\|channelname=Ubisoft\|quote=So we are 20 years before Valhalla, around 20 years. Basim is around 17 years old, on the trailer here. It's actually the beginning of the game.}}</ref>		'''Samarra''' is a city in [[Iraq]] which stands on the east bank of the [[Tigris]] in the {{Wiki\|Saladin Governorate}}. During the [[Middle Ages]], it served as the capital of the [[Abbasid Caliphate]] for a period of nearly sixty years, between 836 and 892.<ref>{{WP\|Samarra}}</ref> It was also the birthplace of the [[Assassins\|Hidden One]] [[Basim Ibn Ishaq]], the human [[Isu incarnation\|incarnation]] of the [[Isu]] [[Loki]].<ref name="Ubisoft">{{Ubisoft\|url=/en-us/game/assassins-creed/mirage\|text=Assassin's Creed Mirage\|archivedate=20220912044806}}</ref><ref name="TrailerBreakdown">{{Youtube\|video=dKox5i_T6XA\|text=Assassin’s Creed Mirage: Developer Trailer Breakdown <nowiki>\|</nowiki> #UbiForward\|channel=Ubisoft\|channelname=Ubisoft\|quote=So we are 20 years before Valhalla, around 20 years. Basim is around 17 years old, on the trailer here. It's actually the beginning of the game.}}</ref>

			The city housed the famous {{Wiki\|Great Mosque of Samarra}}, built between 848 and 851 on the order of [[Caliph]] [[al-Mutawakkil]], until it was largely destroyed during the [[Mongol Empire\|Mongol]] invasion of Iraq in 1278. Only the mosque's outer wall and minaret have been preserved.<ref>{{WP\|Great Mosque of Samarra}}</ref>

			==Behind the scenes==
			In an interview with ''Arabhardware'', Lead Producer Fabian Salomon was asked why ''[[Assassin's Creed: Mirage]]'' would be set in [[Baghdad]] rather than the Abbasid Caliphate's capital of Samarra, and whether players would be able to visit it in any capacity. In response, he said that the developers wanted to explore Baghdad because of its rich architecture and culture from being a central trade location along the [[Silk Road]]. He went on to say that while a few areas just outside the city would also be open to players, Samarra was not in that list.<ref name="Arabhardware">{{Cite web\|url=https://arabhardware.net/articles/assassin-s-creed-mirage-lead-producer-interview\|title=تفاصيل حصرية عن Assassin's Creed Mirage من مقابلتنا مع مدير الإنتاج!\|author=Arabhardware\|publisher=''Arabhardware''\|date=12 September 2022\|accessdate=14 September 2022\|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220912174314/https://arabhardware.net/articles/assassin-s-creed-mirage-lead-producer-interview\|archivedate=12 September 2022\|language=Arabic}}</ref>

	==Appearances==		==Appearances==
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	*''[[Assassin's Creed: Mirage]]'' {{Mo}}		*''[[Assassin's Creed: Mirage]]'' {{Mo}}
	*''[[Echoes of History]]'' {{Mo}}		*''[[Echoes of History]]'' {{Mo}}

	~~==Behind the scenes==~~
	In an interview with ''Arabhardware'', Lead Producer Fabian Salomon was asked why ''[[Assassin's Creed: Mirage]]'' would be set in Baghdad rather than the Abbasid Caliphate's capital of Samarra, and whether players would be able to visit it in any capacity. In response, he said that the developers wanted to explore Baghdad because of its rich architecture and culture from being a central trade location along the [[Silk Road]]. He went on to say that while a few areas just outside the city would also be open to players, Samarra was not in that list.<ref name="Arabhardware">{{Cite web\|url=https://arabhardware.net/articles/assassin-s-creed-mirage-lead-producer-interview\|title=تفاصيل حصرية عن Assassin's Creed Mirage من مقابلتنا مع مدير الإنتاج!\|author=Arabhardware\|publisher=''Arabhardware''\|date=12 September 2022\|accessdate=14 September 2022\|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220912174314/https://arabhardware.net/articles/assassin-s-creed-mirage-lead-producer-interview\|archivedate=12 September 2022\|language=Arabic}}</ref>

	==References==		==References==
	{{Reflist}}		{{Reflist}}
	~~{{ACMir}}~~
	[[Category:Cities in Iraq]]		[[Category:Cities in Iraq]]
	[[Category:Capital cities]]		[[Category:Capital cities]]
	[[fr:Samarra]]		[[fr:Samarra]]
	[[zh:萨马拉]]		[[zh:萨马拉]]

imported>Darman36 at 23:24, 12 April 2024

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	'''Samarra''' is a city in [[Iraq]] which stands on the east bank of the [[Tigris]] in the {{Wiki\|Saladin Governorate}}. During the [[Middle Ages\|Medieval period]], it served as the capital of the [[Abbasid Caliphate]].		'''Samarra''' is a city in [[Iraq]] which stands on the east bank of the [[Tigris]] in the {{Wiki\|Saladin Governorate}}. During the [[Middle Ages\|Medieval period]], it served as the capital of the [[Abbasid Caliphate]]. The city was the birthplace of the [[Assassins\|Hidden One]] [[Basim Ibn Ishaq]], the human [[Isu incarnation\|incarnation]] of the [[Isu]] [[Loki]].<ref name="Ubisoft">{{Ubisoft\|url=/en-us/game/assassins-creed/mirage\|text=Assassin's Creed Mirage\|archivedate=20220912044806}}</ref><ref name="TrailerBreakdown">{{Youtube\|video=dKox5i_T6XA\|text=Assassin’s Creed Mirage: Developer Trailer Breakdown <nowiki>\|</nowiki> #UbiForward\|channel=Ubisoft\|channelname=Ubisoft\|quote=So we are 20 years before Valhalla, around 20 years. Basim is around 17 years old, on the trailer here. It's actually the beginning of the game.}}</ref>

	The city was the birthplace of the [[Hidden One]] [[Basim Ibn Ishaq]], the human [[~~Reborn~~ Isu\|incarnation]] of the [[Isu]] [[Loki]].<ref name="Ubisoft">{{Ubisoft\|url=/en-us/game/assassins-creed/mirage\|text=Assassin's Creed Mirage\|archivedate=20220912044806}}</ref><ref name="TrailerBreakdown">{{Youtube\|video=dKox5i_T6XA\|text=Assassin’s Creed Mirage: Developer Trailer Breakdown <nowiki>\|</nowiki> #UbiForward\|channel=Ubisoft\|channelname=Ubisoft\|quote=So we are 20 years before Valhalla, around 20 years. Basim is around 17 years old, on the trailer here. It's actually the beginning of the game.}}</ref>

	==Appearances==		==Appearances==

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	'''Samarra''' is a city in [[Iraq]] which stands on the east bank of the [[Tigris]] in the {{Wiki\|Saladin Governorate}}. During the [[Middle Ages]], it served as the capital of the [[Abbasid Caliphate]] for a period of nearly sixty years, between 836 and 892.<ref>{{WP\|Samarra}}</ref> It was also the birthplace of the [[Assassins\|Hidden One]] [[Basim ~~Ibn~~ Ishaq]], the human [[Isu incarnation\|incarnation]] of the [[Isu]] [[Loki]].<ref name="Ubisoft">{{Ubisoft\|url=/en-us/game/assassins-creed/mirage\|text=Assassin's Creed Mirage\|archivedate=20220912044806}}</ref><ref name="TrailerBreakdown">{{Youtube\|video=dKox5i_T6XA\|text=Assassin’s Creed Mirage: Developer Trailer Breakdown <nowiki>\|</nowiki> #UbiForward\|channel=Ubisoft\|channelname=Ubisoft\|quote=So we are 20 years before Valhalla, around 20 years. Basim is around 17 years old, on the trailer here. It's actually the beginning of the game.}}</ref>		'''Samarra''' is a city in [[Iraq]] which stands on the east bank of the [[Tigris]] in the {{Wiki\|Saladin Governorate}}. During the [[Middle Ages]], it served as the capital of the [[Abbasid Caliphate]] for a period of nearly sixty years, between 836 and 892.<ref>{{WP\|Samarra}}</ref> It was also the birthplace of the [[Assassins\|Hidden One]] [[Basim ibn Ishaq]], the human [[Isu incarnation\|incarnation]] of the [[Isu]] [[Loki]].<ref name="Ubisoft">{{Ubisoft\|url=/en-us/game/assassins-creed/mirage\|text=Assassin's Creed Mirage\|archivedate=20220912044806}}</ref><ref name="TrailerBreakdown">{{Youtube\|video=dKox5i_T6XA\|text=Assassin’s Creed Mirage: Developer Trailer Breakdown <nowiki>\|</nowiki> #UbiForward\|channel=Ubisoft\|channelname=Ubisoft\|quote=So we are 20 years before Valhalla, around 20 years. Basim is around 17 years old, on the trailer here. It's actually the beginning of the game.}}</ref>

	The city housed the famous {{Wiki\|Great Mosque of Samarra}}, built between 848 and 851 on ~~the order of~~ [[Caliph]] [[al-Mutawakkil]], until it was largely destroyed during the [[Mongol Empire\|Mongol]] invasion of Iraq in 1278. Only the mosque's outer wall and minaret have been preserved.<ref>{{WP\|Great Mosque of Samarra}}</ref>		The city housed the famous {{Wiki\|Great Mosque of Samarra}}, built between 848 and 851 by Basim's father [[Ishaq ibn Khalid]]<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – [[A Bloody Welcome]]</ref><ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Mirage]] – [[Valley of Memory]]'' – [[Database: Is'haq ibn Khalid]]</ref> on [[Caliph]] [[al-Mutawakkil]]'s orders, until it was largely destroyed during the [[Mongol Empire\|Mongol]] {{Wiki\|Mongol conquest of Persia and Mesopotamia\|invasion}} of Iraq in 1278. Only the mosque's outer wall and minaret have been preserved.<ref>{{WP\|Great Mosque of Samarra}}</ref>

	==Behind the scenes==		==Behind the scenes==

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	[[File:ACMirage Great Mosque of Samarra's Spiral Minaret.png\|thumb\|250px\|Spiral Minaret of the {{Wiki\|Great Mosque of Samarra}}]]		[[File:ACMirage Great Mosque of Samarra's Spiral Minaret.png\|thumb\|250px\|Spiral Minaret of the {{Wiki\|Great Mosque of Samarra}}]]
	'''Samarra''' is a city in [[Iraq]] which stands on the east bank of the [[Tigris]] in the {{Wiki\|Saladin Governorate}}. During the [[Middle Ages\|Medieval period]], it served as the capital of the [[Abbasid Caliphate]].		'''Samarra''' is a city in [[Iraq]] which stands on the east bank of the [[Tigris]] in the {{Wiki\|Saladin Governorate}}. During the [[Middle Ages\|Medieval period]], it served as the capital of the [[Abbasid Caliphate]]. The city was the birthplace of the [[Assassins\|Hidden One]] [[Basim Ibn Ishaq]], the human [[Isu incarnation\|incarnation]] of the [[Isu]] [[Loki]].<ref name="Ubisoft">{{Ubisoft\|url=/en-us/game/assassins-creed/mirage\|text=Assassin's Creed Mirage\|archivedate=20220912044806}}</ref><ref name="TrailerBreakdown">{{Youtube\|video=dKox5i_T6XA\|text=Assassin’s Creed Mirage: Developer Trailer Breakdown <nowiki>\|</nowiki> #UbiForward\|channel=Ubisoft\|channelname=Ubisoft\|quote=So we are 20 years before Valhalla, around 20 years. Basim is around 17 years old, on the trailer here. It's actually the beginning of the game.}}</ref>

	The city was the birthplace of the [[Hidden One]] [[Basim Ibn Ishaq]], the human [[~~Reborn~~ Isu\|incarnation]] of the [[Isu]] [[Loki]].<ref name="Ubisoft">{{Ubisoft\|url=/en-us/game/assassins-creed/mirage\|text=Assassin's Creed Mirage\|archivedate=20220912044806}}</ref><ref name="TrailerBreakdown">{{Youtube\|video=dKox5i_T6XA\|text=Assassin’s Creed Mirage: Developer Trailer Breakdown <nowiki>\|</nowiki> #UbiForward\|channel=Ubisoft\|channelname=Ubisoft\|quote=So we are 20 years before Valhalla, around 20 years. Basim is around 17 years old, on the trailer here. It's actually the beginning of the game.}}</ref>

	==Appearances==		==Appearances==