The Samsaama - Revision history

Soranin: Text replacement - "Basim Ibn Ishaq" to "Basim ibn Ishaq"

2026-05-24T23:18:06Z

Text replacement - "Basim Ibn Ishaq" to "Basim ibn Ishaq"

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	[[File:ACM Isu The Samsaama.png\|thumb\|250px\|The Samsaama]]		[[File:ACM Isu The Samsaama.png\|thumb\|250px\|The Samsaama]]
	'''The Samsaama''' ({{Wiki\|Arabic}}: الصمصامة, "killing on the spot")<ref name="Wiki">{{WP\|Amr ibn Ma'adi Yakrib}}</ref> was an [[Isu]] [[Short blade\|dagger]]. In the 860s, the [[Hidden Ones of Alamut\|Alamut Hidden One]] [[Basim ~~Ibn~~ Ishaq]] recovered it, the [[sword]] [[Shamshir-e Zomorrodnegar]], and the [[armor]] set [[Isu Armor\|Milad's Outfit]] from the [[Northern Oasis vault\|chamber]] underneath the [[Northern Oasis]], trading Mysterious Shards he had taken from [[Tha'abeen]] members.<ref name="ACM">''[[Assassin's Creed: Mirage]]'' – [[The Calling]]</ref>		'''The Samsaama''' ({{Wiki\|Arabic}}: الصمصامة, "killing on the spot")<ref name="Wiki">{{WP\|Amr ibn Ma'adi Yakrib}}</ref> was an [[Isu]] [[Short blade\|dagger]]. In the 860s, the [[Hidden Ones of Alamut\|Alamut Hidden One]] [[Basim ibn Ishaq]] recovered it, the [[sword]] [[Shamshir-e Zomorrodnegar]], and the [[armor]] set [[Isu Armor\|Milad's Outfit]] from the [[Northern Oasis vault\|chamber]] underneath the [[Northern Oasis]], trading Mysterious Shards he had taken from [[Tha'abeen]] members.<ref name="ACM">''[[Assassin's Creed: Mirage]]'' – [[The Calling]]</ref>

	==Weapon statistics==		==Weapon statistics==

imported>Soranin: /* Behind the scenes */

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Behind the scenes

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	The Samsaama is an alternate {{Wiki\|Romanization of Arabic\|romanization}} of "''as-Samsamah''", the name of a sword famously wielded by the [[Arabia]]n {{Wiki\|Zubaid}}i clan's [[Horse\|cavalry]] commander {{Wiki\|Amr ibn Ma'adi Yakrib}}, a {{Wiki\|Companions of the Prophet\|Companion}} of [[Muhammad]] who served in the {{Wiki\|Early Muslim conquests}}. Said to have been forged with nearly 3kg of [[iron]] mined from the mountain {{Wiki\|ar:جبل نقم\|Jabal Nuqm}} in the {{Wiki\|Yemen}}i {{Wiki\|Sarawat Mountains}}, the sword was of ''as-Sayf al-Qala'i'' (السيف قلح, "{{Wiki\|Kedah\|Kalah}} sword") design, with [[gold]] inscriptions and green coloring on its cross guard, and has a storied provenance.<ref name="Wiki"/>		The Samsaama is an alternate {{Wiki\|Romanization of Arabic\|romanization}} of "''as-Samsamah''", the name of a sword famously wielded by the [[Arabia]]n {{Wiki\|Zubaid}}i clan's [[Horse\|cavalry]] commander {{Wiki\|Amr ibn Ma'adi Yakrib}}, a {{Wiki\|Companions of the Prophet\|Companion}} of [[Muhammad]] who served in the {{Wiki\|Early Muslim conquests}}. Said to have been forged with nearly 3kg of [[iron]] mined from the mountain {{Wiki\|ar:جبل نقم\|Jabal Nuqm}} in the {{Wiki\|Yemen}}i {{Wiki\|Sarawat Mountains}}, the sword was of ''as-Sayf al-Qala'i'' (السيف قلح, "{{Wiki\|Kedah\|Kalah}} sword") design, with [[gold]] inscriptions and green coloring on its cross guard, and has a storied provenance.<ref name="Wiki"/>

	As recounted in one of Amr's poems, ''as-Samsamah'' purportedly originated from the ancient {{Wiki\|ʿĀd}} tribe,<ref name="Wiki"/> which was named for and claimed descent from the Hebrew prophet {{Wiki\|Noah}}'s apocryphal great-great-grandson. Following the tribe's extinction in a wind storm for rejecting the prophet {{Wiki\|Hud (prophet)\|Hud}}'s monotheistic teachings,<ref>{{WP\|ʿĀd}}</ref> ''as-Samsamah'' was lost to memory until Qii Bayh ibn Qi Qayfan al-Akbar recovered it in the desert. ''as-Samsamah'' was then passed down generations until it reached the {{Wiki\|Himyarite Kingdom}}'s ruler 'Alqamah ibn Dhi Qayfan, who then gifted it to Amr.<ref name="Wiki"/>		As recounted in one of Amr's poems, ''as-Samsamah'' purportedly originated from the ancient {{Wiki\|ʿĀd}} tribe,<ref name="Wiki"/> which was named for and claimed descent from the Hebrew prophet {{Wiki\|Noah}}'s apocryphal great-great-grandson. Following the tribe's extinction in a wind storm for rejecting the prophet {{Wiki\|Hud (prophet)\|Hud}}'s monotheistic teachings,<ref>{{WP\|ʿĀd}}</ref> ''as-Samsamah'' was lost to memory until Qii Bayh ibn Qi Qayfan al-Akbar recovered it in the desert. ''as-Samsamah'' was then passed down generations until it reached the {{Wiki\|Himyar\|Himyarite Kingdom}}'s ruler 'Alqamah ibn Dhi Qayfan, who then gifted it to Amr.<ref name="Wiki"/>

	Amr carried ''as-Samsamah'' with him during the {{Wiki\|Muslim conquest of the Levant}} and later gifted it to his fellow Companion {{Wiki\|Khalid ibn Sa'id}} as an award after Muhammad appointed Khalid as Yemen's administrator. After Khalid's death in the {{Wiki\|Battle of Marj al-Saffar (634)\|Battle of Marj al-Saffar}}, ''as-Samsamah'' was found beside his body. The Companion {{Wiki\|Mu'awiya I}} then took the sword and kept it upon founding the [[Umayyad Caliphate]]. It stayed with the Umayyad [[caliph]]s until the [[Abbasid Revolution]], at which point it entered the possession of [[Abbasid Caliphate\|Abbasid]] caliphs like [[Al-Mahdi]] and [[Harun al-Rashid]]. By the late 9th century, it was allegedly possessed by Caliph [[al-Wathiq]]<ref name="Wiki"/> after his unexpected death of {{Wiki\|edema}} in 847 CE.<ref>{{WP\|al-Wathiq}}</ref>		Amr carried ''as-Samsamah'' with him during the {{Wiki\|Muslim conquest of the Levant}} and later gifted it to his fellow Companion {{Wiki\|Khalid ibn Sa'id}} as an award after Muhammad appointed Khalid as Yemen's administrator. After Khalid's death in the {{Wiki\|Battle of Marj al-Saffar (634)\|Battle of Marj al-Saffar}}, ''as-Samsamah'' was found beside his body. The Companion {{Wiki\|Mu'awiya I}} then took the sword and kept it upon founding the [[Umayyad Caliphate]]. It stayed with the Umayyad [[caliph]]s until the [[Abbasid Revolution]], at which point it entered the possession of [[Abbasid Caliphate\|Abbasid]] caliphs like [[Al-Mahdi]] and [[Harun al-Rashid]]. By the late 9th century, it was allegedly possessed by Caliph [[al-Wathiq]]<ref name="Wiki"/> after his unexpected death of {{Wiki\|edema}} in 847 CE.<ref>{{WP\|al-Wathiq}}</ref>

imported>Darman36: /Behind the scenes/ Found a long, legendary BTS. And I checked the linked sources on WP, too

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Behind the scenes: Found a long, legendary BTS. And I checked the linked sources on WP, too

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	[[File:~~ACMir~~ The Samsaama.png\|thumb\|250px\|The Samsaama]]		[[File:ACM Isu The Samsaama.png\|thumb\|250px\|The Samsaama]]
	'''The Samsaama''' was an [[Isu]] [[Short blade\|dagger]]. In the 860s, the [[Hidden Ones\|Hidden One]] [[Basim Ibn Ishaq]] recovered it, the [[sword]] [[Shamshir-e Zomorrodnegar]], and the [[armor]] set [[Isu Armor\|Milad's Outfit]] from the [[Northern Oasis vault\|chamber]] underneath the [[Northern Oasis]], trading Mysterious Shards he had taken from [[Tha'abeen]] members.<ref name="ACM">''[[Assassin's Creed: Mirage]]'' – [[The Calling]]</ref>		'''The Samsaama''' ({{Wiki\|Arabic}}: الصمصامة, "killing on the spot")<ref name="Wiki">{{WP\|Amr ibn Ma'adi Yakrib}}</ref> was an [[Isu]] [[Short blade\|dagger]]. In the 860s, the [[Hidden Ones of Alamut\|Alamut Hidden One]] [[Basim Ibn Ishaq]] recovered it, the [[sword]] [[Shamshir-e Zomorrodnegar]], and the [[armor]] set [[Isu Armor\|Milad's Outfit]] from the [[Northern Oasis vault\|chamber]] underneath the [[Northern Oasis]], trading Mysterious Shards he had taken from [[Tha'abeen]] members.<ref name="ACM">''[[Assassin's Creed: Mirage]]'' – [[The Calling]]</ref>

	==Weapon statistics==		==Weapon statistics==
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	\| colspan="4" \|''Ancient magic steals life force for the wielder.''		\| colspan="4" \|''Ancient magic steals life force for the wielder.''
	\|}		\|}

			==Behind the scenes==
			The Samsaama is an alternate {{Wiki\|Romanization of Arabic\|romanization}} of "''as-Samsamah''", the name of a sword famously wielded by the [[Arabia]]n {{Wiki\|Zubaid}}i clan's [[Horse\|cavalry]] commander {{Wiki\|Amr ibn Ma'adi Yakrib}}, a {{Wiki\|Companions of the Prophet\|Companion}} of [[Muhammad]] who served in the {{Wiki\|Early Muslim conquests}}. Said to have been forged with nearly 3kg of [[iron]] mined from the mountain {{Wiki\|ar:جبل نقم\|Jabal Nuqm}} in the {{Wiki\|Yemen}}i {{Wiki\|Sarawat Mountains}}, the sword was of ''as-Sayf al-Qala'i'' (السيف قلح, "{{Wiki\|Kedah\|Kalah}} sword") design, with [[gold]] inscriptions and green coloring on its cross guard, and has a storied provenance.<ref name="Wiki"/>

			As recounted in one of Amr's poems, ''as-Samsamah'' purportedly originated from the ancient {{Wiki\|ʿĀd}} tribe,<ref name="Wiki"/> which was named for and claimed descent from the Hebrew prophet {{Wiki\|Noah}}'s apocryphal great-great-grandson. Following the tribe's extinction in a wind storm for rejecting the prophet {{Wiki\|Hud (prophet)\|Hud}}'s monotheistic teachings,<ref>{{WP\|ʿĀd}}</ref> ''as-Samsamah'' was lost to memory until Qii Bayh ibn Qi Qayfan al-Akbar recovered it in the desert. ''as-Samsamah'' was then passed down generations until it reached the {{Wiki\|Himyarite Kingdom}}'s ruler 'Alqamah ibn Dhi Qayfan, who then gifted it to Amr.<ref name="Wiki"/>

			Amr carried ''as-Samsamah'' with him during the {{Wiki\|Muslim conquest of the Levant}} and later gifted it to his fellow Companion {{Wiki\|Khalid ibn Sa'id}} as an award after Muhammad appointed Khalid as Yemen's administrator. After Khalid's death in the {{Wiki\|Battle of Marj al-Saffar (634)\|Battle of Marj al-Saffar}}, ''as-Samsamah'' was found beside his body. The Companion {{Wiki\|Mu'awiya I}} then took the sword and kept it upon founding the [[Umayyad Caliphate]]. It stayed with the Umayyad [[caliph]]s until the [[Abbasid Revolution]], at which point it entered the possession of [[Abbasid Caliphate\|Abbasid]] caliphs like [[Al-Mahdi]] and [[Harun al-Rashid]]. By the late 9th century, it was allegedly possessed by Caliph [[al-Wathiq]]<ref name="Wiki"/> after his unexpected death of {{Wiki\|edema}} in 847 CE.<ref>{{WP\|al-Wathiq}}</ref>

			==Gallery==
			<gallery position="center" widths="180" captionalign="center">
			ACMir The Samsaama.png\|The Samsaama's inventory icon
			</gallery>

	==Appearances==		==Appearances==

imported>Soranin at 01:16, 13 January 2025

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	!Availability		!Availability
	\|-		\|-
	~~\|27~~		{{#section:AC:CST/Weapons\|"The Samsaama"}}
	~~\|47~~
	~~\|Life Steal<br><small>Every fifth Hit heals Basim for 10% of his health<~~/~~small>~~
	\|~~Trade for 2 Mysterious Shards in the vault under the Northern Oasis~~
	\|-		\|-
	! colspan="4" \|Description		! colspan="4" \|Description

imported>Soranin at 01:44, 5 January 2024

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	~~{{Spoilerhd\|5 January 2024\|[[Assassin's Creed: Mirage]]}}~~
	[[File:ACMir The Samsaama.png\|thumb\|250px\|The Samsaama]]		[[File:ACMir The Samsaama.png\|thumb\|250px\|The Samsaama]]
	'''The Samsaama''' was an [[Isu]] [[Short blade\|dagger]]. In the 860s, the [[Hidden Ones\|Hidden One]] [[Basim Ibn Ishaq]] recovered it, the [[sword]] [[Shamshir-e Zomorrodnegar]], and the [[armor]] set [[Isu Armor\|Milad's Outfit]] from the [[Northern Oasis vault\|chamber]] underneath the [[Northern Oasis]], trading Mysterious Shards he had taken from [[Tha'abeen]] members.<ref name="ACM">''[[Assassin's Creed: Mirage]]'' – [[The Calling]]</ref>		'''The Samsaama''' was an [[Isu]] [[Short blade\|dagger]]. In the 860s, the [[Hidden Ones\|Hidden One]] [[Basim Ibn Ishaq]] recovered it, the [[sword]] [[Shamshir-e Zomorrodnegar]], and the [[armor]] set [[Isu Armor\|Milad's Outfit]] from the [[Northern Oasis vault\|chamber]] underneath the [[Northern Oasis]], trading Mysterious Shards he had taken from [[Tha'abeen]] members.<ref name="ACM">''[[Assassin's Creed: Mirage]]'' – [[The Calling]]</ref>

imported>Lady Kyashira at 03:09, 4 November 2023

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	{{Spoilerhd\|5 January 2024\|[[Assassin's Creed: Mirage]]}}		{{Spoilerhd\|5 January 2024\|[[Assassin's Creed: Mirage]]}}
	~~{{Imageneed\|''~~[[~~Assassin's Creed~~: ~~Mirage~~]]~~''}}~~		[[File:ACMir The Samsaama.png\|thumb\|250px\|The Samsaama]]
	'''The Samsaama''' was an [[Isu]] [[Short blade\|dagger]]. In the 860s, the [[Hidden Ones\|Hidden One]] [[Basim Ibn Ishaq]] recovered it, the [[sword]] [[Shamshir-e Zomorrodnegar]], and the [[armor]] set [[Isu Armor\|Milad's Outfit]] from the [[Northern Oasis vault\|chamber]] underneath the [[Northern Oasis]], trading Mysterious Shards he had taken from [[Tha'abeen]] members.<ref name="ACM">''[[Assassin's Creed: Mirage]]'' – [[The Calling]]</ref>		'''The Samsaama''' was an [[Isu]] [[Short blade\|dagger]]. In the 860s, the [[Hidden Ones\|Hidden One]] [[Basim Ibn Ishaq]] recovered it, the [[sword]] [[Shamshir-e Zomorrodnegar]], and the [[armor]] set [[Isu Armor\|Milad's Outfit]] from the [[Northern Oasis vault\|chamber]] underneath the [[Northern Oasis]], trading Mysterious Shards he had taken from [[Tha'abeen]] members.<ref name="ACM">''[[Assassin's Creed: Mirage]]'' – [[The Calling]]</ref>

imported>Darman36 at 03:32, 26 October 2023

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	{{Imageneed\|''[[Assassin's Creed: Mirage]]''}}		{{Imageneed\|''[[Assassin's Creed: Mirage]]''}}
	'''The Samsaama''' was an [[Isu]] [[Short blade\|dagger]].		'''The Samsaama''' was an [[Isu]] [[Short blade\|dagger]]. In the 860s, the [[Hidden Ones\|Hidden One]] [[Basim Ibn Ishaq]] recovered it, the [[sword]] [[Shamshir-e Zomorrodnegar]], and the [[armor]] set [[Isu Armor\|Milad's Outfit]] from the [[Northern Oasis vault\|chamber]] underneath the [[Northern Oasis]], trading Mysterious Shards he had taken from [[Tha'abeen]] members.<ref name="ACM">''[[Assassin's Creed: Mirage]]'' – [[The Calling]]</ref>

	In the 860s, [[Hidden Ones\|Hidden One]] [[Basim Ibn Ishaq]] recovered the ~~dagger, along with a~~ [[Shamshir-e Zomorrodnegar~~\|sword~~]] and an [[~~Assassin~~'s ~~Creed: Mirage outfits\|outfit~~]] from the chamber underneath the [[Northern Oasis]], trading Mysterious Shards he had taken from [[Tha'abeen]] members ~~for it~~.<ref name="ACM">''[[Assassin's Creed: Mirage]]'' – [[The Calling]]</ref>

	==Weapon statistics==		==Weapon statistics==

imported>Vetinari: /* References */

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References

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	==References==		==References==
	{{Reflist}}		{{Reflist}}
			{{Isu}}
	[[Category:Daggers]]		[[Category:Daggers]]
	[[Category:9th century weapons]]		[[Category:9th century weapons]]

imported>Darman36 at 03:47, 20 October 2023

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	{{Spoilerhd\|5 January 2024\|[[Assassin's Creed: Mirage]]}}		{{Spoilerhd\|5 January 2024\|[[Assassin's Creed: Mirage]]}}
	{{Imageneed\|''[[Assassin's Creed: Mirage]]''}}		{{Imageneed\|''[[Assassin's Creed: Mirage]]''}}
	'''The Samsaama''' was an [[Isu]] [[dagger]].		'''The Samsaama''' was an [[Isu]] [[Short blade\|dagger]].

	In the 860s, [[Hidden Ones\|Hidden One]] [[Basim Ibn Ishaq]] recovered the dagger, along with a [[Shamshir-e Zomorrodnegar\|sword]] and an [[Assassin's Creed: Mirage outfits\|outfit]] from the chamber underneath the [[Northern Oasis]], trading Mysterious Shards he'd taken from [[Tha'abeen]] members for it.<ref name="ACM">''[[Assassin's Creed: Mirage]]'' – [[The Calling]]</ref>		In the 860s, [[Hidden Ones\|Hidden One]] [[Basim Ibn Ishaq]] recovered the dagger, along with a [[Shamshir-e Zomorrodnegar\|sword]] and an [[Assassin's Creed: Mirage outfits\|outfit]] from the chamber underneath the [[Northern Oasis]], trading Mysterious Shards he had taken from [[Tha'abeen]] members for it.<ref name="ACM">''[[Assassin's Creed: Mirage]]'' – [[The Calling]]</ref>

	==Weapon statistics==		==Weapon statistics==
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	\|Trade for 2 Mysterious Shards in the vault under the Northern Oasis		\|Trade for 2 Mysterious Shards in the vault under the Northern Oasis
	\|-		\|-
	! colspan="8" \|Description		! colspan="4" \|Description
	\|-		\|-
	\| colspan="8" \|''Ancient magic steals life force for the wielder.''		\| colspan="4" \|''Ancient magic steals life force for the wielder.''
	\|}		\|}

imported>Soranin: Created page with "{{Era|Weapons|Isu}} {{Spoilerhd|5 January 2024|Assassin's Creed: Mirage}} {{Imageneed|''Assassin's Creed: Mirage''}} '''The Samsaama''' was an Isu dagger. In the 860s, Hidden One Basim Ibn Ishaq recovered the dagger, along with a sword and an outfit from the chamber underneath the Northern Oasis, trading Mysterious Shards he'd taken from Tha'abeen members for it..."

2023-10-20T01:00:37Z

Created page with "{{Era|Weapons|Isu}} {{Spoilerhd|5 January 2024|Assassin's Creed: Mirage}} {{Imageneed|''Assassin's Creed: Mirage''}} '''The Samsaama''' was an Isu dagger. In the 860s, Hidden One Basim Ibn Ishaq recovered the dagger, along with a sword and an outfit from the chamber underneath the Northern Oasis, trading Mysterious Shards he'd taken from Tha'abeen members for it..."

Páàjì titun

{{Era|Weapons|Isu}}
{{Spoilerhd|5 January 2024|[[Assassin's Creed: Mirage]]}}
{{Imageneed|''[[Assassin's Creed: Mirage]]''}}
'''The Samsaama''' was an [[Isu]] [[dagger]].

In the 860s, [[Hidden Ones|Hidden One]] [[Basim Ibn Ishaq]] recovered the dagger, along with a [[Shamshir-e Zomorrodnegar|sword]] and an [[Assassin's Creed: Mirage outfits|outfit]] from the chamber underneath the [[Northern Oasis]], trading Mysterious Shards he'd taken from [[Tha'abeen]] members for it.<ref name="ACM">''[[Assassin's Creed: Mirage]]'' – [[The Calling]]</ref>

==Weapon statistics==
{| border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" style="width:700px; text-align:center"
!Dmg (max)
!Def.Dmg (max)
!Perk
!Availability
|-
|27
|47
|Life Steal<br><small>Every fifth Hit heals Basim for 10% of his health</small>
|Trade for 2 Mysterious Shards in the vault under the Northern Oasis
|-
! colspan="8" |Description
|-
| colspan="8" |''Ancient magic steals life force for the wielder.''
|}

==Appearances==
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Mirage]]''

==References==
{{Reflist}}
[[Category:Daggers]]
[[Category:9th century weapons]]

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	The Samsaama is an alternate {{Wiki\|Romanization of Arabic\|romanization}} of "''as-Samsamah''", the name of a sword famously wielded by the [[Arabia]]n {{Wiki\|Zubaid}}i clan's [[Horse\|cavalry]] commander {{Wiki\|Amr ibn Ma'adi Yakrib}}, a {{Wiki\|Companions of the Prophet\|Companion}} of [[Muhammad]] who served in the {{Wiki\|Early Muslim conquests}}. Said to have been forged with nearly 3kg of [[iron]] mined from the mountain {{Wiki\|ar:جبل نقم\|Jabal Nuqm}} in the {{Wiki\|Yemen}}i {{Wiki\|Sarawat Mountains}}, the sword was of ''as-Sayf al-Qala'i'' (السيف قلح, "{{Wiki\|Kedah\|Kalah}} sword") design, with [[gold]] inscriptions and green coloring on its cross guard, and has a storied provenance.<ref name="Wiki"/>		The Samsaama is an alternate {{Wiki\|Romanization of Arabic\|romanization}} of "''as-Samsamah''", the name of a sword famously wielded by the [[Arabia]]n {{Wiki\|Zubaid}}i clan's [[Horse\|cavalry]] commander {{Wiki\|Amr ibn Ma'adi Yakrib}}, a {{Wiki\|Companions of the Prophet\|Companion}} of [[Muhammad]] who served in the {{Wiki\|Early Muslim conquests}}. Said to have been forged with nearly 3kg of [[iron]] mined from the mountain {{Wiki\|ar:جبل نقم\|Jabal Nuqm}} in the {{Wiki\|Yemen}}i {{Wiki\|Sarawat Mountains}}, the sword was of ''as-Sayf al-Qala'i'' (السيف قلح, "{{Wiki\|Kedah\|Kalah}} sword") design, with [[gold]] inscriptions and green coloring on its cross guard, and has a storied provenance.<ref name="Wiki"/>

	As recounted in one of Amr's poems, ''as-Samsamah'' purportedly originated from the ancient {{Wiki\|ʿĀd}} tribe,<ref name="Wiki"/> which was named for and claimed descent from the Hebrew prophet {{Wiki\|Noah}}'s apocryphal great-great-grandson. Following the tribe's extinction in a wind storm for rejecting the prophet {{Wiki\|Hud (prophet)\|Hud}}'s monotheistic teachings,<ref>{{WP\|ʿĀd}}</ref> ''as-Samsamah'' was lost to memory until Qii Bayh ibn Qi Qayfan al-Akbar recovered it in the desert. ''as-Samsamah'' was then passed down generations until it reached the {{Wiki\|Himyarite Kingdom}}'s ruler 'Alqamah ibn Dhi Qayfan, who then gifted it to Amr.<ref name="Wiki"/>		As recounted in one of Amr's poems, ''as-Samsamah'' purportedly originated from the ancient {{Wiki\|ʿĀd}} tribe,<ref name="Wiki"/> which was named for and claimed descent from the Hebrew prophet {{Wiki\|Noah}}'s apocryphal great-great-grandson. Following the tribe's extinction in a wind storm for rejecting the prophet {{Wiki\|Hud (prophet)\|Hud}}'s monotheistic teachings,<ref>{{WP\|ʿĀd}}</ref> ''as-Samsamah'' was lost to memory until Qii Bayh ibn Qi Qayfan al-Akbar recovered it in the desert. ''as-Samsamah'' was then passed down generations until it reached the {{Wiki\|Himyar\|Himyarite Kingdom}}'s ruler 'Alqamah ibn Dhi Qayfan, who then gifted it to Amr.<ref name="Wiki"/>

	Amr carried ''as-Samsamah'' with him during the {{Wiki\|Muslim conquest of the Levant}} and later gifted it to his fellow Companion {{Wiki\|Khalid ibn Sa'id}} as an award after Muhammad appointed Khalid as Yemen's administrator. After Khalid's death in the {{Wiki\|Battle of Marj al-Saffar (634)\|Battle of Marj al-Saffar}}, ''as-Samsamah'' was found beside his body. The Companion {{Wiki\|Mu'awiya I}} then took the sword and kept it upon founding the [[Umayyad Caliphate]]. It stayed with the Umayyad [[caliph]]s until the [[Abbasid Revolution]], at which point it entered the possession of [[Abbasid Caliphate\|Abbasid]] caliphs like [[Al-Mahdi]] and [[Harun al-Rashid]]. By the late 9th century, it was allegedly possessed by Caliph [[al-Wathiq]]<ref name="Wiki"/> after his unexpected death of {{Wiki\|edema}} in 847 CE.<ref>{{WP\|al-Wathiq}}</ref>		Amr carried ''as-Samsamah'' with him during the {{Wiki\|Muslim conquest of the Levant}} and later gifted it to his fellow Companion {{Wiki\|Khalid ibn Sa'id}} as an award after Muhammad appointed Khalid as Yemen's administrator. After Khalid's death in the {{Wiki\|Battle of Marj al-Saffar (634)\|Battle of Marj al-Saffar}}, ''as-Samsamah'' was found beside his body. The Companion {{Wiki\|Mu'awiya I}} then took the sword and kept it upon founding the [[Umayyad Caliphate]]. It stayed with the Umayyad [[caliph]]s until the [[Abbasid Revolution]], at which point it entered the possession of [[Abbasid Caliphate\|Abbasid]] caliphs like [[Al-Mahdi]] and [[Harun al-Rashid]]. By the late 9th century, it was allegedly possessed by Caliph [[al-Wathiq]]<ref name="Wiki"/> after his unexpected death of {{Wiki\|edema}} in 847 CE.<ref>{{WP\|al-Wathiq}}</ref>