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'''Baghdad''' is the capital of Iraq | |name = Baghdad | ||
|image = ACMir Large View of Baghdad.jpg | |||
|state = [[Iraq]] | |||
|rulers = [[Abbasid Caliphate]] {{c|762 – 1258}}<br>[[Mongol Empire]] {{c|1258 – 1393}}<br>Various {{c|1393 – 1534}}<br>[[Ottoman Empire]] {{c|1534 – 1917}}<br>[[British Empire]] {{c|1917 – 1932}}<br>Iraq {{c|1932 – present}} | |||
|factions = [[Turkic Army]]<br>[[Assassins|Hidden Ones]]<br>[[Order of the Ancients]] | |||
|founded = [[Al-Mansur]] | |||
|date = 30 July 762<ref name="Wiki">{{WP|Baghdad}}</ref> | |||
|abandoned = | |||
|coordinates = | |||
|landmark = [[Palace of the Green Dome]]<br>[[House of Wisdom]]<br>[[The Bazaar]]<br>[[The Great Garrison]]<br>[[Damascus Gate Prison]]<br>[[Caravanserai, Baghdad|Caravanserai]] | |||
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'''Baghdad''' (Arabic: بَغدَاد) is the capital of [[Iraq]]. It was founded in 762 by [[Al-Mansur]], the second [[caliph]] of the [[Abbasid Caliphate]], as the state's new capital, replacing [[Anbar]].<ref name="Wiki" /> | |||
During the Abbasid period, the city was one of the foremost cultural, intellectual, and economic centers of the world, presiding over the [[Islamic Golden Age]]. However, this status ended with its [[Sack of Baghdad|decimation]]<ref name="Revelations 76">[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations (novel)|''Assassin's Creed: Revelations'' novel]] – Chapter 76</ref> at the hands of [[Hülegü Khan]] and the [[Mongol Empire]] in 1258.<ref name="Wiki" /> | |||
==History== | ==History== | ||
Around 820, [[Persia]]n polymath [[Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi|al-Khwarizmi]] was appointed as the astronomer and head of the library of the | ===Parthian Empire=== | ||
After [[Khepri]] completed her initiation as an [[Egyptian Brotherhood of Assassins|Egyptian Hidden One]], the [[Mentor]] [[Bayek]] tasked her with establishing a home for the [[Assassins|Hidden Ones]] in the area where Baghdad would later be founded, an order with which she complied, taking with her part of an [[Isu]] [[Vejovis' dagger|dagger]].<ref name="Puzzle Book">''[[Assassin's Creed: Escape Room Puzzle Book]]'' – Chapter 2: Training</ref> | |||
===Islamic Golden Age=== | |||
In 819, a teenage girl, [[Roshan]], killed her abusive [[Persian harbor master|husband]] and escaped the confines of his [[ship]]. Treading through Baghdad, she found herself living at the [[House of Wisdom]].<ref name="Chapter 2 DNO">''[[Assassin's Creed: Mirage – Daughter of No One]]'' – Chapter Two – Baghdad, 819</ref> While there, she was mentored by the {{Wiki|Sudan}}ese engineer [[Bakhit]], who helped her in her education.<ref name="Chapter 4 DNO">''[[Assassin's Creed: Mirage – Daughter of No One]]'' – Chapter Four – Baghdad, 819</ref> Later, he offered her a job as his assistant, which she accepted. After months of living at the House of Wisdom, Roshan joined Bakhit as they rode together to [[Thatta]], [[Pakistan]], where the latter had beeen invited to work for a local prince.<ref name="Chapter 6 DNO">''[[Assassin's Creed: Mirage – Daughter of No One]]'' – Chapter Six – The Road, 819</ref> | |||
Around 820, the [[Persia]]n polymath [[Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi|al-Khwarizmi]] was appointed as the astronomer and head of the library of the House of Wisdom.<ref>{{WP|Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi}}</ref> In his later years, one of his students in astronomy and mathematics was [[Basim ibn Ishaq]], who was a frequent visitor of the library in his youth.<ref name="A Bloody Welcome">''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – [[A Bloody Welcome]]</ref> | |||
[[File:ACMirage - House of Wisdom.jpg|thumb|250px|left|The House of Wisdom in the 9th century]] | |||
In 824, a section of the House of Wisdom was closed off for a meeting between the [[Martyrs of Agaunum]] and their customer, an [[Order of the Ancients]] member. However, a [[Fuladh's mercenaries|trio]] of [[Mercenary|mercenaries]], consisting of Roshan, the [[Rome|Roman]] [[Piracy|pirate]] [[Dias]], and the [[Iran|Persian]] warrior [[Azadeh]], attacked and killed the Martyrs. Their employer, the Hidden One [[Fuladh Al Haami]], came to aid them and killed the customer. He then secured a case that the Martyrs had delivered to the Order agent, and invited Roshan to join the Hidden Ones.<ref name="Chapter 19 DNO">''[[Assassin's Creed: Mirage – Daughter of No One]]'' – Chapter Nineteen – Baghdad, 824</ref> | |||
By the 860s, the Order had established a strong presence in Baghdad, controlling much of the inner workings of the Abbasid Caliphate and using the caliph [[Al-Mutawakkil]] as their puppet. Following the caliph's death in December 861,<ref name="Master Thief">''[[Assassin's Creed: Mirage]]'' – [[The Master Thief of Anbar]] </ref> a {{Wiki|Abbasid civil war (865–866)|power struggle}} ensued between his son [[Al-Mu'tazz|Abu 'Abdallah]] and nephew [[al-Musta'in]], both of whom claimed the right to the throne.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Mirage]]'' – [[Notes from Basim's travels]]: "Trouble at the Court"</ref> The Order, secretly led by Abu 'Abdallah's mother and Al-Mutawakkil's [[concubine]] [[Qabiha]], took advantage of this feud to try and increase their influence,<ref name="The Serpent's Nest">''[[Assassin's Creed: Mirage]]'' – [[The Serpent's Nest]]</ref> while simultaneously setting up several [[Excavation Site, Baghdad|excavation sites]] around Baghdad to search for Isu [[Piece of Eden|artifacts]].<ref name="Missing Brother">''[[Assassin's Creed: Mirage]]'' – [[Find the Missing Brother]]</ref> | |||
While Qabiha oversaw the Order's operations from the [[Round City]],<ref name="Servant and Impostor">''[[Assassin's Creed: Mirage]]'' – [[The Servant and the Impostor]]</ref> her lieutenants controlled each of Baghdad's districts. In [[Harbiyah]], [[Mas'ood Al-Ya'qoob]] ruled the [[Soap Boiler's District]] and sought to acquire workers for the Order's dig sites, most of whom were either [[Slavery|slaves]] purchased from the [[Caravanserai, Baghdad|Caravanserai]] west of the city,<ref name="First Order">''[[Assassin's Creed: Mirage]]'' – [[First Order]]</ref> or enemies of the Caliphate that had been imprisoned in the [[Damascus Gate Prison]].<ref name="Jailbreak">''[[Assassin's Creed: Mirage]]'' – [[Jailbreak]]</ref> In [[Abbasiyah]], the scholar and Ancient [[Fazil Fahim al-Kemsa]] took over the House of Wisdom and, with the help of his subordinates [[Hassan]] and [[Zahra]], aimed to build a machine called the [[Alruh]] using scavenged Isu technology, experimenting on human test subjects.<ref name="The Great Symposium">''[[Assassin's Creed: Mirage]]'' – [[The Great Symposium]]</ref> | |||
In [[Karkh]], the Ancient [[Ning]], who had secured the position of the caliph's Treasurer, controlled the [[The Bazaar|Bazaar]] and focused on acquiring various rare artifacts of foreign origin.<ref name="Gilded Butterflies">''[[Assassin's Creed: Mirage]]'' – [[Gilded Butterflies]]</ref> She had her subordinate [[Javed]] set up a blockade at the Baghdad harbor to seize all foreign goods,<ref name="Coin">''[[Assassin's Creed: Mirage]]'' – [[Coin, Corruption and Tea]]</ref> and funded it through taxes paid by the Bazaar's [[Merchant|merchants]], which were raised by the tax collector [[Suhail]].<ref name="Toil and Taxes">''[[Assassin's Creed: Mirage]]'' – [[Of Toil and Taxes]]</ref> In [[Sharqiyah]], [[Wasif al-Turki]] held control over the Caliphate's [[Turkic Army]] and collaborated with fellow Order members [[Nadir ibn Havid]] and [[Jasoor ibn Basil]] to fight the brewing [[Zanj Rebellion]] led by [[Ali ibn Muhammad]].<ref name="Den of the Beast">''[[Assassin's Creed: Mirage]]'' – [[Den of the Beast]]</ref> | |||
[[File:ACMir Harbiyah Bureau 1.jpg|thumb|250px|The Hidden Ones bureau in Harbiyah]] | |||
The [[Hidden Ones of Alamut]], seeking to halt the Order's plans, sent three of their members—Roshan, Fuladh Al Haami, and Basim ibn Ishaq—to Baghdad to investigate the Ancients' activities and assist Ali, who was an ally of the Hidden Ones.<ref name="Taking Flight">''[[Assassin's Creed: Mirage]]'' – [[Taking Flight]]</ref> They established [[Assassin bureau|bureaus]] in each of the city's districts and, over the course of several months, gradually unraveled the Order's schemes, which Basim brought to an end by assassinating all the Ancients involved.<ref name="ACMir">''[[Assassin's Creed: Mirage]]''</ref> | |||
== | With all of her lieutenants dead, Qabiha resolved to negotiate a deal with Baghdad's governor [[Muhammad ibn Tahir]], who wanted to end the conflict between Abu 'Abdallah and al-Musta'in. In exchange for convincing her son to renounce his birthright to the throne, Qabiha asked Muhammad to have his [[Tahirids|Tahirid]] relatives remove their protection of [[Alamut]], leaving the Hidden Ones' stronghold vulnerable.<ref name="Judge and Executioner">''[[Assassin's Creed: Mirage]]'' – [[Judge and Executioner]]</ref> Before the Ancients could use this opportunity to strike back at their enemies, however, Qabiha was confronted inside the [[Palace of the Green Dome]] by Basim and slain by Roshan, ending the Order's influence over the Caliphate.<ref name="The Serpent's Nest" /> | ||
At the height of the Islamic Golden Age, [[Thābit ibn Qurra]] emerged as a leading visionary in the fields of mathematics, mechanical engineering, medicine, astrology, and astronomy. Although born in Harran, he moved to Baghdad and occupied his years with teaching, study, and innovation until his death in 901.<ref name="Forward Thinker">''[[Assassin's Creed: Initiates]]'' – [[Database: Forward Thinker]]</ref> | |||
===Mongol conquest=== | |||
After [[Hülegü Khan]] took the [[Assassins]]' citadel of [[Alamut]] in 1256,<ref name="ACM">''[[Assassin's Creed: Memories]]'' – [[Hülegü Khan (memory)|Hülegü Khan]]</ref><ref name="Revelations 54">[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations (novel)|''Assassin's Creed: Revelations'' novel]] – Chapter 54</ref> he continued with his {{Wiki|Mongol invasions of the Levant|campaign}} westward, attacking other citadels throughout the [[Levant]] in retribution for his grandfather [[Genghis Khan]]'s [[Assassination of Genghis Khan|murder]] in 1227 at the hands of the [[Levantine Brotherhood of Assassins|Levantine Assassin]] [[Darim Ibn-La'Ahad]] and the [[Mongolian Brotherhood of Assassins|Mongolian Assassin]] [[Qulan Gal]],<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Reflections]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Reflections 2|Issue #02]]</ref> as well as for an attempt on his own life.<ref name="Encyclopedia">''[[Assassin's Creed Encyclopedia]]''</ref> | |||
After a two-week siege,<ref name="Wikipedia">{{WP|Siege of Baghdad (1258)}}</ref> the Mongols destroyed Baghdad,<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Mirage]]'' – [[Database: Gates of Baghdad]]</ref> burning its libraries and the House of Wisdom and massacring most of its population, leaving behind only the "young and malleable".<ref name="Revelations 76" /> | |||
===Modern times=== | |||
In 1936, archaeologists discovered a set of artifacts that they referred to as the "[[Baghdad Battery]]", which unbeknownst to them were [[Isu]] power sources that used temporal energy as fuel.<ref name="File: Baghdad Battery">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' – [[Noob's personal files]] – Abstergo Entertainment Files: "Baghdad Battery"</ref> | |||
The Saddam International Airport was developed in 1979, but the {{Wiki|Iran–Iraq War}} delayed its opening until 1982. In April 2003, U.S.-led Coalition forces [[Iraq War|invaded Iraq]] and changed the airport's name to Baghdad International Airport.<ref>{{WP|Baghdad International Airport}}</ref><ref name="ACB">''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]'' – [[Rifts#7|Rifts: Cluster 7]]</ref> | |||
On 4 December 2004, a suicide bomber struck a police station near the main entrance to the {{Wiki|Green Zone}} in Baghdad, resulting in seven fatalities and 50 injuries.<ref>{{WP|Terrorist incidents in Iraq in 2004#December|Terrorist incidents in Iraq in 2004}}</ref> Following the attack, a private military contracted {{Wiki|Blackwater (company)|Blackwater}} {{Wiki|MD Helicopters MD 500#MD 530F|MD-530F}} helicopter assisted in securing the site.<ref name="ACB"/> | |||
==Geography== | |||
During the Islamic Golden Age, Baghdad was divided into four sections: the gardens of the central [[Round City]] or Madinat As-Salam, the southeastern trade region of [[Karkh]], the northern industrial [[Harbiyah]], and the western scientific district of [[Abbasiyah]] which contained the famous House of Wisdom. Each of these sections was in turn divided into several sub-districts, such as [[Sharqiyah]] in Karkh.<ref name="ACMir" /> | |||
==Behind the scenes== | ==Behind the scenes== | ||
After being mentioned a number of times throughout the [[Assassin's Creed series|''Assassin's Creed'' series]], Baghdad made its first appearance as the primary setting of the 2023 video game ''[[Assassin's Creed: Mirage]]'', set at the height of the Islamic Golden Age. | |||
==Gallery== | |||
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ACMir Baghdad Concept Aerial View.jpg|Concept art of Baghdad | |||
ACMir Baghdad Aerial Concept.jpg|Baghdad aerial concept art | |||
ACMirage Large View Of Baghdad - Concept Art.jpg|Concept art of a large view of Baghdad | |||
ACMir - Baghdad landscape - Concept Art.jpeg|Concept art of the Baghdad landscape | |||
ACMirage Basim Landscape - Concept Art.png|Concept art of Basim looking over the city | |||
ACMir Baghdad Freerun Concept.jpg|Concept art of Basim and Roshan freerunning in Baghdad | |||
ACMirage Streets of Baghdad - Concept Art.png|Baghdad streets concept art | |||
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<gallery captionalign="center" position="center" widths="180"> | |||
ACMir Baghdad Overview.jpg|Baghdad overview | |||
ACMirage Promotional Screenshot 6.jpg|Basim and Roshan freerunning in Baghdad at night | |||
ACMirage Promotional Screenshot 4.jpg|Basim overlooking Baghdad | |||
ACB - Blackwater Security Company helicopter.JPG|Blackwater MD-530F above Baghdad, 2004 | |||
ACB - Baghdad International Airport.jpg|Baghdad International Airport, 2007 | |||
</gallery> | |||
</tabber> | |||
==Appearances== | ==Appearances== | ||
{{Incomplete list}} | |||
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]'' {{Io|photo}} | |||
*[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations (novel)|''Assassin's Creed: Revelations'' novel]] {{1stm}} | |||
*''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' {{mo}} | *''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' {{mo}} | ||
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Initiates]]'' {{mdat}} | *''[[Assassin's Creed: Initiates]]'' {{mdat}} | ||
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' {{mo}} | *''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' {{mo}} | ||
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Escape Room Puzzle Book]]'' {{mo}} | |||
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – The Hidden Codex]]'' {{Mo}} | |||
*''[[The World of Assassin's Creed Valhalla: Journey to the North – Logs and Files of a Hidden One]]'' {{Mo}} | |||
*''[[Echoes of History]]'' {{Mo}} | |||
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Mirage]]'' {{1st}} | |||
**''[[The Forty Thieves]]'' | |||
**''[[Valley of Memory]]'' | |||
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Mirage – Daughter of No One]]'' | |||
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Mirage – A Soar of Eagles]]'' | |||
*''[[Assassin's Creed Roleplaying Game]]'' {{Imo}} | |||
*''[[Animus Hub]]'' {{Mdat}} | |||
*''[[Discovery Tour: Medieval Baghdad]]'' | |||
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Baghdad (Arabic: بَغدَاد) is the capital of Iraq. It was founded in 762 by Al-Mansur, the second caliph of the Abbasid Caliphate, as the state's new capital, replacing Anbar.[1]
During the Abbasid period, the city was one of the foremost cultural, intellectual, and economic centers of the world, presiding over the Islamic Golden Age. However, this status ended with its decimation[2] at the hands of Hülegü Khan and the Mongol Empire in 1258.[1]
History[edit | edit source]
Parthian Empire[edit | edit source]
After Khepri completed her initiation as an Egyptian Hidden One, the Mentor Bayek tasked her with establishing a home for the Hidden Ones in the area where Baghdad would later be founded, an order with which she complied, taking with her part of an Isu dagger.[3]
Islamic Golden Age[edit | edit source]
In 819, a teenage girl, Roshan, killed her abusive husband and escaped the confines of his ship. Treading through Baghdad, she found herself living at the House of Wisdom.[4] While there, she was mentored by the Sudanese engineer Bakhit, who helped her in her education.[5] Later, he offered her a job as his assistant, which she accepted. After months of living at the House of Wisdom, Roshan joined Bakhit as they rode together to Thatta, Pakistan, where the latter had beeen invited to work for a local prince.[6]
Around 820, the Persian polymath al-Khwarizmi was appointed as the astronomer and head of the library of the House of Wisdom.[7] In his later years, one of his students in astronomy and mathematics was Basim ibn Ishaq, who was a frequent visitor of the library in his youth.[8]
In 824, a section of the House of Wisdom was closed off for a meeting between the Martyrs of Agaunum and their customer, an Order of the Ancients member. However, a trio of mercenaries, consisting of Roshan, the Roman pirate Dias, and the Persian warrior Azadeh, attacked and killed the Martyrs. Their employer, the Hidden One Fuladh Al Haami, came to aid them and killed the customer. He then secured a case that the Martyrs had delivered to the Order agent, and invited Roshan to join the Hidden Ones.[9]
By the 860s, the Order had established a strong presence in Baghdad, controlling much of the inner workings of the Abbasid Caliphate and using the caliph Al-Mutawakkil as their puppet. Following the caliph's death in December 861,[10] a power struggle ensued between his son Abu 'Abdallah and nephew al-Musta'in, both of whom claimed the right to the throne.[11] The Order, secretly led by Abu 'Abdallah's mother and Al-Mutawakkil's concubine Qabiha, took advantage of this feud to try and increase their influence,[12] while simultaneously setting up several excavation sites around Baghdad to search for Isu artifacts.[13]
While Qabiha oversaw the Order's operations from the Round City,[14] her lieutenants controlled each of Baghdad's districts. In Harbiyah, Mas'ood Al-Ya'qoob ruled the Soap Boiler's District and sought to acquire workers for the Order's dig sites, most of whom were either slaves purchased from the Caravanserai west of the city,[15] or enemies of the Caliphate that had been imprisoned in the Damascus Gate Prison.[16] In Abbasiyah, the scholar and Ancient Fazil Fahim al-Kemsa took over the House of Wisdom and, with the help of his subordinates Hassan and Zahra, aimed to build a machine called the Alruh using scavenged Isu technology, experimenting on human test subjects.[17]
In Karkh, the Ancient Ning, who had secured the position of the caliph's Treasurer, controlled the Bazaar and focused on acquiring various rare artifacts of foreign origin.[18] She had her subordinate Javed set up a blockade at the Baghdad harbor to seize all foreign goods,[19] and funded it through taxes paid by the Bazaar's merchants, which were raised by the tax collector Suhail.[20] In Sharqiyah, Wasif al-Turki held control over the Caliphate's Turkic Army and collaborated with fellow Order members Nadir ibn Havid and Jasoor ibn Basil to fight the brewing Zanj Rebellion led by Ali ibn Muhammad.[21]
The Hidden Ones of Alamut, seeking to halt the Order's plans, sent three of their members—Roshan, Fuladh Al Haami, and Basim ibn Ishaq—to Baghdad to investigate the Ancients' activities and assist Ali, who was an ally of the Hidden Ones.[22] They established bureaus in each of the city's districts and, over the course of several months, gradually unraveled the Order's schemes, which Basim brought to an end by assassinating all the Ancients involved.[23]
With all of her lieutenants dead, Qabiha resolved to negotiate a deal with Baghdad's governor Muhammad ibn Tahir, who wanted to end the conflict between Abu 'Abdallah and al-Musta'in. In exchange for convincing her son to renounce his birthright to the throne, Qabiha asked Muhammad to have his Tahirid relatives remove their protection of Alamut, leaving the Hidden Ones' stronghold vulnerable.[24] Before the Ancients could use this opportunity to strike back at their enemies, however, Qabiha was confronted inside the Palace of the Green Dome by Basim and slain by Roshan, ending the Order's influence over the Caliphate.[12]
At the height of the Islamic Golden Age, Thābit ibn Qurra emerged as a leading visionary in the fields of mathematics, mechanical engineering, medicine, astrology, and astronomy. Although born in Harran, he moved to Baghdad and occupied his years with teaching, study, and innovation until his death in 901.[25]
Mongol conquest[edit | edit source]
After Hülegü Khan took the Assassins' citadel of Alamut in 1256,[26][27] he continued with his campaign westward, attacking other citadels throughout the Levant in retribution for his grandfather Genghis Khan's murder in 1227 at the hands of the Levantine Assassin Darim Ibn-La'Ahad and the Mongolian Assassin Qulan Gal,[28] as well as for an attempt on his own life.[29]
After a two-week siege,[30] the Mongols destroyed Baghdad,[31] burning its libraries and the House of Wisdom and massacring most of its population, leaving behind only the "young and malleable".[2]
Modern times[edit | edit source]
In 1936, archaeologists discovered a set of artifacts that they referred to as the "Baghdad Battery", which unbeknownst to them were Isu power sources that used temporal energy as fuel.[32]
The Saddam International Airport was developed in 1979, but the Iran–Iraq War delayed its opening until 1982. In April 2003, U.S.-led Coalition forces invaded Iraq and changed the airport's name to Baghdad International Airport.[33][34]
On 4 December 2004, a suicide bomber struck a police station near the main entrance to the Green Zone in Baghdad, resulting in seven fatalities and 50 injuries.[35] Following the attack, a private military contracted Blackwater MD-530F helicopter assisted in securing the site.[34]
Geography[edit | edit source]
During the Islamic Golden Age, Baghdad was divided into four sections: the gardens of the central Round City or Madinat As-Salam, the southeastern trade region of Karkh, the northern industrial Harbiyah, and the western scientific district of Abbasiyah which contained the famous House of Wisdom. Each of these sections was in turn divided into several sub-districts, such as Sharqiyah in Karkh.[23]
Behind the scenes[edit | edit source]
After being mentioned a number of times throughout the Assassin's Creed series, Baghdad made its first appearance as the primary setting of the 2023 video game Assassin's Creed: Mirage, set at the height of the Islamic Golden Age.
Gallery[edit | edit source]
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Baghdad overview -
Basim and Roshan freerunning in Baghdad at night -
Basim overlooking Baghdad -
Blackwater MD-530F above Baghdad, 2004 -
Baghdad International Airport, 2007
Appearances[edit | edit source]
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- Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood (photo only)
- Assassin's Creed: Revelations novel (first mentioned)
- Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag (mentioned only)
- Assassin's Creed: Initiates (mentioned in Database entry only)
- Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (mentioned only)
- Assassin's Creed: Escape Room Puzzle Book (mentioned only)
- Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – The Hidden Codex (mentioned only)
- The World of Assassin's Creed Valhalla: Journey to the North – Logs and Files of a Hidden One (mentioned only)
- Echoes of History (mentioned only)
- Assassin's Creed: Mirage (first appearance)
- Assassin's Creed: Mirage – Daughter of No One
- Assassin's Creed: Mirage – A Soar of Eagles
- Assassin's Creed Roleplaying Game (indirect mention only)
- Animus Hub (mentioned in Database entry only)
- Discovery Tour: Medieval Baghdad
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