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'''Jubair al Hakim '''''(Arabic:'' جبير الحكیم'')'' is the seventh or eighth person [[Al Mualim]] orders [[Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad|Altaïr]] to assassinate. He is found in the middle district of [[Damascus]]. | '''Jubair al Hakim '''''(Arabic:'' جبير الحكیم'')'' is the seventh or eighth person [[Al Mualim]] orders [[Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad|Altaïr]] to assassinate. He is found in the middle district of [[Damascus]]. | ||
== | ==Biography== | ||
===The Learned Scholar=== | |||
Also known as the head of The Illuminated, Jubair al Hakim was the Chief Scholar of [[Damascus]]. However, his view of literature seemed to have become somewhat skewed. Rather than seeking knowledge, The Illuminated hunted down and burned all sources of written knowledge within Damascus, believing that such documents were the source of evils, such as the [[Third Crusade|war]] between the [[Saracens]] and the [[Crusaders]]. | Also known as the head of The Illuminated, Jubair al Hakim was the Chief Scholar of [[Damascus]]. However, his view of literature seemed to have become somewhat skewed. Rather than seeking knowledge, The Illuminated hunted down and burned all sources of written knowledge within Damascus, believing that such documents were the source of evils, such as the [[Third Crusade|war]] between the [[Saracens]] and the [[Crusaders]]. | ||
Jubair al Hakim had disdain for the works of many writers such as [[wikipedia:Plato|Plato]] and [[wikipedia:Socrates|Socrates]]. He was a ruthless man, with little tolerance towards any who opposed him. He believed that the illness of learning had to be eliminated, because it simply fixed people, preventing them from finding their true calling. | Jubair al Hakim had disdain for the works of many writers such as [[wikipedia:Plato|Plato]] and [[wikipedia:Socrates|Socrates]]. He was a ruthless man, with little tolerance towards any who opposed him. He believed that the illness of learning had to be eliminated, because it simply fixed people, preventing them from finding their true calling. | ||
==Death== | ===Death=== | ||
Jubair was | Altaïr witnessed Jubair and a few of his followers in a courtyard, adding scripts to a roaring fire. While the rest of his followers added fuel to the fire, a man began to argue with Jubair, claiming the scripts to be gifts, not curses. In | ||
a moment of rage, Jubair pushed the man onto the pile of burning scripts and watched him die. After asking the rest of his followers if they wished to join him, the head scholar set out to conduct book burnings | |||
[[File:Jubair.png|thumb|left|202px|Altaïr overlooks Jubair and his missionaries.]] | |||
across the city. Jubair was assassinated while conducting a book burning in a courtyard near the Madrasah Al-Kallasah. Altaïr had to track down the real Jubair among dozens of his followers wearing the same uniform,before finally killing him. Jubair was the third target to die in Damascus, and the seventh or eighth overall. In his dying words, he claimed he merely sought to free people from the book that he believed made them ignorant and foolish. | |||
==Final words== | ==Final words== | ||
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'''Altaïr:''' ''You're wrong, and that is why you must be put to rest.'' | '''Altaïr:''' ''You're wrong, and that is why you must be put to rest.'' | ||
'''Jubair:''' ''Am I not unlike those precious books you seek to save? A source of knowledge with which you disagree. Yet you are rather quick to steal my life.'' | '''Jubair:''' ''Am I not unlike those precious books you seek to save? A source of knowledge with which you '' | ||
[[File:Jubdeat.jpg|thumb|250px|Jubair's life is taken.]] | |||
''disagree. Yet you are rather quick to steal my life.'' | |||
'''Altaïr:''' ''A small sacrifice to save many. It is necessary.'' | '''Altaïr:''' ''A small sacrifice to save many. It is necessary.'' | ||
'''Jubair:''' ''Is it not ancient scrolls that inspire the Crusaders, that fill Saladin and his men with a sense of righteous fury? Their texts endanger others, bring death in their wake. I too was making a small sacrifice. It matters little now. Your deed is done... and so am I.'' | '''Jubair:''' ''Is it not ancient scrolls that inspire the Crusaders, that fill Saladin and his men with a sense of righteous fury? Their texts endanger others, bring death in their wake. I too was making a small sacrifice. It matters little now. Your deed is done... and so am I.'' | ||
Revision as of 16:29, 23 July 2011
- "Your deed is done... and so am I."
- ―Jubair falling to Altaïr's blade.[src]
Jubair al Hakim (Arabic: جبير الحكیم) is the seventh or eighth person Al Mualim orders Altaïr to assassinate. He is found in the middle district of Damascus.
Biography
The Learned Scholar
Also known as the head of The Illuminated, Jubair al Hakim was the Chief Scholar of Damascus. However, his view of literature seemed to have become somewhat skewed. Rather than seeking knowledge, The Illuminated hunted down and burned all sources of written knowledge within Damascus, believing that such documents were the source of evils, such as the war between the Saracens and the Crusaders.
Jubair al Hakim had disdain for the works of many writers such as Plato and Socrates. He was a ruthless man, with little tolerance towards any who opposed him. He believed that the illness of learning had to be eliminated, because it simply fixed people, preventing them from finding their true calling.
Death
Altaïr witnessed Jubair and a few of his followers in a courtyard, adding scripts to a roaring fire. While the rest of his followers added fuel to the fire, a man began to argue with Jubair, claiming the scripts to be gifts, not curses. In a moment of rage, Jubair pushed the man onto the pile of burning scripts and watched him die. After asking the rest of his followers if they wished to join him, the head scholar set out to conduct book burnings
across the city. Jubair was assassinated while conducting a book burning in a courtyard near the Madrasah Al-Kallasah. Altaïr had to track down the real Jubair among dozens of his followers wearing the same uniform,before finally killing him. Jubair was the third target to die in Damascus, and the seventh or eighth overall. In his dying words, he claimed he merely sought to free people from the book that he believed made them ignorant and foolish.
Final words
Jubair: Why!? Why have you done this?!
Altaïr: Men must be free to do what they believe. It is not our right to punish one for thinking what they do, no matter how much we disagree!
Jubair: Then what?
Altaïr: You of all people should know the answer. Educate them, teach them right from wrong. It must be knowledge that frees them, not force.
Jubair: They do not learn, fixed in their ways as they are. You are naive to think otherwise. It's an illness, for which there is but one cure.
Altaïr: You're wrong, and that is why you must be put to rest.
Jubair: Am I not unlike those precious books you seek to save? A source of knowledge with which you
disagree. Yet you are rather quick to steal my life.
Altaïr: A small sacrifice to save many. It is necessary.
Jubair: Is it not ancient scrolls that inspire the Crusaders, that fill Saladin and his men with a sense of righteous fury? Their texts endanger others, bring death in their wake. I too was making a small sacrifice. It matters little now. Your deed is done... and so am I.
Trivia
- Jubair al Hakim is probably inspired from the Arab-Spanish geographer, traveler, and poet Ibn Jubayr (1145 – 1217) (Arabic: ابن جبير).
- Like Talal and Sibrand, he can also be stopped by vigilantes.
- The name "Jubair" means "The forced one", which may refer to his actions through force, in Arabic and "Al Hakim" means "The wise one".
Video
thumb|300px|left|Jubair's assassination.
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