Majd Addin

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Majid Addin

(Arabic: مجد الدين) [compound Arabic name]

[Note: Majd Addin is one name, not a first and surname]

Faction: Saracen

One of the nine people Al Mualim orders Altair to publicly assassinate. He dwells in the poor district of the city of Jerusalem.

Description

Majd Addin is Salah al-Dins Regent of Jerusalem, and demands that his citizens follow the law - his law. He issues many edicts regarding how people should conduct themselves, and anyone perceived to be breaking these laws - or as a direct threat to either the city or Majd Addin himself - is dealt with in a public "trial", where they are either framed or their so-called "crimes" exaggerated to the point that the crowd demands their deaths - which Majd Addin is only too happy to deliver personally.

Majd Addin is more than happy to admit that he enjoys controlling and taking the lives of others. He arbitrates and controls the citizens of Jerusalem through acts of strong fear and intimidation. All the more reason why a feather was issued on his head.

Death

Majd Addin was publicly assassinated by the silent and skilled master assassin Altair. The Master Assassin claimed his life during one of his public executions. In his dying moments, he then gives Altair explanations and reasons for his evil deeds. Majd Addin seemed too stubborn to die so Altair stabs his victim both for the assassination as well as in the cutscene.

Possible Model

Majd Addin (Glory of the Faith) may be very loosely based on a man named Baha ad-din Shaddad (Splendor of the Faith), who was close to Salah al-din (Saladin)and wrote a biography of the great Saracen military leader and sultan. Baha ad-din was a jurist and a scholar. Salah al-din liked his writings so much that he befriended the man and made him the judge of his armies. Baha ad-din did not ever proclaim himself the Regent of Jerusalem, however.

In one of Altair's investigations, it is revealed that Majd Addin was once the scribe of the emir. Salah al-din is the Emir or Sultan at this time. Malik tells Altair that Majd Addin has "declared himself Regent in Salah al-din's absence". However, when listening to the men during one of his Eavesdropping investigations (the one man is the father of one of those to be executed), it becomes clear that the people are under the impression that Salah al'din has appointed Majd Addin as Regent.

This is purely speculation, but as a scholar, Baha ad-din was also a scribe or writer and did chronicle the life and times of Salah al-din. The similar meaning of their names also adds to the possibility.