Majd 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 White Eagle assassin Altair. The Master Assassin claimed his life during one of his public executions(As Majd Addin proceeded with lecturing the crowd feeding his killer ego. Altair silently observes his movements from the cover of the attending crowd. Then as Majd Addin begins to berate his captive prisoners Altair approaches a group of gathering scholars and immeadiately blends in with them, aided greatly by the white robe he adornes, now completely blended the group targets the stage as its destination point and begin their path towards it, safely transporting and masking the master assassin, stealthily moving past the attentive guards searching for any sign of an assassins approach from the crowd. Upon reaching the stage Altair breaks away from the scholars and blends while standing in a corner as Majd Addin continues the execution he unknowingly makes a vital mistake by turning his back on the idle assassin, as Majd Addin addresses the crowd for the last time Altair instantly sprints towards him swiftly leaping into the air like an eagle taking flight digging his Hidden Blade deep into the regents neck killing him. 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. Majd Addins public assassination was the sixth recorded Major-Public-Figure assasination to again happen in the open and marks the second to happen in the streets of Jerusalem.
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.