Shihab Al'din

Shihab Al'din was the uncle of the Saracen Sultan Salah Al'din, and his second-in-command. Shihab was present during the siege of Masyaf in 1176, and negotiated the terms of his nephew's withdrawal following an infiltration of his personal tent, by the Assassins, the night before.

Shihab informed the Assassin leader, Al Mualim, that the only condition the Saracens insisted upon was the execution of the Assassin responsible for the death of a Saracen nobleman the night before: Umar Ibn-La'Ahad.

Trivia

• In Arabic, Šihāb ad-Dīn (شهاب الدين) means "Star of the Faith."
  • The word Šihāb (شهاب) can also refer specifically to a "shooting star."

Reference

• Assassin's Creed: The Secret Crusade