Basim ibn Ishaq's mother

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"I once saw a young woman in the bazaar, brought here from across the sea. From a land far to the north, they said... Such a delicate beauty... eyes like the bluest sky in winter... And her smile... Basim inherited my looks, but the way he smiles... that belongs to his mother."

―Ishaq, reminiscing of his wife, 860s.

The mother of Basim ibn Ishaq was a Norse woman brought to the Abbasid Caliphate as a slave, and the wife of Basim's father, Ishaq ibn Khalid.

Biography

As a young adult, Basim's mother was captured from her homeland in Northern Europe and taken to the Abbasid Caliphate's capital city of Samarra to be sold as a slave. While at Samarra's bazaar, the architect Ishaq, struck by her beauty, bought and freed her. ^{[citation needed]} The two eventually fell in love and married, with their son Basim being born not long after.

However, when Basim was still a young child, his mother caught and succumbed to an unspecified illness, leaving Ishaq devastated. Many years later, an elderly and senile Ishaq nonetheless continued to hold cherished memories of his wife, especially her blue eyes and her smile. Ishaq claimed that Basim had inherited this latter physical trait from her, thus explaining the origins of his given name, which derived from بَسَمَ (basama) means "to smile".

Appearances

• Assassin's Creed: Mirage – Valley of Memory (mentioned only)