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Religion is a pure spring.

Prophets carry its light from heaven to earth

to improve people’s souls and conditions.

But after the death of the prophet Mohammed peace be upon him and his family,

and his four Rashidun Caliphs,

people got divided into Sunnah, Shia, and many doctrines,

sects and feuding countries.

From The Wise Rashidun Caliphate to The Umayyad Caliphate

to the Abbasid Caliphate,

every caliphate after the Rashidun took revenge on the one that preceded it.

New groups appeared such as Kharijites, Mutazila, Murjites.

The Abbasid Caliphate ruled half the globe.

But in the 11th century,

the Abbasid Caliphate in Baghdad deteriorated

and became at its worst.

A group of Turkish shepherds emerged from The Seljuks

and became the largest army on earth.

They took their legitimacy as protectors of the Sunni Abbasid Caliph.

But in fact, they had authority over the Caliph, and at the same time

The Shiite Fatimid State in Egypt and Morocco was at its weakest.

The number of groups, ideas and sects increased.

Among them was an esoteric group.

From which, a man emerged who was the strangest and most dangerous;

Hasan Ibn Al-Sabbah.

Let's go. We’re almost there.

ALAMUT CASTLE, 11TH CENTURY

Cover your eyes.

Who is the sheikh of the castle?

He is the King of France’s messenger. He came with a request from him

with simple terms

that the castle pledges allegiance to the King.

And forms an alliance with the French Kingdom.

Alamut Castle pledges allegiance only to its sheikh.

It seems the King of Franks underestimates Alamut Castle and its sheikh.

All its soldiers pledges allegiance to its sheikh.

What power?

It won’t hold in the face of the King of France.

- What would you sacrifice for the cause? - My life.

I sacrifice my life for the keeper of the keys to heaven.

At the dawn of day

I heard a voice cry

At the dawn of day

I heard a voice cry

Calling from the unseen

For the unaware to try

And fill their cups of hope

Before their life’s cup

Runs dry

I heard a voice calling

I heard a voice calling

At the dawn of day

At the dawn of day

I heard a voice calling

I heard a voice calling

I heard a voice calling

At the dawn of day

EPISODE ONE: THE COVENANT

PARIS, CAPITAL OF THE FRENCH KINGDOM

The young man jumped in front of you?

When we were on our way back,

We saw his head under the castle, completely crushed.

- Who is this man? - Surely, Hasan Al-Sabbah, Your Majesty.

I knew him in my youth

on a scientific undercover trip in Isfahan.

REY, 40 YEARS AGO

He was a special young man, truly exceptional.

- Why don’t you play with us? - Are you afraid of playing with us?

Tell us your favorite game so we can all play it.

- Face reading game. - You mean physiognomy?

Do you really know who I am by looking at my face?

You are the baker's son, a cowardly boy. You always steal a pie and run away.

But your mother caught you and burned your arm with fire.

You are the son of the water carrier.

You try to imitate him by carrying the water pouch.

But you poured water on yourself and emptied the whole pouch.

Your father threw you into the well, and you started screaming,

but he took you out in the last minute.

You are the son of a gravedigger.

You go with your father to deceased's home at night and lie to them.

You tell them that you saw a light shining

from the grave so they’d give you money.

If they were miserly, you say that you saw a snake entering his grave

so they’d be afraid and give you money to keep the secret.

- I can hit your face without reading it. - What do you want from him?

He knows our secrets by looking at our faces, and we'll hit him for it.

No one will touch him.

Why are you sitting alone, Hasan?

Are you still sad about your friends?

No. They are simple people.

He's still young.

Yes, he is young, but his spirit is old and can endure.

I saw him in my dream. He was flying with two wings.

- I’m scared for him. - No need to be scared.

The letter is dangerous. It has a great energy.

The letter is a secret,

and he can keep it.

- What part should I start with? - Al Nouranya letters and Angel numbers

Each letter has a secret and a conjugation.

The letter is a secret and a drawn sword.

The secret of the Ha, a wall with a talismanic door

At the end of the Seen, a protective wall.

With the emotion of the Noon, and the secret of "Be, and it is”.

Hasan

Get out of the house and take a walk, Hasan.

Look at the sky. You will see the moon in its fifth house.

Walk with it, and remember the three letters of your name.

For it may be a night of good fortune.

Hassan! Omar and Abu Ali are not here to defend you.

Father!

Help me! Father!

Help me! I’m gonna die!

Relax.

- You want me to get you out? - Yes. Take me out.

Will you obey me?

Yes, I will.

Pull me up.

Will you choose light or darkness?

- Say “darkness”. - Darkness.

Come.

Don't fear anyone from now on.

No one will be able to kill you anymore.

No one can defeat you anymore.

Hasan.

Hasan.

Are you ok?

TEN YEARS LATER

- Darkness is a big secret. - Daylight is the real battle.

I feel grateful for the ordered and precise universe.

Night and day.

No matter what incidents or stories happen during them,

they remain unchanged.

No event can change their times.

No one can hinder them.

Just like us.

No matter how different our ideas and doctrines are, we will remain friends.

Exactly, Hasan.

It is true that we are inseparable and we see each other every day,

And we studied in the same schools,

But friendship is a big dream and it has conditions to be completed.

What dream are you talking about?

To become significant together. To change this unjust world.

No one can change it.

I can.

We all can. If we’re friends, let us pledge now.

Pledge what?

Since injustice is controlling the world,

I know that it is impossible for all the three of us to reach power.

But one of us might make it.

Therefore, let’s pledge.

Whoever makes it among us will help the rest.

But suppose I reach a great position,

Wouldn't you then call me unjust or an infidel

- according to… - My doctrine?

Here comes the value of covenant and friendship.

Here is the book of God.

I don't think we would disagree about it.

Right?

Let’s pledge.

Your hand, Omar.

The covenant of Hasan Al-Sabbah, Omar Khayyam and Abu Ali Al-Tusi.

Whoever gains power or prestige among us, helps the others

A covenant that rises above difference and doctrines.

A covenant that rises above difference and doctrines.

A covenant that rises above difference and doctrines.

HASAN AL-SABBAH, 11TH CENTURY AD

ISFAHAN, CAPITAL OF THE SELJUK STATE

- Assalamu alaikum, Abu Mousa. - Walaikum assalam.

Who are you?

Don’t you remember me? I came to you yesterday and we talked.

Did we? What did we talk about?

- That God must put an end to injustice. - Was that you?

This is the esoteric young man who talks

to my son and leads him astray. Catch him!

You fool!

Watch out!

You vile hunchback!

You bastard!

Damn!

- Did you see a guy running this way? - He ran towards the mosque.

Who are you?

Are you hungry?

This is the only food we have left, Hasan.

Why were they chasing you?

Anyone who seeks the truth is either wanted, killed, crucified or imprisoned.

But I still don't know who you are.

I’m an oppressed man.

My name is Zayd Ibn Sayhoon.

This is my situation.

- Who did this to you? - A lot of people.

Seljuks. Abbasid. Fatimid.

Everyone left a mark on my body.

- Why? - This is the reality of this time.

It’s a time of injustice, corruption and infidelity.

A time when the Shaitaan is the ruler.

Your words are mysterious.

It seems that the words of truth are no longer understood.

Rest then, and leave safely tomorrow.

- Who are you? - I’m a soul that heard your call.

You didn't just save me. It's like you were hearing my heartbeat.

Everything has an external and an internal aspect.

Are you esoteric?

I’m still looking for an answer.

- Does that mean you’re… - It’s hard to know my truth.

Just like you are not a hunchback.

Stand straight.

Can you take me to Ibn ʿAttash?

Why did you save him?

To save an oppressed person is to save my soul.

We are all oppressed people searching for justice and its imam.

Are you ready?

And longing.

We must have a connection.

So, listen to me with your heart and comply to what I’m saying.

I bind myself to God's pact and covenant

and the obligation of all the prophets

that you give us your soul, mind, body, skin and hair

your secret, your internal and external

your opinion, effort and determination

to our lord, the time keeper.

Say, “I bind myself”.

I bind myself.

If you betray my covenant or defy me,

you betray God and all the prophets,

and become on the Shaitaan’s side

with no protection for your blood or money.

You become an infidel who’s halal to kill and take money from.

Then, the only repentance for you is to be killed.

This binds me in my life and in my death,

in my opinion, intention and conscience.

Say, “I bind myself”.

I bind myself.

Congratulations, Ibn Al-Sabbah,

who preaches for our lord, the secret keeper.

How do I complete my trip?

By pledging allegiance to our lord Al-Mustansir in Egypt.

That is a difficult matter.

Nothing is difficult for a sincere preacher.

Go! What is wrong with you?

Go! What's with this horse?

- That’s enough. - This isn’t your concern.

I know how to deal with my horse. It isn’t your concern, go away.

- Sell it to me. - No.

What is its price?

100 Dinars.

Untie the horse.

- Who’s that? - Omar Khayyam, a poet and philosopher.

- Has interests in algebra and astronomy. - Algebra and astronomy?

This idiot paid me 100 dinars.

OMAR KHAYYAM, POET, SCIENTIST, PHILOSOPHER

Find someone who understands you.

You seem really different from us. There is something sacred in you.

This is the first time Ibn ‘Attash speaks to someone this way

and obliges him to the bond from the first meeting.

I saw you in a vision yesterday begging me for help.

When I saw you in the market, I helped you in reality.

The moment you gestured to me while riding your horse

I knew you did not save me out of pity for a poor chased hunchback.

I read your secret and heard your call

- and I saved you. - And I’ll follow you until the day I die.

I will go complete my mission.

Allahu Akbar.

I bear witness that there is no deity except Allah.

Praise and thanks be to God.

I was praying to see you today.

Praise be to God

but you think your beautiful and tender voice in the adhan

made your prayer more answered than mine, a the mother’s prayer?

Is there a voice more beautiful than yours, Julnar?

You haven’t heard your mother singing before. She’s like a curlew.

Wow. Sing something for us then, mother.

- Behave, boy. - Me? He’s flirting with you before me.

When I flirt with her, it’s like I’m flirting with my soul.

May God bless you, Abu Yahya.

How I wish a woman would love me as you love him.

- My dear son, there is no woman like me. - There is.

Where is she, dear?

- I mean there's surely a girl like you. - Anyway. Tell me how are you, soldier.

Thank God, very well. The commander said

I may participate in the upcoming battles.

- On time every day. - Yahya, open the door for Omar.

- Who’s Omar? - A guy who serves us while your absent,

and I help him with what I can. Go.

- Hello, my dear sheikh. - How are you, Omar?

Come eat with us. Come on.

I have to get back to training. Thank you for serving my father, Omar.

- God be with you, son. - Goodbye, son.

She’s mad at you.

- Calm down, Yahya. - I’ll catch up with you.

I miss you, Norhan.

Really?

I only dream of the day I will marry you

so we could live together and you become my life partner.

Shouldn't you tell my father this so that this dream can come true?

- I can’t say all of this to your father. - No, Yahya.

Just tell him you love me and want to marry me.

20 suitors proposed to me and I refused.

20 suitors proposed? I’ll kill them all.

I'm waiting to prove myself in the army

so I can take my father to propose to you.

When will you prove yourself in the army?

As soon as the leader trusts in my abilities.

When will that happen?

As soon as I pass his tests.

- Are they easy or hard? - Very hard, Norhan.

Why are you talking to me that way?

Because I love you.

If love could give us permission, we must return to camp.

We wasted the whole break time, half for training and half in questions.

When will you prove yourself? And when will he trust you?

I love you too.

Why didn't you say that earlier?

Yahya!

ABU ALI AL-TUSI (NIZAM AL-MULK) MINISTER OF THE SELJUK STATE

Your Majesty, the Sultan

This is a summary of people's conditions in the markets

copied from the army soldiers’ accounts

and from the court of the Abbasid Caliph, Byzantium,

and the court of the Fatimid Caliph. And every word of hatred or betrayal

that was said in our world from China to Morocco.

Great effort.

I appreciate your service from the past until the establishment of my authority.

My reward is for the state to be strong,

and it will remain strong, thanks to you.

What is the summary of this news?

No matter how weak and useless the Abbasid Caliph was,

our allegiance to him is essential.

We are the sword of the caliphate, and it is what gives us our legitimacy.

What’s the news from our spies in Byzantium?

The Byzantines are preparing, my lord,

especially because they have not forgotten their humiliation and defeat by you.

My opinion is that a truce is preferable until we are ready.

As for the Fatimids, they are exhausted and completely paralyzed by famine.

What about the people of Isfahan?

First part are dervish, sufi or Majatheeb, who are immersed in their own world.

The public opinion about them ranges from

belief and doubt to calling them infidels.

My lord, shall I call a doctor?

No.

- What about scientists and philosophers? - Scholars are our hope

as long as their words have reason and simplicity.

As for philosophers and blabbermouths. there is no hope for them.

Their arguments exhausted them. Common people consider them infidels.

But the real danger is from esoteric teachers.

They are everywhere.

It's true that we monitor them,

but their danger lies in that they take more than one name and form.

The minds of the common people are weak, and the esotericists have a method.

Ambiguous words, a sense of oppression, and love for the family of the Prophet.

Common people believe them.

I cleaned your shoes. Your cloak is hanging next to the door.

Thank you, Omar.

You’ve been serving me for a year As if you’re my son.

I hope that God enables me to return the favor to you.

You can.

if you listen to me.

For a year, I went every night to serve him and his wife.

You have a good heart.

I waited my chance for a year to tell him the truth so he could become one of us.

- You say his voice is beautiful? - It’s as magnificent as a curlew.

If he concluded the fajr adhan with an invocation to our lord the Imam,

the whole city would be with us by morning.

Unfortunately, I invited him, kissed his hands and head, and cried for him,

but he is determined to stay an infidel.

- Did you reveal yourself to him? - Unfortunately.

But what can he do?

He can do a lot.

What should I do then?

Kill him.

Imagine that poor lame young man who has served us for a year,

- He wasn’t poor or lame. - What do you mean?

Go inside.

- What is it? - Nothing. Go inside.

What brought you back here?

You’ll never call for prayer again.

Saeed!