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Darkness has a great secret.

Hasan Al-Sabbah bound himself, his soul, and his body to darkness.

He pledged allegiance to Ibn ‘Attash; one of the biggest esoteric preachers.

I bind myself.

Congratulations, Ibn Al-Sabbah,

who preaches for our lord, the secret keeper.

Ibn ‘Attash asked him to go to Egypt

to complete his journey by meeting the Fatimid Caliph Al-Mustansir Billah.

Hasan pledged with his two friends to change the unjust world.

An oath that rises above any doctrine.

An oath that rises above any doctrine.

An oath that rises above any doctrine.

An oath that rises above any doctrine.

A covenant between Hasan Al-Sabbah, Omar Khayyam,

And Abu Ali Al-Tusi; also known as Nizam Al-Mulk.

They pledge to help each other if one of them gains power or prestige.

Al-Tusi did and became the minister of the largest country in the world.

- Your Majesty, the Sultan. - The Seljuk state.

But before he met his two friends, something happened that was unexpected.

Something that would change the entire world.

Hasan Al-Sabbah…

killed the muezzin of Isfahan.

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 TWO: MUSTANSIRITE HARDSHIP

The circle in which we are born and deceased,

has no end or beginning.

No one revealed this hidden secret to us.

Where did we come from?

Where do we end up?

I saw a sane person on Earth

not influenced by infidelity, Islam, worldly life, religion.

truth, reality, shari'ah, and indubitability.

Tell me.

Who has this audacity in the universe?

No one, Omar.

No one.

Your confusion is your secret, Omar.

What is your secret, Hasan?

The guard commander awaits you, my lord.

Excuse me, my lord, sheikh Saeed, the muezzin, was killed.

The killer fled.

They are mostly esotericists, my lord, and you know them best.

Who would kill an old muezzin unless he was a devil?

Omar, must he be an angel because he is an old muezzin?

Only God knows his truth.

The truth of every person is in his life’s work.

But those whom their lives are hidden secrets,

those are the esotericists.

He's not here.

Where did he go?

They searched the entire house.

If they found him, we'd have been screwed.

The maid gave him a viel.

They flee as two women, scolding soldiers for entering houses that have no men.

- Are you covering up for a murderer? - My love only helps the aggrieved.

But he killed the muezzin.

Even if he killed thousands,

I trust you more than I trust myself.

I've known since the day you hid him here.

And since I first saw you, I knew you'd be my confidant.

And I’ll always be until death do us part, Hasan.

- I have to leave. - I will leave with you.

The journey is long and difficult

- It’s dangerous in Egypt. - Danger, with you, seems safe.

I heard a voice calling

I no longer have a place in Isfahan.

My place is on the battlefield.

To kill the largest number of infidels.

- What about me? - I can't be a suitable man for you,

unless I avenge my parents.

You did not answer my question, Yahya.

What about me?

Should I wait for you to get your revenge?

Or marry my first suitor?

It's your decision.

There’s no chain on your neck.

- There is one on my heart… - But I don’t own it.

Pray for Yahya Ibn Saeed.

Pray for God to be on his side.

Goodbye, Norhan.

ISFAHAN THE TRAINING CAMP OF THE SELJUK ARMY

Let me help you, my lord

We welcome anyone on Ibn ‘Attash's side.

How much for these two eggs?

- I want your house. - Ok.

The title deed inside.

- Come with me to take it. - No, my friend.

We heard that two people were eaten in the "Al-Qarafa" neighborhood.

How did things get to this?

Because of strife and the Nile River drying up.

No farming means no life.

- Did the crows eat them? - Rather, the people.

They probably were thieves who were hanged.

People are that hungry.

People are helpless they got accustomed to hunger.

They would eat anything if they had to.

A horse or a donkey.

Would you buy a dog for five dinars?

Don't you ever let your children go out into the street.

They could become a meal

for the hungry people who attack from the Mokattam Mountain area.

Don't touch them. They are sick.

CAIRO, MUSTANSIRITE HARDSHIP

Be careful.

People should calm down, they should be well-fed and safe.

Your Excellency, Minister.

I know that the Nile River is at its lowest levels.

I also know that farming has stopped.

But we have to take action.

Our lord is not a caliph over people who kill each other.

Our lord is not a caliph over people who die of hunger.

He’s a caliph over a country, that floods with goodness,

from Morocco to the Haramayn.

- We must take action. - We are.

No one is standing still.

You, your Excellency, roam every street and neighborhood daily with the guards

and return after dawn.

It's difficult,

but with organization, it’s improving.

Our lord, the imam, won't be happy.

listening to the people's hungry cries outside the palace.

Listen,

the door to the Grand Caliphate Palace is covered with gold.

Melt the gold and sell it.

Use the money to buy food for the people.

Your Excellency, the Minister,

The palace door is the prestige of the Caliphate Palace.

There is no prestige in the palace if the people are starving.

Execute the command.

BADR AL-DIN AL-JAMALI FATIMID MINISTER OF STATE

PRINCE NIZAR CROWN PRINCE OF THE FATIMID CALIPHATE

Why are you doing this?

So you three can play comfortably.

The three of us?

Yes. You are more childish than them.

Hussein, I don't want you leaving the house today.

If you do as I say, I'll buy you Egyptian candy

It will give you sweet dreams when you sleep.

- Really, Hasan? - Didn't I tell you that you are childish?

- Enter the room. - Come on, kids.

Come with us, quietly.

Why did you come here?

- I came to visit the holy country. - Holy?

A country where our Imam lives, may God sanctify his secret

is holy.

- What’s the reason for the visit? - Meeting our lord imam.

Impossible.

I am a preacher.

- I pledged to Ibn ‘Attash. - Still.

You are a stranger, and we do not trust you.

- You’re friends with Nizam Al-Mulk. - Thank God our lord has careful men

who know everything.

- But I am one of you. - Go back to where you came from.

Go back?

And say that the country of the lord imam deny entry to his supporters?

That it rejects people of the same sect?

And it kicks out His Majesty’s followers?

Is it possible?

The Fatimid state which has the greatest tolerance between Muslims

which allows followers of the four sects

to live safe and in peace among the Fatimid preachers,

kicks out a Fatimid servant to Ahl al-Bayt.

- Do you know who I am? - My Lord, Badr al-Din al-Jamali.

Greatest minister the state's ever seen.

- How did you recognize me? - Your prestige and presence.

We're people of physiognomy.

You can stay because you are of our sect,

but you will not meet our lord imam.

Stick to your limits, because you’re under surveillance.

Let him go.

Get off your horse, you Armenian dog.

What an impolite person!

I told you my lord to calm down.

You are not just our Lord's son whom I raised.

You are my daughter's husband, like my son.

But Nizar is the crown prince and his successor.

I'm afraid Father'll start showing signs of fatigue.

Nizar is'nt my full brother, and he's your enemy.

He may harm us.

If I was given the choice between Nizar assuming the caliphate

or that I be crucified, flayed, and have my body filled with dirt,

I will choose the latter.

Don't worry.

SAMARKAND, A CITY IN THE SELJUKI STATE

A beautiful city, Samarkand!

Kill this infidel philosopher!

Shall he die because he's a philosopher?

- Stop it! - He follows the infidel Ibn Sina.

God'll reward who beats him.

May God have mercy on Ibn Sina’s soul.

Do you dare say that?

Are you an infidel like him?

Welcome, Omar Khayyam.

Omar's father was a friend of mine.

Omar Khayyam is not important, Oh lord Abu Al-Tahir.

Rather, people are important

- How did people get to this? - What do you mean?

People are enemies of what they don't understand.

But to consider philosophy infidelity!

What if they kill poets, scholars, and anyone they don't understand?

Take it easy, Omar.

Forget about people.

Welcome to Samarkand.

I have great respect for you as a poet and scholar.

Don't worry. No one will bother you.

What about people?

When will people's conditions improve? Who takes responsibility for them?

Listen, Omar.

I rule people intelligently and fairly, and I respect their minds as well.

The minds that you see as limited.

A just ruler must also be responsible for the minds of his followers.

No.

Not at all.

My job is only to make the people feel they live in safety and justice.

Science benefits everyone.

These are the words of a poet.

Science leads to asking questions, and asking questions leads to strife.

Strife leads to conflicts, wars, and threats to the government.

I welcome you to my palace as a poet, scholar, and philosopher.

However, You can be that only within the confines of my palace.

Do you understand, Omar?

Where is the traitor, Yousef Al-Khwarizmi?

I am the Sultan of Muslims and the master of the world.

I am the one who defeated the Crusaders in Malazgirt

and arrived with my army in China.

Then you dare, the ruler of a small castle,

to rebel against me?

Because of your great conquests, my people have tasted humiliation.

Those who submitted to us,

they tasted justice.

Humiliation isn't justice.

Fix four wedges

and tie his four limbs to it.

If you were a real man, you wouldn't kill me like this.

The real man fights, man to man.

Untie him.

Give me that.

No soldier is allowed to interfere.

The Sultan ordered the soldiers not to interfere.

I am not a soldier.

MALIK SHAH CROWN PRINCE OF THE SELJUK EMPIRE

I am the candle of joy, but when I faded, I became nothing.

I am a sparkling cup,

- but when... - My life is a whisper in eternity's reign

No contribution made, no lasting gain Its value unaffected regardless of my way

If tomorrow I depart, eternity won't sway

No soul has uttered, in my listening ear

The worth of life or ruin's purpose clear

To find joy, to be content, My heart yearns

Rather than building the world,

My soul discerns

How beautiful!

What's more mesmerizing,

- you or your voice? - Who are you?

Omar Khayyam.

Come closer.

If Judge Abu Al-Tahir sees you, he will cut off your head.

I am his guest.

Part of honoring the guest is making him happy.

Run away.

How dare you do this when you are my guest?

Her voice attracted me.

This is my favorite maid.

My favorite woman in the palace.

How do you think I will punish you, Omar?

That Jehan and I should go out and be prevented from meeting my lord.

But before I go,

I'll write a book about my lord's deeds

for the public to read and appreciate the justice and safety in which they live.

If I find out that you made her upset, I will kill you, Omar.

At your command my lord.

When will you finish writing the book, Omar?

What a stupid thief you are!

I know you are not happy with what the Minister had done.

Thinking about something.

I went to Al-Azhar Mosque

I learned that the grand preacher passed away months before we arrived.

- I wanted to talk to him. - You sure have got to something.

Badr Al-Din Al-Jamali is strong and stubborn.

He's a father in law to the younger son of the Caliph

He doesn't like Nizar.

The Caliph's health condition is deteriorating.

If I don't meet him, it's as if I didn't do anything.

Women.

What about them?

They control the entire world

and every house

whether it is a poor man's house or a caliph's house.

A strange man of the type my lady prefers has come to Egypt.

Who are you?

- You don’t look from this country. - I am Persian.

The minister is tightening his grip on my husband.

There are women who have dreams and ambitions

and own things.

We are traveling in a few days.

But he has visions.

He saw the Caliph’s mother in many visions.

They stay inside the palaces,

but they can control everything that happens outside the palace.

- If he’s lying, he’ll get killed. - He’s not a liar nor he wants money.

But he should agree first.

Agree first?

- Why wouldn't he? - Because he is an ascetic.

He only moves by divine command.

Every star in the sky has a meaning and every good vision has an explanation.

Ask a stranger and he will answer.

I tried with him, but he refused.

But he passes every day beside the palace wall near my lady’s gate.

He says what he has and leaves

He said: “If she hears me deep down, let her call me".

"It is impossible for me to go to her otherwise”.

Every star has a meaning, every good vision has an explanation.

- Ask a stranger and he will answer. - Stop!

I am Noor Al-Wugood,

the maid of our lady, the mother of the Caliph.

Do you know the unseen and interpret dreams?

Or are you a phony?

Tell the truth if you want to live.

If you lie, you'll face severe punishment

and death will be your fate.

My lady asks, and I am at her command.

I saw a vision but I won't tell you about it.

You will tell it to me and explain it.

Should you tell it to me or admit that you are a phony and leave?

Or should you lie to me and get beheaded?

My lady saw a moon setting.

She called her grandson “Nizar”.

She saw him running in front of her.

Minister was laughing.

She said at the end of the vision feeling sad,

“If I could walk, I would follow...”

"I would follow..."

And the explanation?

Who will be the future Caliph?

A question that bothers my lady.

Continue.

My lady has lived a long life.

She fears to become a bereaved mother after all this life

after the death of the Caliph,

that the minister'd control the Caliphate's house.

Every parent has many children,

But only one child will pass on his father's secret.

- The secret is in our lord Nizar. - And what’s coming?

Only the All-Knower of the Unseen knows.

Rest assured, my lady,

The secret is in the oldest.

How can I reward you?

By standing up.

- Being old has no cure... - Hasan.

Hasan Al-Sabbah.

Who said being old has no cure?

Gather your strength and stand up

Allahu Akbar.

One more step, my lady.

Allahu Akbar.

How can I reward you?

I wish to meet our lord imam, the Caliph, Al-Mustansir Billah.