01x02 - The Mustansirite Hardship

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A great secret lies in the darkness

Hassan Al-Sabbah attached himself,

his spirit and body to the darkness

Hassan Al-Sabbah attached himself,

his spirit and body to the darkness

He gave allegiance to ibn Attash

who was one of the greatest

preachers of the Esoterics

I bind myself.

Blessings to ibn Al-Sabbah

the preacher to our master,

the Keeper of the Secret

who tasked him with traveling to Egypt

so as to complete his journey by meeting

the Fatimid Caliph Al-Mustansir Billah

Hassan made a pact with

his friends to change the unjust world

A pact that transcends any

disagreement or school of thought

A pact that transcends any

disagreement or school of thought

A pact that transcends any

disagreement or school of thought

A pact that transcends any

disagreement or school of thought

A pact that transcends any

disagreement or school of thought

A pact between Hassan

Al-Sabbah and Omar Khayyam

and Abu Ali Al-Tusi known as Nizam Al-Mulk

whoever of them obtains power or

authority he will help the other two

and so, Abu Ali Al-Tusi did

and became minister

of the biggest state on earth

-My lord, the Sultan.

-the Seljuk state

but before the friends's meeting

but before the friends's meeting

something unexpected happened.

something that could

change the whole world

Hassan Al-Sabbah

k*lled Isfahan's muezzin

"Episode Two"

"The Ayyubid Sultanate"

The circle in which we come and go

has no beginning or end

no one has revealed

this buried secret to us

where did we come from?

and where is destiny?

I saw a sane person on earth

stripped of disbelief,

Islam, worldliness, and religion

and truth, reality, Sharia, and certainty

tell me

who has this audacity in the two worlds?

No one, Omar.

No one.

Your confusion is your secret, Omar.

What is your secret, Hassan?

The guard commander awaits you, my lord.

Pardon me, my lord. The muezzin was k*lled

Sheikh Saeed, and his k*ller escaped.

Probably a Esoteric, my lord, you're

the most knowledgeable about them.

Who would k*ll an old

muezzin unless he was a devil!

Being an old muezzin doesn't

mean he's a good person, Omar!

God knows best about his life.

Everyone’s secret lies in his reputation

but those whose truth is a hidden secret

are the Esoterics

You won't find him.

Where did he go?

They searched the house thoroughly

if they had found him, we

would have been in trouble

the maid gave him some of her clothes

they came out together as two

women, shouting at the soldiers

they came out together as two

women, shouting at the soldiers

for the houses that have lost its sanctity

Are you covering up for a k*ller?

My beloved only conceals the oppressed.

But he k*lled the muezzin.

Even if he k*lled a thousand men

my heart trusts you more than myself

I knew from the first day you hid him.

And I knew from the first day I

saw you, that you'll keep my secrets.

And your fate is death, Hassan.

I must leave

I'll come with you.

The journey is long and not easy

-the situation in Egypt is dangerous

-I'll be safe with you.

I no longer have a place in Isfahan

my place is to fight

and k*ll as many disbelievers as I can

-What about me?

-I can't become a man worthy of you

-What about me?

-I can't become a man worthy of you

before I revenge my parents's death!

You're not answering me, Yahya

What about me?

Do you want me to wait until

you revenge your parents?

Or should I marry the first suitor?

You are free to do what you want

I have no hold over you.

-And the hold you have over my heart?

-I have no power over it.

Pray for who ever loves Saeed

may God give him strength and patience

Goodbye, Nourhan.

"Isfahan"

"Seljuk Army Training Camp"

Let me hold it, master.

Whoever ibn Attash sends is welcomed.

God suffice me and best trustee!

How much will you sell those girls for?

-The cost of your house.

-Agreed.

-The cost of your house.

-Agreed.

The document is inside

-Come with me to fetch it.

-No, my man

There are two who we've

heard were eaten in El-Qarafa district

What led them to this?

The sedition, plus the

Nile's level has dropped

there's no farming nor life.

Was it the crows that did this?

The people

looks like some thieves who

were hanged and left behind

looks like some thieves who

were hanged and left behind

Are people that hungry!

The people are struggling,

they got used to hunger

when things get worse,

they will eat anything

A donkey

A horse

A dog for five dinars?

Don't let your children

out on the street at all

children might become a meal

for the hungry who attack

from atop Mokattam Mountain.

Don't touch them, they are diseased.

"Cairo"

"The Ayyubid Sultanate"

Take care of yourself.

People need to calm down

fill their stomachs, make

sure they are alright

My lord the minister

I know that Nile is at its lowest levels

I also know that there's no cultivation

I also know that there's no cultivation

but we have to do something

our lord isn't a Caliph

to people k*lling each other

our lord isn't a Caliph

to people dying from hunger

our leader is a Caliph to

a country whose goodness

used to cover the pillars of the caliphate

from Morocco to the Two Holy Mosques

-We must do something.

-We're

no one is standing still

You yourself, my lord minister

walk down every street, and every alley

every day with the guards

and you return after dawn

The situation is difficult

but with organizing

but with organizing

It's starting to improve.

Our Imam won't be happy

hearing people crying from

hunger outside the palace walls

Listen

the grand gate of the

Caliphate palace is gilded with gold

melt the gold and sell it

and buy yields for people with its price

My lord minister

the palace gate

is the prestige of the Caliphate palace

There's no prestige for a palace

while its people are starving

Execute the order.

Execute the order.

"Badr El-Deen Al-Jamali"

"The Minister of the Fatimid State"

"Prince Nizar"

"Crown Prince of the Fatimid Caliphate"

"Prince Nizar"

"Crown Prince of the Fatimid Caliphate"

Why are you doing this?

So you three can play freely.

Three?

Yes, you are a child just like them.

Hussein

I don't want any of you

to leave the house today

and whoever obeys will

get an Egyptian candy

which will make him dream

sweet dreams when he sleeps.

which will make him dream

sweet dreams when he sleeps.

Really, Hassan?

Didn't I told you, you're just like them.

-Get inside.

-Come on, boys.

Come with us quietly.

What brought you to Egypt?

I thought I'd visit the holy country

Holy?

A country where our lord the Imam

lives, may Allah sanctify his secret

Therefore it is sacred.

-The purpose?

-To meet our Imam.

Impossible.

I am a preacher

and took an oath to ibn Attash.

Even so.

You are a stranger and cannot be trusted.

A friend to Nizam Al-Mulk.

Thank God, our lord has men who are alert

they know everything

but I'm one of you.

Take care of your affairs and

return from where you came.

Return?

Return and say that the country

of our Imam is preventing the lovers?

Prevent people with the

same school of thought?

Expels the followers of our lord?

Is it possible?

The Fatimid State

where there is the greatest

tolerance in the entire Islamic world

which allows followers

of the four school of thoughts

to live in peace and safety

beside Fatimid preachers

is expelling a Fatimid

servant of the house?

Do you know who I am?

My lord, Badr El-Deen Al-Jamali

the greatest minister the state ever had.

the greatest minister the state ever had.

How did you know me?

Your prestige and appearance

and we're good at physiognomy.

It's okay to stay because you're

from the same school of thought

but as for meeting our lord the Imam!

It's refused.

You must stay within your limits

because your movements are being monitored

Let him out.

Get off your horse, you jerk widower.

You're the most disrespectful person!

I told our lord to rest assured

You're not just the son

of our lord who I raised

You are my daughter's husband

So, you're my son

But Nizar is the

crown prince and the testator

I'm worried my father might

get sick and it would be apparent

Nizar is not my sibling

He's your enemy and he could t*rture us.

If I had to choose between Nizar

sitting on the throne of the caliphate

or being crucified and skinned

and my skin to be stuffed with straw

I'd choose the crucifixion and skinning.

Rest assured.

"Samarkand"

"A city in the Seljuk state"

We need to get all

the supplies for this feast before…

Samarkand is beautiful.

k*ll this disbeliever philosopher.

Just because a philosopher

means he's an disbeliever

who deserves death

What's wrong with you?

He's one of the followers

of the disbeliever ibn Sina

do yourself a favor and hit him with us.

God's mercy upon ibn Sina

You are also praying for him!

You're an disbeliever like him!

Welcome Omar Khayyam.

Omar's father was my friend.

Master Abu Taher, it doesn't

matter Omar Khayyam

What matters is the people.

How did people reach this point?

Reach what?

People have always been enemies

of what they do not understand.

But not to the extent that

philosophy is disbelief.

Tomorrow they will hit

and k*ll poets and scholars

everyone doing something

they don't understand.

Ease up, Omar.

Forget about people.

Welcome to Samarkand!

Your status as a poet and

scholar is highly esteemed by me

Do not worry, no one will harm you.

What about the people?

When will their conditions improve?

Whose responsibility are they?

Hear me, Omar.

I rule the people

with reason and justice

and I respect their minds as well

which you think is limited.

A just ruler is also responsible

for the minds of his subjects.

No.

Absolutely not.

My mission.

is for people to feel

they live in safety and justice

and that's it.

Knowledge benefits everyone.

These are the words of poets

knowledge means questions

and questions mean sedition

and sedition

means troubles and wars

and a threat to the throne.

Welcome to my palace

as a poet, a scientist, and a philosopher.

as a poet, a scientist, and a philosopher.

Within the borders of my palace only.

Do you understand, Omar?

Where is the traitor?

Yousef Al-Khwarizmi.

I am the Sultan of the Muslims

and the master of the world.

the one who conquered

the Crusaders in Malazgirt

and reached China with my army.

Then you come

a ruler of a castle this small

to rebel against me!

You, with your great conquests

You, with your great conquests

humiliated many of

our people and our folk.

Those who obeyed and submitted

got justice.

There's no justice with humiliation!

Hammer four stakes

and tie him up from all four limbs.

If you are a real man,

don't let me die like this!

A real man would face

his enemy man to man!

Untie him.

Give me that!

No soldier is to interfere.

The Sultan forbade

any soldier to interfere.

I'm not a soldier.

"Malik-Shah"

"Crown Prince of the Seljuk State"

I am the candle of joy

But when it dimmed, I became nothing

I am a cup

shining

-And when…

-"My arrival did not benefit"

-And when…

-"My arrival did not benefit"

"time"

"nor will my departure"

"add to it tomorrow"

"My ears"

"have not heard a speaker"

"questioning the benefits of this

life and the worthlessness of death"

"The joy of creating surpasses"

"The joy of creating surpasses"

"for me, any reward for"

"reconstructing the corners of"

"existence"

God!

Who is more beautiful?

You or your voice?

Who are you?

Omar Khayyam.

This is a dream.

If Judge Abu Taher sees

you, he will behead you.

If Judge Abu Taher sees

you, he will behead you.

I'm his guest

and hospitality means

making the guest happy.

They arrived.

How can you be my guest and do that?

I was drawn by her voice.

She is my favourite maid

and most lovable woman to me in the palace

and most lovable woman to me in the palace

What do you think your

punishment should be, Omar?

I and Gehan will leave.

and to be deprived of my lord's company.

That's my punishment.

But before I leave

a book about my lord's achievements

to be read by the common people

so that they appreciate the

justice and safety they live in.

If I knew that you made her upset

I will k*ll you, Omar!

Your command, my lord.

When will you finish the book, Omar?

-A foolish thief.

-Idiot.

I know you're not happy after

what the Minister did to you.

I'm thinking.

I went to Al-Azhar Mosque

I found that the preacher of the preachers

had died months before we arrived.

I wish I could have heard from him.

You must have gotten something.

Badr El-Deen Al-Jamali is strong

and stubborn

and gave his daughter

to the Caliph's young son.

and doesn't like Nizar

and doesn't like Nizar

and the Caliph's health is not at its best

If I didn't met him, It

would've felt as if I did nothing.

The women.

What about them?

They're the ones who

run the entire universe.

Every house, whether it's a

poor one or a caliph house

A strange man arrived in Egypt,

the kind my lady is looking for.

A strange man arrived in Egypt,

the kind my lady is looking for.

Who are you?

Your features are different from ours.

I'm Persian.

The Minister is making

life difficult for my husband.

There are women

who have their dreams

Their aspirations

And their purposes.

We are leaving soon

But he sees and knows

and saw my lady the Caliph's

mother in various visions.

True, they dwell within the palaces

but they have the power to run everything

but they have the power to run everything

from outside the palace.

If he's lying

the Caliph's mother kills the liars.

No no, he's neither lying nor gets paid

only if he accepts and consents.

Accepts and consents?

Why wouldn't he?

He's ascetic.

and doesn't move except by divine decree.

Every star in the sky has a meaning, and

every good vision has an interpretation

and ask the stranger, he will answer.

I begged him but he refused

But every day he passes by the

palace wall, near my lady's gate

But every day he passes by the

palace wall, near my lady's gate

speaks his words and leaves.

He told me if she hears me,

she should call out to me.

Otherwise, it's impossible for me to go.

Every star in the sky has a meaning, and

every good vision has an interpretation

-and ask the stranger, he will answer.

-Stay where you are

I am Nour Al-Wujood

Our lord's maid and the

Caliph's mother servant

Do you know the unseen

and interpret dreams or

are you a deceiver?

the truth will save you

and falsehood has serious consequences.

and falsehood has serious consequences.

and being k*lled will be your fate.

My lady esquires and I'm under her command

I've seen a vision but I won't speak of it

You will speak of it

and interpret it.

Will you speak or shall

we assume you're a liar

and leave?

or you would lie

and I will behead you?

My lady saw a disappearing moon

she called out for her grandson Nizar

and saw him running before her eyes

the Minister was laughing

and she said sadly

at the end of the vision

if I had the ability to walk

on my feet, I would've caught up.

I would've caught up.

And the interpretation?

To whom is the Caliphate?

To whom is the Caliphate?

A question that troubles

the heart of my lady.

Carry on.

May life and destiny be

prolonged with my lady

but she's afraid to become a

silent mother after all these years

after the Caliph's death

and the minister manipulates the Caliphate

Every father who has many sons

only one of them

keeps his secrets

-My lord Nizar who keeps the secrets.

-And what's upcoming?

Is in the hands of the

knower of the unseen.

Is in the hands of the

knower of the unseen.

But be assured, my lady

The secret lies with the elder.

What reward would be enough for you?

Just to stand up.

-There's no medicine for disability, o…

-Hassan.

Hassan Al-Sabbah

Who said there's no

medicine for disability?

Put in all your effort and get up.

God is the greatest!

One more step, my lady.

God is the greatest!

What reward would be enough for you?

To see the Imam,

the Caliph Al-Mustansir Billah.