A great secret lies in 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 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
something unexpected happened.
something that could change the whole world
Hassan Al-Sabbah
killed 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 killed
Sheikh Saeed, and his killer escaped.
Probably a Esoteric, my lord, you're the most knowledgeable about them.
Who would kill 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
for the houses that have lost its sanctity
Are you covering up for a killer?
My beloved only conceals the oppressed.
But he killed the muezzin.
Even if he killed 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 kill as many disbelievers as I can
-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 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
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
but we have to do something
our lord isn't a Caliph to people killing 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
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.
"Badr El-Deen Al-Jamali" "The Minister of the Fatimid State"
"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.
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.
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 torture 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.
Kill 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 kill 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.
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
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"
"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"
"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.
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
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 kill 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 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.
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
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
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 being killed 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?
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.
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.