Majd ad-Din (7 June 1145 - 14 August 1191), also transliterated as Majd Addin or Majd ud-Din, was the regent of Jerusalem and a scribe of Sultan Saladin under the rule of the Ayyubid Dynasty. However, he was a man who was a strict ruler who was opposed to Saladin's tolerance of other religious faiths and beliefs.
Biography[]
Majd executes several Assassins.
Majd ad-Din was an Egyptian scribe of Ayyubid Sultan Saladin, and claimed the title of Regent of Jerusalem while the Sultan was fighting against the forces of Richard the Lionheart. As the regent he was intolerant towards people's races, creeds, and religions, unlike his lord. He fixed trials against the accused ones, usually resulting in their executions, and Saladin did not agree with his cruel methods. In addition, he was secretly a member of the Knights Templar. Because of this, he made sure to specifically execute members of the Hashshashin Order, rivals to the Templar Order, and he was made one of "The Nine": a hit list issued by Assassin Teacher Rashid ad-Din Sinan to his assassin Altair Ibn-La'Ahad in order to clear out the Templars from the Holy Land.
Death[]
Majd is executed
Majd ad-Din died while ordering the execution of a prostitute, a beggar, and a member of the Hashshashin in Jerusalem. Dai Malik al-Sayf of the Assassins told Altair Ibn-La'Ahad, a demoted but rising member of the organization, to kill Majd before he executed the member of the Assassins.
As he stood on the platform, he warned the malconvents among the crowd to take the execution as an example. As he was about to kill the Assassin, Altair jumped onto the platform and attacked Majd. The guards tried to attack Altair but Altair threw Majd to the ground and plunged one of his throwing daggers into his heart. He said that he killed the Assassins because it was fun, and he enjoyed the way the people cheered and how they feared him. Altair finished him off by stabbing him on the right side of his neck.