Hamid (Amritsar)

Hamid was the Mentor of the Indian Brotherhood of Assassins during the 19th century. During his tenure, he trained the Master Assassin Arbaaz Mir, who would later help the Brotherhood acquire a number of important Pieces of Eden, most notably the Koh-i-Noor.
==Biography==
=== Training Arbaaz Mir===
During the Sikh Empire conquest of Kashmir in 1819, Hamid rescued a young named Arbaaz Mir from a meeting gone wrong and offered him a place among the Assassins. Though Arbaaz was initially deemed to be too reckless to become an Assassin, Hamid saw the life and cunningness in him and trained him into the Order.Assassin's Creed Chronicles: India – Database: Hamid
===Hunt for the Koh-i-Noor===
In June 1839, Hamid sent Arbaaz to retrieve a document in First Civilization script about the Koh-i-Noor diamond, a powerful Piece of Eden. After explaining the diamond's legend to Arbaaz, Hamid revealed that the Koh-i-Noor was in the possession of Maharaja Ranjit Singh in Amritsar, and that the British Templars were plotting to steal it; while Ranjit Singh had been the keeper of the diamond for nine years, his successors did not share his determination to it, which the Templars sought to exploit. Hamid tasked Arbaaz with protecting Singh from the Templars, in order to keep the Piece of Eden out of their hands.Assassin's Creed: Brahman
Arbaaz was ultimately successful in his mission, securing the Koh-i-Noor for the Assassins. After being told by his lover, Princess Pyara Kaur, that keeping the artifact on him at all times was unwise, Arbaaz decided to give it to Hamid for safekeeping.Assassin's Creed Chronicles: India
However, in 1841, the Templars, now led by William Sleeman and Alexander Burnes, decided to resume their hunt for the Koh-i-Noor and managed to locate the Indian Brotherhood's headquarters in Amritsar. In the ensuing fight, the Templars stole back the Koh-i-Noor and badly wounded Hamid, taking both back to their base of operations in the city. There, Burnes unsuccessfully tried to interrogate Hamid to learn what he knew about the Koh-i-Noor, before Sleeman decided to instead use a Precursor box to unravel the diamond's secrets.
Shortly after the Templars left, Arbaaz, who had followed the blood trail left behind, infiltrated their headquarters to rescue his Mentor. Once they were safe, Hamid informed Arbaaz of the Templars' plans and directed him to a Precursor temple they had found, tasking his apprentice with recovering both the Koh-i-Noor and the box. While Arbaaz did as he was told, Hamid secretly followed Burnes and learned the Templars were organizing an expedition to Afghanistan.
After Arbaaz's confrontation with Sleeman inside the Precursor temple resulted in its destruction, Hamid, drawn by the commotion, arrived at the scene to find his apprentice, who had barely managed to escape the collapsing temple in time. Hamid briefly scolded Arbaaz for his recklessness, remarking that the temple was priceless, before the latter informed him of Sleeman using the Koh-i-Noor and the box to unlock a map highlighting various locations across the globe. After Hamid in turn revealed what he had learned, the two Assassins concluded the Templars were after a Precursor temple in Afghanistan, meaning Arbaaz would have to head there next.
Following Arbaaz's return from Afghanistan, where he retrieved the Koh-i-Noor and the box from the Templars, he met with Hamid to tell him of his mission's success, only to be informed that Sleeman had taken over the Maharaja's Summer Palace and was holding Pyara hostage. Arbaaz decided to face the Templars and rescue his lover, despite Hamid's warnings that he would be heading into a trap.
Ultimately, Arbaaz was successful in his endeavor, though it came at the cost of the Precursor box, which fell back into Templar hands. He also decided against giving the Koh-i-Noor back to Hamid, and instead handed it over to the British Assassin Ethan Frye in order to hide it.
===Jayadeep Mir's exile===
By 1860, Hamid was still serving as Mentor of the Indian Assassins and, in accordance with the strict rules of the Brotherhood, ordered the execution of Arbaaz's son, Jayadeep Mir, for incompetence due to a failure of nerves during an assassination. However, Ethan Frye, the former mentor of Jayadeep, offered a banishment alternative to Arbaaz who in turn convinced Hamid to exile his son to England, to help the weakened British Brotherhood there and atone for his failure.Assassin's Creed: Underworld
==Personality and traits==
While being an Assassin and theoretically tasked to defend the innocents with no regard on their race or social statute, Hamid was not above beating his servants when they failed to reach the standards he had fixed. In 1839, his treatment of Raza Soora, one of his servants, was so harsh that Arbaaz Mir decided to purchase the mute young boy from his Mentor with the intent of freeing him later.
==Gallery==
ACC India Hamid Color Variants.jpg|Concept variants of Hamid
ACC India Hamid Concept Sketches.jpg|Concept art
ACC India Hamid Development.jpg|Concept art
ACBM Hamid.jpg|Hamid as he appears in Assassin's Creed: Brahman
ACBM-Hamid.jpg|Close-up of Hamid
ACBM-Hamid & Raza.jpg|Hamid abusing Raza Soora
ACC India DB Hamid.png|Hamid in the Helix database
ACCI Quest Begins (2).jpg|Hamid being interrogated by the Templars
ACCI Enemy Revealed (6).jpg|Hamid and Arbaaz discussing the Templars' plans
==Appearances==
*Assassin's Creed: Brahman 
*Assassin's Creed: Underworld
*Assassin's Creed Chronicles: India
==References==
Category:Individuals
Category:Indians
Category:Assassins
Category:Indian Assassins
Category:Master Assassins
Category:Mentors
Category:Individuals who held Pieces of Eden