Tamir

"Such pride. It will destroy you, child."

- Tamir to Altaïr

Tamir is the first person Al Mualim orders Altaïr to assassinate. He is found in the poor district of Damascus. He is also the easiest target to kill silently, thus being the best way to get the achievement, Blade in The Crowd.

Description
Tamir is the largest weapons dealer in the land and does most of his business in the souk of the poor district of Damascus. He doesn't take kindly to people who insult him and isn't afraid to kill those who do.

At the time that Altaïr was searching for him, Tamir had an unusually large shipment of weapons for an unknown client that was later revealed to be Robert de Sable (Grandmaster of the Knight Templars).

Death
Tamir is assassinated by Altaïr, during a meeting in the courtyard of the Souk Al-Sallah with a man filling out Robert's order. The man claims that he doesn't have enough time and enough men to fill out the order by the deadline. Tamir doesn't take kindly to that and calls him names, saying, "These are the kinds of excuses that I would expect from a lazy or incompetent man." Shortly after the man says that Tamir expects too much, Tamir gets angry and stabs and slashes the man to death and throws him in the fountain. He then tells the guard to leave him as a warning to other people.

Tamir then starts going around to street vendors in order to inspect their work, and Altaïr uses this chance to assassinate Tamir. In the cutscene that follows, Tamir claims that he is different from the rest of the death dealers and that his death had a higher meaning. This leaves Altaïr wondering what he could mean.

Final Words
Altaïr: Be at peace.

Tamir: ''You'll pay for this. You and all your kind''.

Altaïr: ''It seems you're the one who pays now, my friend. You'll not profit from suffering any longer''.

Tamir: ''You think me some petty death dealer, suckling at the breast of war!? A strange target, don't you think? Why me, when so many others do the same?''

Altaïr: You believe yourself different, then?

Tamir: ''Oh but I am, for I serve a far nobler cause than mere profit. Just like my brothers''.

Altaïr: Brothers?

Tamir: ''Ah, but he thinks I act alone. I am but a piece, a man with a part to play. You'll come to know the others soon enough...they won't take kindly to what you've done!''

Altaïr: ''Good. I look forward to ending their lives as well!''

Tamir: ''Such pride. It will destroy you, child.''

Assassin's Creed: Altaïr's Chronicles
Another character named Tamir is seen in Assassin's Creed: Altaïr's Chronicles. Tamir is portrayed as a fat, rich, obsessed merchant who cares about nobody but himself. He is flushed out of his mansion by the player setting some oil barrels on fire. He then gives Altaïr some vital information, after which he is then killed.