Assassin’s Creed Mirage: 9th Century Baghdad Facts

Assassin’s Creed Mirage takes place in the bustling 9th-century city of Baghdad, where protagonist Basim Ibn Ishaq grew up as a street thief. Baghdad, the current capital of Iraq, was initially a small trading town before the emerging Abbasid Caliphate of the mid-8th century, decided to transform it into its seat of power and the center of the medieval Muslim world.