Nasir
Real Name:
Nasir Malik Kemal Inal Ibrahim Shams ad-Dualla Wattab ibn Mahmud
Identity/Class: Normal human
Occupation: Outlaw; former Hashashin
Affiliations: Robin Hood's band, former member of the Hashashins; former agent of Simon deBelleme
Enemies: Sarak, Gulnar, Sheriff of Nottingham, Guy of Guisborne, Simon deBelleme
Known Relatives:
Aliases:
Base of Operations: Sherwood Forest
First Appearance: "Robin Hood and the Sorcerer" part 1, Robin of Sherwood (HTV and Goldcrest for ITV, 28th April 1984)
Powers/Abilities: Nasir was a master of killing, his particular speciality being the use of double scimitars.
History:
Comments:
Created by Richard Carpenter, played by Mark Ryan. Nasir was originally
introduced with the intention of killing him off at the end of the pilot
episode of Robin of Sherwood, but Ryan proved such a hit on set that they
kept the character on, shifting him from being a servant of the villain Simon
deBelleme to being one of the Merry Men. Watching the episodes in hindsight
with this in mind, it's clear he wasn't meant to be there, as for the entire
first season he has barely any lines of dialogue; none had been written for
him! Luckily, as a Saracen, he could get away with no speaking at first,
since the character presumably took a while to pick up English.
Strictly speaking Nasir shouldn't be in the historical section, as he was introduced to the Robin Hood legend in the 1980's for a TV show. But since the rest of the Merry Men are in the Mythical and Historical section, and since his presence has come to permeate other versions of the story (witness similar characters, such as Morgan Freeman's Azeem, in later versions), I've decided to include him.
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