Which historical figure is the protagonist of Assassin's Creed Mirage?

Basim Ibn Ishaq is the historical protagonist of Assassin's Creed Mirage.

Mirage follows Basim before and during his rise from a street thief in ninth-century Anbar to a Hidden One in Baghdad. His story explores his recruitment by the Hidden Ones, his training under Roshan, and his investigation of the Order of the Ancients. The game serves as a narrative prequel to Assassin's Creed Valhalla, where Basim is a major character.

The main setting is Abbasid Baghdad in 861, during the Islamic Golden Age. The city is divided into districts and contains important cultural, commercial, and political locations. Mirage emphasizes stealth, investigation, parkour, and focused assassination missions rather than the larger role-playing structure of several recent entries.

The name can be written with different transliterations, including Basim Ibn Ishaq and Basim ibn Ishaq. Those forms refer to the same character.