Alexander Siddig credited as playing...
Imad
- Saladin: Who defends?
- Imad: Balian of Ibelin, the son of Godfrey.
- Saladin: Godfrey? Godfrey nearly killed me in the Lebanon. Truly, I did not know he had a son.
- Imad: It was his son at Kerak.
- Saladin: The one you let live?
- Imad: Yes.
- Saladin: Perhaps you should not have.
- Imad: Perhaps I should have had a different teacher.
- Mullah: [the mullah pays a visit to Saladin in his tent after the battle at Kerak] Why did we retire? Why? God did not favor them. God alone determines the results of battles.
- Saladin: The results of battles ARE determined by God, but also by preparation, numbers, the absence of disease, and the availability of water. One cannot maintain a siege with the enemy behind. How many battles did God win for the Muslims before I came... that is, before God determined that I should come?
- Mullah: Few enough. That's because we were sinful.
- Saladin: It is because you were unprepared.
- Mullah: If you think that way, you shall not be king for long.
- Saladin: [Saladin rises to his feet] When I'm not king, I quake for Islam. Thank you for your visit.
- [the mullah does not budge; Saladin takes a step forward and extends his hand]
- Saladin: Thank you for your visit.
- [the mullah takes his meaning and grasps the offered hand]
- Mullah: You promised. You promised to return Jerusalem. Don't forget.
- [he leaves]
- Saladin: If I do not deliver war, I have no peace.
- Imad: The King of Jerusalem will die soon. When he is dead, the boy will become king of a kingdom he cannot control. The Christians will make the war you need.
- Nasir: [to Balian] ... and if God does not love you, how could you have done the things you have done?
- Imad: [a Saracen knight yells at Balian in Arabic] He says, that is his horse.
- Balian of Ibelin: Why would it be his horse?
- Imad: Because it is on his land.
- Balian of Ibelin: I took this horse from the sea.
- Imad: [Imad translates, the knight yells again] He says you are a great liar and he will fight you because you are a liar.
- Balian of Ibelin: I have no desire to fight.
- Imad: Then you must give him the horse.
- [Balian draws his sword]
- Imad: [discussing how to break Jerusalem's defenses] The wall where the Christopher Gate used to be has been weakened.
- Saracen Engineer: Yes, usually when a gate is blocked in, it is weaker than the wall around it.
- Mullah: Or stronger.
- Imad: It is weaker, Rashid has seen it. This will be our door into Jerusalem.