Sheik Amar
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| Sheik Amar | |
|---|---|
 Sheik as he appears in the film | |
| Origin | Persia |
| Occupation | Entrepreneur, Ostrich racing organizer |
| Relatives | Seso (right hand man) |
| Appearance(s) | Before the Sandstorm, The Sands of Time |
- "Have I told you about the Umbaka?"
- ―Sheik Amar[src]
Sheik Amar is an entrepreneur and ostrich racing organizer. He is portrayed by Alfred Molina in the Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time.
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Biography
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Sheik Amar hates taxes and loves money, he is even willing to sell his own mother, which caused Seso to look at him with concern, which he brushed this off by saying "You didn't know what she was like" implying that she was not very maternal. His companion and bodyguard is the Umbaka Seso.
Slightly Dishonest EntrepreneurEdit
During Prince Dastan and Princess Tamina's journey, the pair meet a group of merchant-bandits, lead by entrepreneur and ostrich racing-organizer Sheik Amar with his loyal retainer Seso.
Dastan offers Tamina up as a slave in return for Amar's hospitality. However, the Sheik reveals that he knows who Dastan is and plans on turning him over to his brother Tus because of the reward for his capture; He fails however, and when Tamina frees all of his ostrich's the pair escape.
Dastan and Tamina are later captured by Amar again, because of the chaos they caused. Amar intended to claim the reward for turning them in to renew his business. But that night, when everyone was sleeping, the Hassansin leader attacked the group. Many of Amar's men died, but Dastan used the dagger to rewind time, and, foreseeing the attack, managed to kill all the snakes.
The next day, the pair, now accompanied by Amar and Seso, travel to the secret sanctuary in the mountains, where they'd planned to seal the dagger away the stone where it came from. The plan fails as they run into Garsiv and his men. Dastan, however, manages to convince Garsiv he is innocent, only for Garsiv to be killed by a Hassansin. Shortly after, they realize that Dagger was stolen in the fight.
Sheik Amar and Seso, return to Alamut with Dastan and Tamina to reveal the truth to Tus. First, they must get the dagger, which is kept in the sacred temple, guarded by a Hassansin. Seso, the master of throwing knives, fights the spike-wielding Hassansin to obtain the dagger. He manages retrive it but is killed in the process. Sheik Amar then distracts the guards by serving as a decoy while Dastan and Tamina go find Tus.
Business RestoredEdit
Once Dastan rewound time, Sheik Amar's ostrich racing empire most likely returned to the way it was before Dastan arrived.
GalleryEdit
QuotesEdit
- "Behold the mighty Ostrich!"
- ―Sheik Amar
- "No matter how good a promoter you are. You can't organize an ostrich race... with JUST ONE OSTRICH!"
- ―Sheik Amar
- "Oh great, a knife-thrower with a conscience!"
- ―Sheik Amar
- "Have I told you about the Umbaka?"
- ―Sheik Amar
- "(after Nizam punches him in the face) You Persian bureaucrats... such soft hands."
- ―Sheik Amar
