Ahmed Ibn Fadhlan
I do not enjoy heights!
Most-quoted character in The 13th Warrior (1999): in 17 of its 25 quotes
Most scenes with: Ahmed Ibn Fahdlan (13), Herger the Joyous (7), Buliwyf (6)
Merciful Father, I have squandered my days with plans of many things. This was not among them. But at this moment, I beg only to live the next few minutes well. For all we ought to have thought, and have not thought; all we ought to have said, and have not said; all we ought to have done, and have not done; I pray thee God for forgiveness.
More lines from Ahmed Ibn Fadhlan
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Ahmed Ibn Fadhlan
[after learning he will be the 13th warrior]
What the hell are you saying?
Ahmed Ibn Fadhlan
Across seas of monsters and forests of demons we traveled. Praise be to Allah, the Merciful and Compassionate. May His blessing be upon pagan men who loved other Gods, who shared their food, and shed their blood. That His servant, Ahmed Ibn Fahdlan, might become a man, and a useful servant of God.
Scenes with Ahmed Ibn Fadhlan
13 scenes
Skeld the Superstitious Blowhards, the both of you. She probably was some smoke-colored camp girl. [points to Ahmed] Looked like that one's mother. [laughter]
[calmly]
My mother ... was a pure woman, from a noble family. And I, at least, know who my father is, you... pig-eating son of a whore.
[Skeld charges at Ahmed, but Herger stops him and confronts the Arab.]
How? How did you learn our language?
I listened!
You can draw sounds?
"Draw sounds"? [realizing] Yes, I can draw sounds... and I can speak them back.
Show me.
[Ahmed looks at what Buliwyf has written and comprehends what he is after]
"There is only one God, and Mohammad [corrects Buliwyf's writing] is his prophet.
[Buliwyf nods and walks off.]
Grow stronger!
Olga You complain much.
Olga Cow urine.
Cow urine?
Olga Boiled down.
No, no. Don't put that filth on me. Water, clean water.
Olga As you wish. Tomorrow the pus will run, and you'll have a fever. [Ahmed relents and lets her put it on]
Olga That's a woman's sound.
Do that again and you'll make it.
Olga You'll live.
[Herger kills one of the Prince's henchmen in a sham duel.]
You! You could have killed him at will!
Yes?
Well, why the deception?
Deception is the point! Any fool can calculate strength. That one has been doing it since we arrived. Now he has to calculate what he can't see.
And fear... what he doesn't know. [Herger makes a head-smacking gesture]
As you say, foolish. And expensive. We will miss Angus tonight; we will miss his sword.
[The Wendol horsemen charge toward Ahmed Ibn Fahdaln, and the Vikings. Buliwyf throws Ahmed a wooden stake.]
What do I do with this?!
Put your foot on it...and stand!
[Herger proffers a drinking horn containing mead.]
I cannot...taste neither the fermentation of grape nor of wheat. [Herger laughs] What? Why do you laugh?
Have we anything resembling a plan?
Mm-hm. Ride till we find them... and kill them all.
I have only these hands. I will die a pauper.
King Hrothgar You will be buried as a king.
A man might be thought wealthy if someone were to... draw the story of his deeds. That they may be remembered.
[Olga looks meaningfully at Ahmed, who already understands what Buliwyf is asking.]
Such a man might be thought wealthy indeed.
'Lo, there do I see my father. 'Lo, there do I see--
--my mother, and my sisters...
and my brothers.
'Lo, there do I see the line--
Edgtho the Silent --of my people, back to the beginning.
Weath the Musician 'Lo, they do call to me.
They bid me take my place among them.
In the halls of Valhalla...
Where the brave...
May live...
...forever.
We shall make prayers for your safe passage!
Prayers to who?
In your land, one God is perhaps enough, but we have need of many! I will pray to all of them for you! Do not be offended!
I will be in your debt!
Good bye, Arab!
Good bye, Northman.