Badri al-Morad
- In this Deltinian name, the first or paternal surname is al-Morad and the second or maternal family name is al-Hussein.
Badri al-Morad | |
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بدري المراد | |
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| Representative from Abdan's 1st District | |
| In office 8 March 1620 – 11 April 1620 | |
| Monarch | Salvador II |
| Prime Minister | Fidel Moreno Dávalos |
| Preceded by | Rodrigo Huerta González |
| Succeeded by | Martín Herrador Fuentes |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Badri Zaid ibn Muhammad ibn Jamal Abd Abu al-Majid al-Morad al-Hussein c. 1583 San Pablo, Abdan, Creeperopolis |
| Died | 11 April 1620 (aged 36–37) San Pablo, Abdan, Creeperopolis |
| Cause of death | Lynching |
| Nationality |  Creeperopolis |
| Political party | Liberal Party |
| Spouse(s) | Fatima al-Madiq (m. 1601; his death 1620) |
| Occupation | Politician |
Badri Zaid ibn Muhammad ibn Jamal Abd Abu al-Majid al-Morad al-Hussein (Deltinian: بدري زيد بن محمد بن جمال عبد أبو الماجد المراد الحسين; c. 1583 – 11 April 1620) was an ethnic Deltinian politician in Creeperopolis during the First Parliamentary Era. He was the first ethnic Deltinian to be elected to the Parliament in the 1620 general election. His election caused a riot in San Pablo, Abdan. When he returned in an attempt to pacify the riot, he was attacked and lynched by the rioting crowd.
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Early life
Badri Zaid ibn Muhammad ibn Jamal Abd Abu al-Majid al-Morad al-Hussein was born circa 1583 in San Pablo, Abdan, Creeperopolis. His father was Muhammad Ali ibn Jamal ibn Abu Bakr Abd Abu al-Majid al-Morad al-Tikriti and his mother was Sajida Talfah Khairallah al-Hussein al-Bakr. As an ethnic Deltinian and a religious Muslim, he was discriminated against for his race and religion by the majority Creeperian population. He was the third of eight children, with his older siblings being Hala and Muhammad, and his younger siblings being Umar, Wafa, Fatima, Saddam, and Rana.
In 1598, he witnessed his brothers Umar and Saddam being stoned to death by a mob of Creeperans in the city square on accusations of heresy against the Creeperian Catholic Church. He managed to avoid being stoned to death himself. In 1599, his sister Hala disappeared and it is unknown what happened to her, however, it is likely she was abducted by a Creeperian mob and killed for her ethnicity and religion.
Political career
In 1600, Emmanuel Sánchez Andino of the Liberal Party became Prime Minister of Creeperopolis, and he instituted several laws which protected Deltinians from ethnic and religious discrimination. Local police enforced the new anti-discrimination laws, and al-Morad became a supporter of Sánchez Andino and even joined the Liberal Party in 1604.
In the 1620 general election, al-Morad ran to become the Representative of Abdan's 1st District in the Parliament of Creeperopolis. His candidacy was opposed by many Creeperans, and in the election, twenty-six candidates were registered in the district, a record for the First Parliamentary Era which was never broken. Because of the vast amount of candidates from the Conservative Party, numbering twenty-three, and only three Liberals, the Liberals of the 1st District managed to elect al-Morad as the district's representative, as the Conservatives split their vote. The result was met with outrage and riots nearly erupted, however, the local police managed to control the situation.
Abdan race riot and death
On 8 March 1620, al-Morad took office as the Representative of Abdan's 1st District, making him the first ever ethnic Deltinian to be elected to the Creeperian Parliament. He was in Salvador, the capital city of Creeperopolis at the time, when he assumed office, however, on that same day, a race riot erupted in San Pablo, Abdan. Creeperans, some of whom formed "death militias," actively sought out ethnic Deltinians and Muslims and began a killing frenzy. Male and female and old and young Deltinians were indiscriminately killed by the angry mob, including three of al-Morad's own children: Muhammad, Shabeeba, and Ahlaam. The angry mob demanded the immediate resignation of al-Morad.
He quickly returned to San Pablo and attempted to pacify the riot and come to an understanding with the rioting mob, however, the Creeperans attacked al-Morad and lynched him in the city square on 11 April 1620. His body was paraded around by the mob, burned, ripped apart, and eventually dumped into the Senvarian Sea. After his death, the rioters continued killing Deltinians.
Prime Minister Fidel Moreno Dávalos denounced the violence occurring in San Pablo and the murder of the member of Parliament. He sent in the Army to crush the riot by force. The Army arrived in June 1620 and crushed the riot. The government reported 121 rioters dead and 20 soldiers dead, with 519 more rioters being arrested. The city remained under military occupation until 1622. Each of the 519 rioters arrested were put on trial for the death of al-Morad and inciting massacres against Deltinians in the city, of which 1,418 were killed from March to June 1620. Of the 519, 67 were sentenced to death, 211 were sentenced to life imprisonment, 144 were sentenced to varying non-life prison sentences, 96 were acquitted, and 1 was left with no decision as he died before a verdict was given. Of the 67 sentenced to death, 58 were executed on 1 January 1623, 1 died in captivity before execution, and the remaining 8 had their sentences commuted to life imprisonment. The riot and mass killing of Deltinians was the worst since the end of the First Great Persecution of Deltinian Islam of 1326 to 1600.
Personal life
In 1601, al-Morad married Fatima Hana Sara al-Madiq al-Assad (1584–?). They had nine children:
- Naaifa Raita Shahaama al-Morad al-Madiq (1602–?)
- Muhammad Ahmed ibn Badri ibn Muhammad Abd Abu al-Majid al-Morad al-Madiq (1604–1620)
- Shabeeba Musfira Ameena al-Morad al-Madiq (1605–1620)
- Zakariyya Umar ibn Badri ibn Muhammad Abd Abu al-Majid al-Morad al-Madiq (1606–1618)
- Ahlaam Thamra Nazeeha al-Morad al-Madiq (1608–1620)
- Mujaahida Huwaida Tamanna al-Morad al-Madiq (1609–?)
- Raihaan Jamal ibn Badri ibn Muhammad Abd Abu al-Majid al-Morad al-Madiq (1610–1620)
- Ali Muhammad Waseen ibn Badri ibn Muhammad Abd Abu al-Majid al-Morad al-Madiq (1611–?)
- Baasid Abdul ibn Badri ibn Muhammad Abd Abu al-Majid al-Morad al-Madiq (1613–1637)
- Sulama Turfa Manaara al-Morad al-Madiq (1615–1644)
Legacy
Since his death, al-Morad has been seen as a martyr by Deltinians. The name Badri has become a popular Deltinian name as it is most well associated with al-Morad and it is considered to be a name of bravery and understanding, which is how al-Morad is often characterized. No portrait of al-Morad from his lifetime exists or is known to exist, and he is never depicted by Deltinians out of respect.
