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- Order of Assassins - Wikipedia
The Order of Assassins (Arabic: حَشّاشِین, romanized: Ḥashshāshīyīn; Persian: حشاشين, romanized: Ḥaššāšīn) were a Nizari Isma'ili order that existed between 1090 and 1275 AD, founded by Hasan al-Sabbah
- The Assassins - World History Encyclopedia
The Assassins (aka Nizari Ismailis), were a heretical group of Shiite Muslims who were powerful in Persia and Syria from the 11th century CE until their defeat at the hands of the Mongols in the mid-13th century CE
- The Order of Assassins Was Very Real and Very Deadly
There was a very real Order of Assassins who were agents of the medieval Nizari Ismaili, a faction of Shiite Muslims who broke away from the larger Shiite community in the late 11th century They took refuge in an assortment of castles in the mountains of Syria and what is now Iran
- Who Were the Assassins? | Britannica - Encyclopedia Britannica
Outlandish tales about a sect known as the Assassins were a staple of European lore about the Middle East But were they true?
- Assassins: The Medieval Murder Cult That Terrorized the Middle East
Long before modern Middle Eastern terrorism, there was the medieval Order of Assassins, a murderous cult led by a mysterious figure known as "The Old Man of the Mountain" The first European account of the group was written in 1167 by a Spanish rabbi, Benjamin of Tudela, who described a…
- The Order of Assassins: Where the Term Assassin Comes From - Arab America
In fact, the term “assassin” came from one such organization that operated in both Persia and the Levant – what has come to be known as the Order of Assassins From 1090 to 1275, the Order of Assassins engaged in political assassinations against the various caliphates, as well as Christian kingdoms
- The Hashshashin: Ancient Order of Assassins - Historic Mysteries
And their chosen tool of statecraft would become synonymous with their name: these were the Hashshashin, also known as the assassins Formed by Hassan-i Sabbah, the order captured the great castle at Alamut in Iran, which would serve as their headquarters Other strongholds were captured across Persia and Syria and the assassins grew in strength
- Assassins | Assassins Creed Wiki | Fandom
"We work in the dark, to serve the light We are Assassins " The Assassin Brotherhood, also known as the Assassin Order and originally as the Hidden Ones (Arabic: المخفيون; Chinese: 無形者), is a secret global peacekeeping organization dedicated to protecting humanity from abuses of power, coercive rule, and injustice
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