- 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
- Who Were the Assassins? | Britannica
In 1167 CE Benjamin of Tudela, a Spanish rabbi, visited Syria on a 13-year journey through the Middle East and Asia His description of Syria includes what is probably the first European account of a group that would provoke horror and fascination in the West: the Assassins
- The Order of Assassins: Where the Term “Assassin” Comes From
From 1090 to 1275, the Order of Assassins engaged in political assassinations against the various caliphates, as well as Christian kingdoms Their overarching goal was to protect and potentially expand a particular Shia Islam sect –Nizari Ismailism
- 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…
- 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
- 7 Famous Deadly Assassins From History and What Drove Them
From poisoners to zealots, from revolutionaries to outcasts, here are seven of history’s greatest assassins Or at least the ones we know about Locusta the Poisoner is certainly one of the more famous assassins on this list
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