Hashashins

Hashashins

The Order of Assassins or simply the Assassins (Persian: حَشّاشین, romanized: Ḥaššāšīn)were a Nizari Isma'ili order that existed between 1090 and 1275 CE, founded by Hasan-i Sabbah. During that time, they lived in the mountains of Persia and in Syria, and held a strict subterfuge policy throughout the Middle East through the covert murder of Muslim and Christian leaders who were considered enemies of the Ismaili state. The modern term assassination is believed to stem from the tactics used by the Assassins.Contemporaneous historians include Arabs ibn al-Qalanisi and Ali ibn al-Athir, and the Persian Ata-Malik Juvayni. The first two referred to the Assassins as batiniyya, an epithet widely accepted by Ismāʿīlīs themselves.

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