![]() The Assassins were founded by Hassan-i Sabbah. The first two referred to the Assassins as batiniyya, an epithet widely accepted by Isma'ilis themselves. Ĭontemporaneous historians include Arabs ibn al-Qalanisi and Ali ibn al-Athir, and the Persian Ata-Malik Juvayni. The modern term assassination is believed to stem from the tactics used by the Assassins. The Order of Assassins or simply the Assassins ( Arabic: حَشّاشِین, romanized: Ḥashshāshīyīn Persian: حشاشين, romanized: Ḥaššāšīn) were a Nizari Isma'ili order that existed between 10 CE, founded by Hasan-i Sabbah.ĭuring that time, they lived in the mountains of Persia and the Levant, and held a strict subterfuge policy throughout the Middle East through the covert murder of Muslim and Christian Crusader leaders who were considered enemies of the Isma'ili state. ![]() He narrowly survived poisoning from the blade of the Assassin. ![]() Edward I, King of England was nearly killed by an Assassin during Lord Edward's Crusade, most likely sent by the Mamluk Sultan Baibars, in order to remove his opposition to a 10-year truce with the Christian states at Jerusalem.
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