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Order of Assassins

The Order of Assassins (Arabic: حَشّاشُون, romanized: Ḥaššāšūn; Persian: حشاشين, romanized: Haššāšīn) was a Nizari Isma'ili Shia Islamic military order founded by Hasan-i Sabbah in 1090. Based in the Nizari Isma'ili state, which comprised a network of mountain castles in Persia and Syria, they conducted several high-profile assassinations throughout the…

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Headquarters
Alamut Castle (Persian Assassins) · Masyaf Castle (Levantine Assassins)
Location
Nizari Ismaili state
Dissolved
1256
Formation
1090
Founder
Hasan-i Sabbah
Imam
Hasan-i Sabbah (first) · Muhammad II (last)

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related to Sources · 123
Order of Assassins → Ala Ad Din Ata, Alamut, Amin, Archived, Ashgate Publishing, Assassins, Athir, Baldwin, Bernard, Between Crusaders, Boyle, Burman, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, Charles, Chronicle, Company, Crucible, Crusades, Crusading Period
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Order of Assassins → Amin, Antoine Isaac, Anton Schmid, Apocalypse, Assassins, Berkeley, Brill Online, Buchdrucker, California Press, Cordier, Daftary, DeBevoise, Denis, Dynastie, Encyclopaedia, English, Enno, Everett, Eyes, Farhad
see also · 4
Order of Assassins → Assassins, AssassinsList, List, Order
Headquarters · 2
Order of Assassins → Alamut Castle (Persian Assassins), Masyaf Castle (Levantine Assassins)
Imam · 2
Order of Assassins → Hasan-i Sabbah (first), Muhammad II (last)
Dissolved · 1
Order of Assassins → 1256
Formation · 1
Order of Assassins → 1090
Founder · 1
Order of Assassins → Hasan-i Sabbah
Location · 1
Order of Assassins → Nizari Ismaili state
Official language · 1
Order of Assassins → Persian

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assassins assassin alamut ad-din isma'ili ibn muhammad first son syria saladin seljuk imam aleppo ii masyaf sultan order died isma'ilis

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Order of AssassinsDissolved12561.00infobox
Order of AssassinsFormation10901.00infobox
Order of AssassinsFounderHasan-i Sabbah1.00infobox
Order of AssassinsHeadquartersAlamut Castle (Persian Assassins)1.00infobox
Order of AssassinsHeadquartersMasyaf Castle (Levantine Assassins)1.00infobox
Order of AssassinsImamHasan-i Sabbah (first)1.00infobox
Order of AssassinsImamMuhammad II (last)1.00infobox
Order of AssassinsLocationNizari Ismaili state1.00infobox
Order of AssassinsOfficial languagePersian1.00infobox
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