Hashashins: Origins of the Order of Assassins
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This historical documentary explores the rise and fall of the Nizari Ismailis, a medieval Islamic sect famous for their fortress at Alamut and the tactical use of targeted assassination under the leadership of Hassan-i Sabbah.
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Answers: How did the Nizari Ismailis become the most feared assassins and how did they meet their end?
- Nizari Ismailis
- Alamut fortress
- Hassan-i Sabbah
- Assassins order
- Seljuk Empire
- Fatimid Caliphate
What it concludes
- Internal division in Islam permanently split the faith into Sunni and Shia sects.
- The Fatimid Caliphate's decline and dynastic succession crisis in 1094 triggered the emergence of the Nizari Ismaili state.
- Hassan-i Sabbah established the Nizari Ismaili state by capturing the Alamut fortress and successfully resisting Seljuk attacks.
- The Nizari Ismailis increasingly utilized targeted political assassination as a central strategy of warfare against their more powerful enemies.
- The Mongol invasions under Hulagu Khan ultimately destroyed the Nizari Ismaili mountain fortresses and ended their statehood in 1256.
- Despite the destruction of their state, the Nizari Ismailis survived into the modern day, currently led by Aga Khan IV.
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