review of the assassin legends: myths of the isma'ilis by farhad daftary

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The Hashshashin (also Hashishin, Hashashiyyin, or Hashasheen) from which the word Assassin is thought to originate, was the Arabic designation of the Nizari branch of the Ismā'īlī Shia Muslims during the Middle Ages.The Nizari, or Hashshashin, as they were designated by their enemies, split from the Isma'ili Fatimid Empire following a dispute regarding the succession of their spiritual and political leader the Fatimid Caliph Ma'ad al-Mustansir Billah. ...http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hashshashin

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Title:The Assassin Legends: Myths of the Isma'ilis

Journal Issue:Comitatus: A Journal of Medieval and Renaissance Studies, 26(1)

Author:Nahid, Babak

Publication Date:10-01-1995

Publication Info:UC Los Angeles, Comitatus: A Journal of Medieval and Renaissance Studies, Center for Medievaland Renaissance Studies

Permalink:http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/3xq6g8f1

Citation:Nahid, Babak. (1995). The Assassin Legends: Myths of the Isma'ilis. Comitatus: A Journalof Medieval and Renaissance Studies, 26(1), . Retrieved from: http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/3xq6g8f1

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