ASSASSINS

(Ar. Ḥaššāšin), pejorative name given to Neẓāri Ismaʿilis by their adversaries during the Middle Ages. See ISMAʿILISM iii. History.

 

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 اساسین حشاشین asasin asaaseen
asaasin      

 

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Originally Published: December 15, 1987

Last Updated: August 17, 2011

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