Their members were likely motivated by being drugged to sleep and taken to a harem, which their Master would claim was a glimpse of Paradise.
Originally formed under Hasan i-Sabbah, they sprang from a sect called the Ishamelis. Their final years saw the killing of their last leader, Khurshah, and the destruction of their last fortress, Alamut, by Hulagu Khan. Their members were likely motivated by being drugged to sleep and taken to a harem, which their Master would claim was a glimpse of Paradise. Known for killing Egyptian and Arab caliphs, FTP, what was this Islamic sect whose name has come to denote one who kills a person of political importance?
Originally formed under Hasan i-Sabbah, they sprang from a sect called the Ishamelis.
Assassins