Their name probably refers to their fundamentalist beliefs, not to the tale of drug addiction that has circulated ever since Marco Polo.
The thirtieth chapter of Mandeville's Travels names their ruler as Catolonabes, and associates them with the kingdom of Prester John and the earthly paradise. In fact, their greatest fortress was at Alamut on the southern shore of the Caspian, where Hasan Sabbah had established this Ismaili group in the late 11th century. Their name probably refers to their fundamentalist beliefs, not to the tale of drug addiction that has circulated ever since Marco Polo. FTP, name this Islamic sect whose name now refers to any political murder.
The thirtieth chapter of Mandeville's Travels names their ruler as Catolonabes, and associates them with the kingdom of Prester John and the earthly paradise.
assassins