Hashashins: Origins of the Order of Assassins

Our animated historical documentary series on the elite warriors of the past continues with a video on the Hashashins, the Muslim order, which managed to create an independent state using assassinations and subterfuge during the period of Seljuk and Mongol conquests and Crusades.

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[KingsandGenerals]

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[Armorius]

-We work in the dark to serve the light.
-We are Assassins?
-No we are Electricians.

[akagamishanks]

The Mongols were like a great debuff to humanity, imagine if all those Great libraries in Baghdad & Iran and Seriya were still intact to this day, the potential of knowledge and advancement would be limitless.

[justamanofculture]

*Mongols:* "Destroyed Islamic golden age."


*Also Mongols:* "Became Muslims after some time."

[gleny]

I’m sure there are still some Hashasins around held by Abstergo Entertainment

[JD-bpig]

“You’ll never hashashinate Jamesh Bond.”
- Sean Connery

[rithyheng]

From the mountain abyss, I come, and only death do I bring.
I am the Old Man of the Mountain, the first Hassan-i Sabbah!

[af]

Imagine someone destroyed all of the information on the internet. Pretty much what the mongols did to Central/West Asia (home to the world's leading academics at the time)

[CTXVII]

“To say that nothing is true is to realize that the foundations of society are fragile and that we must be the shepherds of our civilization.
To say that everything is permitted is to understand that we are the architects of our actions, and that we must live with their consequences, whether glorious of tragic.” - Ezio Auditore da Firenze

[sayfali]

the name "hashashin" did not necessarily mean "they smoke hashish" rather it was a metaphor, it meant that these "men move smooth, and kill so efficient without leaving traces, like demons". so when they called them "hashashin" it meant to be more like "those who are possessed" as if they took psychedelics from the Angel of Death.

[underarock]

Assassins creed needs a game set In the Caspian in North Iran around this time before the events in AC1

[personalemail]

As a fan of both this channel and the fate series this is one of my favorite video from this channel

[ChaosLORDish]

It's all fun and games until you hear the throat-singing and hooves over the hill.

[vineethvish]

This explains the elder being an middle eastern man who sits above the high table in the _John Wick Cinematic Universe_

[akinun]

By far the best depiction of the complex history and regional structural power dynamics that have led to the emergence of the Hashashins.

[boiboiboi]

Hassashin stories could be a good mini series just like the recent turkish Netflix shows

[vazak]

A nation not defined by borders, gaining victories without the use of an army but tragically struck low, that was a powerful journey, thank you for sharing it with us.

[denniscleary]

For all we know this is where DC comics got their inspiration to create the league of shadows, thanks for another great video kings

[suyash]

20:30 this breaks my heart. Imagine how much knowledge written painstakingly by scholars was lost there

[aydins.g]

Alamot castle still exists in Iran. I've visited there so many times