The Mongol vs. Order of Assassins War

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Hidden away on the high peaks of Persia and Syria, the shadowy Order of Assassins (hashashin) ensures its survival by maintaining agents in the courts of rival kings and statesmen, and striking when the time comes. But a new enemy hails from the East. The Mongol hordes lay waste to Persia, and soon look toward the mountains and the defiant Order of Assassins. This is the story of the Mongols vs. Assassins war.
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Thank you to @TheJackmeisterMongolHistory for providing sources and scholarly guidance.

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SOURCES

Faḍlallāh, Rašīd-ad-Dīn. “Hulagu Khan.” Jami'u't-Tawarikh: Compendium of Chronicles: A History of the Mongols, translated by Wheeler M. Thackston, Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA, 1988, pp. 472–481. [primary source]

Hodgson, Marshall G. S. The Order of Assassins: The Struggle of the Early Nizari Isma'ilis against the Islamic World. Mouton & Co., 1955.

Juvaynī Atâ-Malek. “Part Three.” The History of the World Conqueror, translated by John Andrew Boyle, vol. 2, Manchester University Press, Manchester, 1958, pp. 547–725. [primary source] [This source provides several of the quotes in the video, primarily those that concern the fate of Khwarshah and his family]

May, Timothy. “ A Mongol-Ismâʿîlî Alliance?: Thoughts on the Mongols and Assassins.” Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society , ser. 3, 2004, pp. 231–239. 3.

Paris, Matthew, and Rishanger, William. Matthew Paris's English History: From the Year 1235 to 1273. United Kingdom, G. Bell, 1889, pp. 131-132. [primary source for the Nizari envoys going to England and France]

Sarkozy, Miklos. “The Dīwān-i Qā’Imiyyāt and the Mongols.” The Subalterns Project. The First Workshop – on the pre-Safavid period, 7 Nov. 2015, Edinburgh, University of Edinburgh.

Waterson, James, and David Morgan. The Ismaili Assassins: A History of Medieval Murder. Frontline Books, 2019.

Willey, Peter. The Eagle's Nest: Ismaili Castles in Iran and Syria. I.B. Tauris, 2006.

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