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order of Assassins The Order of Assassins or simply the Assassins ( fa, حَشّاشین, Ḥaššāšīn, ) were a Nizārī Ismāʿīlī order and sect of Shīʿa Islam that existed between 1090 and 1275 CE. During that time, they lived in the mountains of P ...

was founded in Persia in 1090 by

Hassan-i Sabbah Hasan-i Sabbāh ( fa, حسن صباح) or Hassan as-Sabbāh ( ar, حسن بن الصباح الحميري, full name: Hassan bin Ali bin Muhammad bin Ja'far bin al-Husayn bin Muhammad bin al-Sabbah al-Himyari; c. 1050 – 12 June 1124) was the ...

. The list of Assassins associated with the order include the following: *

al-Hakim al-Munajjim Al-Hakim al-Munajjim ( ar, الحكيم المنجم, literally "The Physician-Astrologer") (died 1103) was a Persian Nizari Isma'ili and the first Nizari missionary ('' da'i'') in Syria, belonging to the order of Assassins. Al-Hakim al-Munajji ...

, the physician-astrologer (d. 1103) * Abu Tahir al-Sa’igh, the goldsmith (d. 1113) *

Bahram al-Da'i Bahram al-Da'i ( ar, بهرام الداعي, "Bahram the '' da'i'' issionary) or Bahram of Astarabad was a 12th-century Persian Nizari Ismaili who was the Chief ''Da'i'' and leader of the Assassins in Syria from after 1113 through 1128. Although ...

, nephew of al-Asterbadi (d. 1127) *

Rashid ad-Din Sinan Rashid al-Din Sinan ( ar, رشيد الدين سنان ''Rashīd ad-Dīn Sinān''; 1131/1135 – 1193) also known as the Old Man of the Mountain ( ar, شيخ الجبل ''Shaykh al-Jabal'', la, Vetulus de Montanis), was a ''da'i'' (missionary) a ...

(d. 1193) * Sarim al-Din Mubarak, son-in-law of Baibars al-Bunduqdar, sultan of Egypt ( fl. 1271)

Others

* Dihdar Bu-Ali (fl. 1090) * Mu'ayyad al-Din Muzaffar (fl. 1096) *Sharaf al-Din Muhammad, son of Mu'ayyad al-Din Muzaffar (after 1096) * Abu Ibrahim al-Asterbadi (d. 1101) *Ahmad ibn 'Abd al-Malik ibn Attāsh (d. after 1105) * Ismail al-'Ajami (d. 1130) * Ali ibn-Wafa (d. 1149) * Abu-Muhammad (fl. 1162) * Khwaja Ali ibn Mas'ud (fl. 1162) * Abu Mansur, nephew of Abu-Muhammad (fl. 1162) * Nasr al-'Ajami (fl. 1193) * Kamāl ad-Din al-Hasan (fl. after 1221) * Majd ad-Din (d. after 1227) * Sirāj ad-Din Muzaffa ibn al-Husain (fl. 1227–1238) * Taj ad-Din Abu'l-Futūh ibn Muhammad (d. after 1249) * Radi ad-Din Abu'l-Ma'āli (fl. 1256) * Najm ad-Din (d. 1274) * Shams al-Din, son of Najm ad-Din (fl. 1274). Note that this list does not include the ''

da'i A da'i ( ar, داعي, dāʿī, inviter, caller, ) is generally someone who engages in Dawah, the act of inviting people to Islam. See also * Dawah * Da'i al-Mutlaq, "the absolute (unrestricted) missionary" (Arabic: الداعي المطلق) * ...

'' and

Imam Imam (; ar, إمام '; plural: ') is an Islamic leadership position. For Sunni Muslims, Imam is most commonly used as the title of a worship leader of a mosque. In this context, imams may lead Islamic worship services, lead prayers, ser ...

s that ruled the

Nizari Isma'ili State The Nizari state (the Alamut state) was a Shia Nizari Ismaili state founded by Hassan-i Sabbah after he took control of the Alamut Castle in 1090 AD, which marked the beginning of an era of Ismailism known as the "Alamut period". Their people ...

from 1090 to 1255, beginning with Hassan-i Sabbah.

References

** Baldwin, Marshall W., and Setton, Kenneth M. (1969), ''A History of the Crusades: Volume One, The First Hundred Years''
Chapter IV: The Ismailites and the Assassins
The University of Wisconsin Press, Madison. ** Lewis, Bernard (2003)
''The Assassins: A Radical Sect in Islam''.
Perseus Books Group, London. Order of Assassins Medieval Syria Mercenary units and formations of the Middle Ages Isma'ilism-related lists