====== Order of Assassins ======
The **Order of Assassins** were a radical [[Nizari]] sect of [[Shia Islam]] that may have begun as earth at the 8th century, but is known to have existed from 1090 to 1275. Some accounts have the order surviving into at least the 14th century.

===== Leadership =====
The leader of the Order of Assassins was referred to by titles that mean the Old Man in the Mountain or the Mountain Lord.

===== Territory =====
The primary headquarters of the Order of Assassins was [[Alamut]], at the Southwest short of the [[Caspian Sea]] in the [[Alborz Mountains]] of modern day [[Iran]]. From there, the Nazari sect branched out to other castles in Iran, [[Iraq]], [[Egypt]], [[Syria]], and elsewhere.