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c. 1090 - c. 1256The Assassins (aka Nizari Ismailis) occupy mountain castles in Syria, Iran and elsewhere.
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1090The Assassins occupy Alamut castle in Iran.
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14 Oct 1092The vizier of Baghdad, Nizam al-Mulk, is murdered by the Assassins.
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2 Oct 1113Maudud, the atabeg of Mosul, is murdered in Damascus, most likely by the Assassins.
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c. 1141The Assassins occupy Masyaf castle in Syria.
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1152Raymond II, the Count of Tripoli, is murdered by the Assassins.
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1169 - 1193Sheikh Rashid al-Din Sinan is leader of the Assassins.
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1175An attempt by 13 members of the Assassins to murder Saladin, Sultan of Egypt and Syria, fails.
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1176A second attempt by the Assassins on the life of Saladin, Sultan of Egypt and Syria, fails.
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28 Apr 1192Conrad of Montferrat, king of the Kingdom of Jerusalem, is murdered by the Assassins.
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1256The Mongols defeat the Ismailis (aka the Assassins) in Persia.