The Shocking History of Assassins 

Thanks for the book recommendation.

Frank Herbert uses much of Arab history in his Dune series ... The Feyadin being the people of the deserts trained in specialist types of warfare against much greater size armies. The Fremen people also had blue eyes from exposure to 'the Spice' which marked them out as being different from other peoples.

@@Jester-Riddle Just in case, "Fadayee" means someone who is ready to sacrifice his life. In Persian literature it has two major usage, one is used in love and relationships the other one is mostly related to being so absorbed by a religious belief that one ready to sacrifice his life for that.

I'm surprised he didn't mention that there was a cloaked imamate for a while before and after this...I have an ismaili friend..

he is actually getting me in touch with their primary scholar.. to get the whole deal wether the cloaked imamate . there's a strange incident I read about where someone conveyed an interpretation to a group of Lebanese fighters who were supposedly being laid seige to kicked of a modern version of this precise attack strategy which of course they new about I think it's more of hey this absolutely forbidden technique works really well kind of thing.. ill poke around to find out which encroachment . and get back if I can actually confirm this.

He's done one already:)

(if the origin story whas a hollywood movie they probably used "The Superhero Landing" hahaha

He had a video about templars already

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When you say a large audience do you mean a lot of fat people?

me when slovenščina

The stories told by Western visitors are mostly untrue for some reasons. For example, Marko Polo stories sound like true fiction, and there is no way he could have figuired out what was going on in Alamut mountains as it was impossible to go up there. No visitors were allowed :) all is the stories he heard from locals which are legends as they have never been up there as well :) And the stories about the paradise doesn't make sense either. First of all, These things are not allowed in Islam. It is also not historically right based on the mountain itself. People like to make legends to explain stuff they have no answer for, but the answer here is simply faith. Thats all they had, faith in their religion and leader. "Fadayi" which is their nickname, simply means 'people who are willing to sacrifice themselves'. They were just brave men who were really faithful to their leader. :)

@@ilia7083 sure, these things are not allowed in islam, but it doesnt mean they wont do it just because Islam prohibits them from doing it, same as ISIS vs Islam

The "paradise" ideas is false. It was spread by the enemies of the Ismailis back then and the Western travellers just wrote it down and that was it. As an Ismaili, I can say with 100% confidence that even today there were will be hundreds of Ismaili man who will be ready to die just like our Fidays back than if we need to protect our community and our religion from threat.

@The Salty Constitutionalist Dishonored is by far and away better than any of those games, lol. Ghost of Tsushima is a very awesome Samurai adventure game, but you're not quite an "assassin" in the modern sense of the word. You're just a samurai utilising guerilla tactics to take on large forces single handedly...

@The Salty Constitutionalist Also, I wouldn't really say the Shadow games are that great in terms of basic gameplay? They don't have much in the way of stealth or movement mechanics, the nemesis system is what makes those games truly shine.

@The Salty Constitutionalist Did I say it was yours big boy?

@The Salty Constitutionalist You're actually serious? Fucking hell lol.

Lovely, an opinion based argument. This will not end well. So, i cannot say i have played the shadow games, for i'm not really into the Lord of the Rings, and no one can fault anyone for not liking something. But factually speaking, if an Assassin is caught before they nail their target, they don't get to restart, they just have to deal with the guards or sod off and try again when the next opportunity arises. Dishonoured contextually, Corvo cannot afford to come back, for every day that passes, the worse the situation gets. Assassin's creed, well... ubisoft, innit. Gameplay wise, i'm sure the shadow games are more fun, but that would be because it isn't strictly a stealth game, is it? Do confirm. Assassin's creed is just forced stealth the game, and many can agree that being forced to be stealthy is far less preferable than choosing to be stealthy. Dishonoured, while it primarily is a stealth game, it can also be an action game, although how you deal with enemies in that game dictates the ending and the situation of the plague, the more people you kill, the more rat hoards show up. It was an impressive thing when people noticed it when Dishonoured originally came out, but with hindsight, it seems rather simple now, dunnit? Yet i rarely see it being done with modern games. Finally, an opinion: Sekiro and Elden Ring, best stealth. Why? Well, i think its because it understood the point of stealth, which is to gain an advantage by being unseen until the final moments. Its an opinion, you cannot argue it. But who is right and who isn't are facts that can be argued. So, do not let your arguments turn into an insult festival, its just unsightly.

templar’s*

@@fmj-dmcdgmsgaw4599 incorrect

@@fmj-dmcdgmsgaw4599 shut up

@@fmj-dmcdgmsgaw4599 There's no apostrophy ( ' )

They were super smart. Now they dont know what they are doing

Happy to see a compatriot here!

@@mehdi_azmoudeh get a room

@@mehdi_azmoudeh are Iranians just everywhere or do I feel that just because I'm one too?

@@CinaGD your name is familiar.. Haven't you been a member of parsgamers forums?

@@mehdi_azmoudeh I don't think so but now I'm curious to know about it

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hashish "weed"???

@@whatintheworld6413 yeah

No you wrong my freind! Real name is AL Hashashyn " crack head", and they the first group of terrorism in the planet! Don't escape the truth!

@@whatintheworld6413yeah weed

I heard these theories too, this Hashish thing naming is like a derogatory name for them from Seljuks or even Abbasid to belittle Ismaili people and their faith. Because these Dynasties were Sunni Muslims and Ismaili were Shia, so belittling them is more like it.

except its more like calling them 'potheads'

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That was rich 😭😭😭

They borrow the concept of the fidai in Dune!

The first, and the last, people to ever willfully kill others while stoned.

One thing tho, he doesn't deserve to be called a muslim. Cause he already did things that are not accepted in islam.

Al Mualim was another leader, maybe the sucessor of Hassan, and they were from Massyaf, Syria.

Hassan I-Sabbah is a different individual from Al-Mualim.

Nope:) the old man from the mountains is also a reference as well to Rashid Al deen sinaan who ruled Mesyaaf citadel in syria;) i am from there:)

@@ZGtx yup (Rashid Al deen sinaan) is his name

May be survived fraction of nizari fidai spread the spionahe technique to the east

but thier ( ninjas) purposes was for robbing, ransom and these stuff... and the assasins was for Greater goods :D

there's a movie where ninja were actually trained by assassins. ninja assassins

simp

Aran is the perfect combination of research and British cheek. I love this channel.

Here here

If one is gonna teach interesting, but effectively useless, information, at least this teacher makes the subject matter interesting lol

It's interesting but there are a lot of mistakes

The Ninjas did it better. By concealing their identity they could kill more than a couple people before dying.

@@andregon4366 you still ended up dead. The Vikings would go into battle on a movie I watched saying, today is a good day to die as the guy swinging his sword.

@@peacepoet1947 Ok then.

@@andregon4366 I wasn't there. Interesting stories about how someone can get someone else to do bad things for political and other reasons.

@@andregon4366 Most ninja didn't do assassination though. They were mostly just spies. Also, if the main target is dead and there isn't any other important enough target around the assassin, why bother fighting back or even killing more people considering that they wouldn't be able to get away anyway. Why give the enemy the satisfaction of having successfully killed you while you struggle to survive? Just bask in the glory of your accomplished duty and strike a long lasting impression with your calm and control. The Assassins did it better (based on your comparison). But to be frank, they aren't even comparable precisely because of how different their missions and objectives were.

Yeah, I fell in love with her in that movie.

He was talking about the assassins creed revelations flashback to when The mongols attacked masyaf castle and destroyed the assassin order. Not the historical thing

The Templar’s didn’t know that there were more assassins further than the Middle East

@@Tostito422 The assassins creed revelations flashback...which was based on the real life, historical way they were destroyed by the mongols. You are dense.

amazing. You're such a good Wikipedia researcher 👍

@@adrian-qr6zk nah.. although i admit i searched the name sinaan, i forgot it. But I'm Syrian living in syria and I've been to Mesyaaf citadel. And of course you hear a lot of cool stories by the locals which are all Ismaili Muslims. About ekhwan al safa. Some are true, but the rest are like umm not just assassins creed but more like king Arthur and Merlin stories.lol

Oh btw the full name of the brotherhood is (ekhwan al safa wa khellan al wafa) which translates into ( the brothers of serenity and the intimate loyal friends) more or so;)

Yeah but he was talking about the origin, that's after Hasan

Had no idea Altair was based on a real person I figured al muliam was from the video but genuinely shocked that the story and character were THAT deep into real history

Until he changes the title lol

I agree

so true . he is reliable in that he will give exactly what he says . i don't even bother with flashy titles from other youtubers as it is almost always not true .

Hello 👋 How are you doing..?

​@Lisa Baby no answer even after 11 months? 😢

A lot of Arabic writing was like that

@@Tostito422 I know; there's a name for the style that I can't remember lol. It's super cool for sure tho, I just thought this was a really good example of it

@@dmdrosselmeyer In English, we call it 'Calligram'. If you type 'Arabic Calligram', into a search engine, you should get some beautiful results.

it’s a lion

To open the curtains a bit, it really does take a long time, especially getting the facts right. But the good thing is that he has a team behind him to do most of the bruit work.

It’s takes exactly thoughty 2 minutes

@@craig8406 W

i could not have said it better myself !

They got around with little of what they had, TODAY they are EVERYWHERE so is that telling you something.

Did you even watch the whole video?

@@SevenChordsOfficial No, this person is simply trying to attract attention for his own channel. Sad. 🥲

Are you sure about that? Lmao Weed doesn't grow in ME?

Read up on Hassan-i Sabbah and the bektashi sufi order

@@LiveYourLifeWithJoy hash oil is great stuff...I hear 😉

You must be 10

Any source?that nizzar thing comes from the caliph they belived in fatimid caliphate not cause they use jinns or.... there is no evidance for that.

Nop! I am a Nizari Ismaili and we are called Nizari because of our Imam Nizar. Not for the word Nazar.

Hmm, may you recommend me some books in that genre

@@jadeaf4432 i'm not sure, i've read them in arabic, but i did find one, The Assassins: A Radical Sect in Islam, i cannot tell you more about it as i've not read this one

@@manarfayad3804 oh that's alright I speak Arabic too, but still appreciate it, thanks homie

Hassan sabat was an arab but choose iran his empire

he was from qom, you filthy arabs wanna steal anything non-arab. get a life

@@mohammedizzat5416 ten point for arabs :D

Agreed, newer games feel uninspired and not grounded especially Odyssey

Far cry is a good game, but you can have your own opinion I guess.🙄

The lead writer and creator left. Many studio veterans left. The series isn't even made by the same people anymore and it shows.

@@kingbattle393 Far Cry games are fun but it’s a pretty simple formula that has been recycled many times

Hello 👋 How are you doing..?

It's not accurate enough. The video itself admits that majority of the historian who wrote about Assassins or Hassan I Sabah are contemporary. Not a single historian of that time ever visited Alamaut Castle. Historical Evidence: Marco polo born during 1254-55, Alamaut Castle was attacked and conquered by Mongols during 1256-58. That means Marco polo visited Alamaut about 20-30 years after downfall of Nizaris and must have heard about their history, most probably twisted and concocted, by their opponents occupying Alamaut at the time of visit of Marco polo.

Grand Assassin

@@lowqualityratspinning grand pa

Not Assassins creed ?

@@YoSora1313 I haven’t played any assassins creed games yet

why you lie

Why