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Assassins: Prehistory to 1250: Middle East

By: Benjamin T. Acosta
In: Cultural Sociology of the Middle East, Asia, & Africa: An Encyclopedia
Edited by: Andrea L. Stanton, Edward Ramsamy, Peter J. Seybolt & Carolyn M. Elliott
Subject:Sociology of Culture, Area Studies (general), Social & Cultural Anthropology
Keywords:assassinations; assassins; caliphates; ismailis; martyrdom; murder; Muslims

From the 11th through the 13th centuries, followers of a branch of Ismaili Shiism known as the Nizaris strategically utilized the murder of individuals for the purpose of political gain. Dubbed the Hashishiyyin, or Assassins, the Nizari-Ismailis mark an early Islamic ...

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  Acosta, B. (2012). Assassins: prehistory to 1250: middle east. In A. L. StantonE. Ramsamy, & P. J. Seybolt (Eds.), Cultural sociology of the Middle East, Asia, & Africa: An encyclopedia (Vol. 1, pp. I22-I22). SAGE Publications, Inc., https://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781452218458.n12
  
  Acosta, Benjamin T. "Assassins: Prehistory to 1250: Middle East." In Cultural Sociology of the Middle East, Asia, & Africa: An Encyclopedia, edited by Stanton, Andrea L., Edward Ramsamy, and Peter J. Seybolt, I22. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781452218458.n12.
  
  Acosta, B. 2012. Assassins: Prehistory to 1250: Middle East. In: Andrea L. Stanton, Edward Ramsamy and Peter J. Seybolt Editors, 2012. Cultural Sociology of the Middle East, Asia, & Africa: An Encyclopedia, Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc. pp. I22 Available at: <http://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781452218458.n12> [Accessed 30 Jul 2021].
  
  Acosta, Benjamin T. "Assassins: Prehistory to 1250: Middle East." Cultural Sociology of the Middle East, Asia, & Africa: An Encyclopedia. Edited by Andrea L. StantonEdward Ramsamy and Peter J. Seybolt. Vol. 1. Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2012, pp. I22. SAGE Knowledge. 30 Jul 2021, doi: http://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781452218458.n12.
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