Victim(s)
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Description
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Result
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Date
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Location
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Assassin(s)
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Method
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Notes
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Nizam al-Mulk
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Seljuq vizier and de facto ruler
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killed
|
1092, October 14
|
Sahnah, Seljuq Empire
|
assassin disguised as dervish; killed or fled or survived
|
knife
|
Their first and most notable action.[1][8]
|
Ahmad ibn Muhammad al-Labbad (أحمد بن محمد اللباد)
|
governor of Isfahan
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killed
|
1093
|
Isfahan, Seljuq Empire
|
unknown
|
unknown
|
[1]
|
Unar Malikshahi (انر ملکشاهی)
|
amir sipahdar
|
killed
|
1096, January-February
|
unknown
|
Husayn Khwarezmi (حسین خوارزمی)
|
unknown
|
|
Abd al-Rahman Qazwini
|
|
killed
|
490 AH
|
unknown
|
a Khurasani rafiq
|
unknown
|
|
Abu Muslim
|
ra'is (prefect) of Ray
|
killed
|
1095
|
unknown
|
a friend
|
unknown
|
[1]
|
Abd al-Rahman al-Simirumi (عبد الرحمان السميرمي)
|
vizier of Seljuq sultan Barkayaruq
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killed
|
1097
|
unknown
|
Abu Tahir al-Arrani (أبو طاهر الأراني); fled
|
unknown
|
[1]
|
Arghush al-Nizami (أرغوش النظامي)
|
amir sipahdar, mamluk of Nizam al-Mulk with close relation to Barkayaruq
|
killed
|
1095 or 1097
|
Ray, Seljuq Empire
|
Abd al-Rahman al-Khurasani (عبد الرحمان الخراساني); killed immediately
|
unknown
|
[1]
|
Bursuq the Elder
|
senior commander (Amir Ispahsalar) under Barkiyaruq, newly appointed atabeg of Sanjar, shihna of Khurasan
|
killed
|
September 1097
|
near Sarakhs, Seljuq Empire
|
a Quhistani rafiq (companion)
|
unknown
|
The Shiite Seljuk vizier Majd al-Mulk Balasani was murdered for being accused of involvement.[10][11][1]
|
unnamed
|
qadi
|
killed
|
1098
|
unknown
|
his brother
|
unknown
|
[1]
|
Unar and Siyah (Siyahpush?)
|
amir (senior commanders)
|
killed
|
1099
|
near Sawa, Seljuq Empire
|
team of 3; 2 killed, 1 survived [Husayn or Hasan Khwarezmi]
|
knife
|
[1]
|
kjmš (کجمش)
|
deputy of Arghush al-Nizami
|
killed
|
|
|
Ibrahim Damawandi (ابراهیم دماوندی)
|
|
Killed together with his son-in-law.
|
Sarzan Malikshahi (سرزن ملکشاهی)
|
amir sipahsalar
|
killed
|
|
|
Ibrahim Khurashani (ابراهیم خوراشانی)
|
|
|
Hadi Kiya (هادی کیا) the Alavid
|
Imam and missionary in Gilan
|
killed
|
|
|
Ibrahim and Muhammad Kuhi
|
|
|
Abu al-Fath Durdanah Dihistani (ابوالفتح دردانه دهستانی)
|
vizier of Barkiyaruq
|
killed
|
|
|
a Rus'(?) ghulam
|
|
|
Iskandar Sufi Qazwini (اسکندر صوفی قزوینی)
|
|
killed
|
|
|
a Quhistani rafiq
|
|
|
Sunqurche (سنقرچه) (or منعورحه)
|
wali of Dihistan, Amul
|
killed
|
|
|
Muhammad Dihistani (محمد دهستانی)
|
|
|
Balakabak Sarmuz (بلاكبك سرموز) or buklabk srmz (بیکلابک سرمز)
|
senior commander (amir)
|
killed
|
1099
|
entrance of Sultan Mahmud II's house in Isfahan, Seljuq Empire
|
team of 2; 1 killed, 1 fled
|
unknown
|
[1]
|
Abu al-Muzaffar al-Khujandi (أبو المظفر الخجندي)
|
chief preacher in Ray (mufti of Isfahan?)
|
killed
|
1102/1103
|
Rayy, Seljuq Empire; coming down from minbar
|
Abu al-Fath Sijzi (ابو الفتح سجزی); killed immediately
|
unknown
|
[1]
|
Abu 'Amid (ابو عمید) (or ابو نیم)
|
mustawfi (accountant) of Rayy
|
killed
|
|
|
Rustam Damawandi (رستم دماوندی)
|
|
|
Abu Ja'far Mashshati Razi (ابوجعقر مشاطی رازی)
|
mufti of Rayy
|
killed
|
|
|
Muhammad Damawandi (محمد دماوندی)
|
|
|
Abu al-Qasim Mufti Karaji Qazwini (ابو القاسم مفتی کرجی قزوینی)
|
|
killed
|
|
|
Hasan Damawandi (حسن دماوندی)
|
|
|
Abu al-Hasan (ابوالحسن)
|
ra'is of Bayhaq
|
killed
|
|
|
Fida'i (Haji?) Damawandi
|
|
He was marching against (?) Maymun-Diz.
|
Abu al-Faraj Qaratakin (ابو الفرج قراتکین)
|
17 Ramadan 472 AH
|
killed
|
Rayy, Seljuk Empire
|
|
|
|
|
Abd al-Jalil al-Dihistani (أبو الجليل الدهستانی)
|
vizier of Seljuq Sultan Barkayaruq
|
died of wounds
|
1102/1103
|
Isfahan's gate, Seljuq Empire
|
a youth
|
unknown
|
[1]
|
Janah ad-Dawla
|
emir of Homs
|
killed
|
1103, May
|
Great Mosque of Homs, Emirate of Homs (Syria)
|
team of 3
|
|
Apparently ordered by al-Hakim al-Munajjim
|
Abu Ja'far al-Mashatt (أبو جعفر المشط)
|
Shafi'i leader in Ray
|
killed
|
1104
|
Ray's mosque, Seljuq Empire
|
unknown
|
unknown
|
[1]
|
Abu al-Ala Sa'id ibn Abi Muhammad al-Nisaburi (أبو العلاء سعيد بن أبي محمد النيسابوري)
|
qadi of Isfahan
|
killed
|
1105/1106
|
Isfahan's mosque, Seljuq Empire
|
unknown
|
unknown
|
[1]
|
Khalaf ibn Mula'ib
|
Fatimid emir of Afamiyya
|
killed
|
1106, February 3
|
inside Qalaat al-Madiq (Afamiyya), Emirate of Apamea (under Fatimid Caliphate)
|
team; fled
|
dagger, struck in the abdomen; harba (حربة, "spear") per one source
|
[1] Planned by Abu Tahir al-Sa'igh, Ridwan, and a certain Abu'l Fath of Sarmin
|
unnamed
|
lieutenant (amir) of Seljuq Sultan Muhammad I Tapar
|
wounded
|
1107
|
Shahdiz, Seljuq Empire
|
a fida'i
|
|
After a failed negotiation during the Siege of Shahdiz. The victim was a particularly anti-Nizari commander in the Seljuq camp.
|
Abu al-Fath Fakhr al-Mulk ibn Nizam al-Mulk
|
vizier of Seljuq sultan Barkiyaruq (Sanjar?)
|
killed
|
1106/1107
|
Nishapur, Seljuk Empire
|
dynmyn(?) Damghani (دینمین[?] دامغانی), a petitioner; arrested, tried, executed
|
knife
|
[1]
|
Abu Ahmad Kaysan (Dawlatshahi?) Qazwini
|
|
killed
|
|
|
a Quhistani rafiq, accompanied by 10 other rafiqs
|
|
|
Abdullah Isfahani
|
qadi
|
killed
|
Safar 493 AH
|
|
Abu al-Abbas Naqib Mashhadi (ابو العباس نقیب مشهدی)
|
|
|
Abu al-Ala' (ابو العلاء)
|
scholar and mufti of Isfahan
|
killed
|
495 AH
|
Jameh Mosque of Isfahan, Isfahan, Seljuk Empire
|
a rafiq
|
|
|
Sultan al-Ulama' Abu al-Qasim Asfazari (سلطان العلماء ابو القاسم اسفزازی)
|
ra'is of Bayhaq
|
killed
|
Shawwal 495 AH
|
|
Muhammad Biyari (محمد بیاری)
|
|
|
Mahmashad (محمشاد)
|
Karramiyya leader
|
killed
|
496 AH
|
Great Mosque of Nishapur, Seljuk Empire
|
Abd al-Malik Razi (عبد الملک رازی)
|
|
|
Sabbak al-Jurjani (سباک الجرجاني)
|
scholar
|
killed
|
496 AH
|
|
Hassan Siraj (حسن سراج)
|
|
For insulting the Shia Imam, Ali.
|
Abu al-Ala' (ابوالعلاء)
|
scholar in service of sultan Muhammad I Tapar
|
killed
|
|
|
Muhammad Sayyad (محمد صیاد)
|
|
For insulting the Shia Imam, Ali.
|
Ubayd Allah ibn Ali al-Khatibi (عبيد الله بن علي الخطيبي)
|
qadi of Isfahan, leader of the anti-Ismaili reaction there
|
killed
|
1108/1109, during Friday prayers
|
Hamadan's mosque
|
1 assassin, got between him and his bodyguard
|
knife
|
[1][12][4]
|
Abu al-Mahasin Abd al-Wahid al-Ruwayni (أبو المحاسن عبد الوحيد الرويني)
|
Shafi'i leader
|
killed
|
1108/1109
|
Amol's mosque
|
unknown
|
knife
|
Attributed only by some sources to the Nizaris.[1]
|
Sa'id ibn Muhammad ibn Abd al-Rahman (سعيد بن محمد بن عبد الرحمان)
|
qadi of Nishapur
|
killed
|
1108/1109, on Eid al-Fitr
|
|
killed
|
unknown
|
[1]
|
Ahmad ibn Nizam al-Mulk
|
vizier of Seljuq Sultan Barkayaruq
|
wounded
|
1109/1110
|
Baghdad
|
Husayn Quhistani (حسین قهستانی); assassin arrested, confessed, his companions killed
|
knives
|
For his expedition against Alamut.[1][4]
|
Abu Harb Isa ibn Zayd
|
a wealthy Persian merchant
|
mission failed
|
1111
|
Aleppo, Emirate of Aleppo
|
[13]
|
Sharaf al-Din Mawdud ibn Altuntash
|
atabeg of Mosul, amir ispahsalar, governor of Diyar Bakr and the Levant
|
killed
|
1111/1112 or 1113 (Jumada al-Thani 492 AH)
|
Damascus, Emirate of Damascus
|
a fida'i
|
unknown
|
Both Sunni rulers Tughtigin and Ridwan may have been involved.[14][1]
|
Ahmadil ibn Ibrahim al-Kurdi
|
emir of Maragheh
|
killed
|
1114 or 1116 (Muharram 510 AH)
|
in a large assembly in presence of Sultan Muhammad I
|
team of 3. 2 killed, the third's fate unknown (or Abd al-Malik Razi [عبدالملک رازی] or 4 Aleppine rafiqs)
|
knives
|
[1]
|
Muntahi Alawi (منتهی علوی)
|
mufti of Jurjan
|
killed
|
494 AH
|
|
Hasan Daranbari (حسن دارانباری)
|
|
|
Ahmad Sanjar
|
Seljuq sultan
|
threatened
|
|
|
|
knife
|
[15]
|
al-Afdal Shahanshah
|
Fatimid vizier
|
killed
|
1121, December 13
|
Cairo, Fatimid Caliphate
|
team of 3 Aleppine rafiqs; fate unknown
|
knives
|
[1]
|
Al-Amir bi-Ahkam Allah and Al-Ma'mun al-Bata'ihi
|
Fatimid caliph and his vizier
|
plot discovered
|
|
Cairo, Fatimid Caliphate
|
|
|
Directed from Alamut.[4] Al-Amir was assassinated later (see below).
|
Kamal al-Mulk Abu Talib al-Simirumi
|
vizier of Seljuq Sultan Mahmud II
|
killed
|
1122
|
a procession in Baghdad, Seljuq Empire
|
team of 4; one escaped, others killed
|
knives
|
For pillaging the shrine of Ali.[1]
|
Garshasaf Jurbadaqani (گرشاسف جربادقانی) (or Karshasb [کرشاسب])
|
|
killed
|
November–December 1121
|
|
a fida'i
|
|
|
Unar (انر)
|
amir of Khurasan
|
killed
|
December 1121 - January 1122
|
Marw, Seljuk Empire
|
Abu al-Hayyan (ابو الحیان) or Isfandiyar Damawandi (اسفندیار دماوندی)
|
|
|
Tughrul Mahalli(?) (طغرل محلی)
|
wali of Damghan
|
killed
|
|
|
Isfandiyar Damawandi (اسفندیار دماوندی)
|
|
|
Abu Nasr Muhammad ibn Nasr ibn Mansur al-Harawi (آبو نصر محمد بن نصر بن منصور الهروي)
|
Hanafi qadi of Hamadan
|
killed
|
1125
|
Hamadan's mosque, Seljuq Empire
|
Muhammad Razi (محمد رازی) and Umar Damghani (عمر دامغانی)
|
unknown
|
[1]
|
Ibn al-Khashshab
|
qadi and rais of Aleppo
|
killed
|
1125, at night
|
near his house in al-Zajjajin quarter, Aleppo, while leaving the Great Mosque
|
unknown
|
stabbed
|
After a massacre of the Nizaris.[16][17][18]
|
Aqsunqur al-Bursuqi
|
atabeg of Aleppo
|
killed
|
1127 (or November 26, 1126)
|
Mosul's Great Mosque, Seljuq Empire
|
team of 10; fate unknown, he wounded 3
|
knives
|
[1][18]
|
Mu'in al-Mulk Abu Nasr ibn Fazl
|
Seljuq vizier of Ahmad Sanjar
|
killed
|
1127, March 20
|
Seljuq Empire
|
his horseman, betrayed; fate unknown
|
unknown
|
[1]
|
Mu'in al-Din al-Kashi (معین الدین مختص الملوک ابونصر احمد الکاشانی)
|
Seljuq vizier of Ahmad Sanjar
|
killed
|
1127, March 20 or 16 or Rabi' I 525 AH
|
Marw, Seljuq Empire, en route from the Sultan's palace to the mosque
|
by 2 fida'is who had gained his confidence (Muhammad Kuhaj [محمد کوهج] named)
|
knives
|
[1][4]
|
Abd al-Latif al-Khujandi (عبد اللطيف الخجندي)
|
Shafi'i leader in Isfahan
|
killed
|
1129
|
Isfahan, Seljuk Empire
|
a fida'i
|
unknown
|
Killed by treachery.[1]
|
Al-Amir bi-Ahkami'l-Lah
|
Fatimid Caliph in Cairo
|
killed
|
October 7, 1130
|
Cairo, Fatimid Caliphate
|
team of 7 rafiqs
|
|
|
Sayyid Abu Hashim Zaydi
|
Zaydi Imam in Tabaristan
|
killed
|
Jamadi II 526 AH
|
|
|
|
|
Taj al-Muluk Buri
|
atabeg of Damascus
|
died of wounds a year later
|
May 7, 1131 (died June 9, 1132)
|
Damascus, Emirate of Damascus (Syria)
|
two of his guards who were secretly fida'is probably from Alamut; both killed
|
knives, wounding him in two places
|
[1][19]
|
Sayyid Dawlatshah Alawi (سید دولتشاه علوی)
|
prefect (either ra'is or naqib) of Isfahan
|
killed
|
Jamadi I 525 AH
|
|
Abu Abdallah Mughani (ابو عبدالله موغانی)
|
|
[4]
|
Aqsunqur Ahmadili
|
governor of Maragha
|
killed
|
Dhil-Qa'da 525 AH
|
|
Ali (علی) and Abu Ubaydah Muhammad Dihistani (ابو عبیده محمد دهستانی)
|
|
[4]
|
Shams Tabrizi
|
ra'is (prefect) of Tabriz
|
killed
|
Dhilhajja 525 AH
|
|
Abu Sa'id Qa'ini (ابو سعید قائنی) and ابو الحسن قرمانی or فراهانی
|
|
[4]
|
Al-Mustarshid
|
Abbasid caliph
|
killed
|
1135 or 1134
|
in royal tentage at Maragheh's gates or near Hamadan, Seljuq Empire
|
team of 14 or 17 or 24; fled or killed by the guards
|
knives, stabbed many times
|
Some sources suspect that the Seljuq Sultan Mas'ud was involved. Some attendants were killed, too.[1][20][21][22][23][24]
|
Hasan ibn Abi al-Qasim Karkhi (Karaji?) (حسن بن ابي القاسم كرخي)
|
mufti of Qazvin
|
killed
|
Dhilhajja 529 AH
|
|
Muhmmad Karkhi (Karaji?) (محمد کرخی) and Sulayman Qazwini (سليمان قزوینی)
|
knives, stabbed
|
[4]
|
Al-Rashid
|
Abbasid caliph
|
killed
|
1135/1136 or June 1138
|
Mosul or Isfahan, Seljuq Empire
|
team of 2 or 4 (Balqāsim Darikī named) of Khurasanis in his service; fate unknown
|
knives, by stabbing
|
[25][1][4][24]
|
Muqarrab al-Din Jawhar (مقرب الدين جوهر)
|
chamberlain, master of the Seljuq governor of Ray, Abbas
|
killed
|
1139/1140
|
Sultan Sanjar's camp in Marw
|
petitioners in women's garb
|
knives
|
Many Nizaris were killed in revenge by Abbas.[25][1]
|
Girdbazu (گردبازو)
|
heir of Bavandid ruler Shah Ghazi Rustam
|
killed
|
1142
|
Sarakhs, Seljuq Empire
|
|
|
Many Nizaris were killed in revenge by Shah Ghazi Rustam.[25]
|
Da'ud, son of Mahmud II
|
Seljuq sultan
|
killed
|
1143
|
Tabriz, Seljuq Empire
|
team of 4 Syrian 'rafiqs
|
ambushed
|
He had persecuted the Nizaris of Adharbayjan.[1][25][26]
|
unnamed
|
vizier of Seljuq sultan Toghrul II
|
killed
|
unknown
|
unknown
|
unknown
|
knives, ambushed
|
[1]
|
unnamed
|
mamluk lord of Masyaf
|
killed
|
unknown
|
|
team
|
unknown
|
Killed by treachery.[1]
|
به اَموی
|
qadi of Quhistan
|
killed
|
1138/1139
|
Sultan Sanjar's camp
|
Ibrahim Hanafiyyah al-Damghani (إبراهيم حنفية الدامغاني); fate unknown
|
unknown
|
For authorizing the execution of Nizaris.[25][1][27]
|
|
qadi of Tiflis
|
killed
|
1138/1139
|
|
Ibrahim Buyah Damghani (ابراهیم بویه دامغانی)
|
unknown
|
For issuing fatwa regarding the execution of Nizaris.[25][1][27]
|
Unnamed
|
qadi of Hamadan
|
killed
|
1139/1140
|
Hamadan's mosque, Seljuq Empire
|
Ismail al-Khwarazmi (إسمعيل الخوارزمي), several of whose companions had been killed and burned
|
unknown
|
For authorizing the execution of Nizaris.[25][1][26]
|
Yamin al-Dawla Khwarazmshah (يمين الدولة خوارزمشاه) (Ayn al-Dawla?)
|
Seljuq vizier
|
killed
|
1139/1140
|
an army camp of Sultan Sanjar in Khwarezmia
|
unknown
|
unknown
|
[1][27]
|
Nasir al-Dawla ibn al-Muhalhil (ناصر الدولة بن المهلهل)
|
Seljuq vizier
|
killed
|
1140/1141
|
Kerman, Seljuq Empire
|
al-Husayn al-Kirmani (الحسين الكرماني)
|
unknown
|
[1][26]
|
Garshasaf
|
senior commander (emir) (a ruler in Georgia)
|
killed
|
1143, June–July
|
unknown
|
a soldier
|
unknown
|
[1][25] (Killed in action?)
|
Aqsunqur (آق سنقر)
|
mamluk of Sultan Sanjar and governor of Turshiz
|
killed
|
1146
|
|
team of 2 rafiqs: Sulayman and Yusuf
|
unknown
|
Killed as a rebel against the sultan.[1][26]
|
Abbas (امیر پیر عباس)
|
shihna (governor) of Rayy
|
killed
|
1147
|
Ray or Baghdad, Seljuq Empire
|
unknown
|
unknown
|
Killed with armor on.[1]
|
Raymond II
|
Count of Tripoli
|
killed
|
1152
|
Tripoli's southern city gate, County of Tripoli
|
|
|
Motivation uncertain. Killed along with two of his knights (including Ralph of Merle).
|
Saladin
|
Ayyubid sultan
|
mission failed
|
1175, May 11
|
Saladin's camp
|
13
|
|
|
Saladin
|
Ayyubid sultan
|
threatened only
|
1176
|
near Masyaf Castle
|
|
knife
|
According to some traditions.[28]
|
Adud al-Din Abu al-Faraj Muhmmad ibn Abdallah
|
vizier of the Abbasid caliph al-Mustadi
|
killed
|
1177/1178
|
leaving Baghdad for pilgrimage to Mecca
|
fida'is from Jabal al-Summaq, Syria
|
|
[24]
|
Conrad of Montferrat
|
de facto King of Jerusalem
|
killed
|
1192, April 28
|
en route to his house in Acre, Kingdom of Jerusalem
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team of 2; 1 killed, 1 captured
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stabbed at least twice in the side and back
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It is uncertain who actually instigated the attack, possibly Richard I of England, Humphrey IV of Toron, Henry II of Champagne or Saladin.
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Muhammad of Ghor
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Ghurid sultan
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killed
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1206, March 15
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Dhamiak, near Sohawa, Ghurid Empire
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One source attributes it to the Assassins.
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Möngke Khan
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Mongol khagan
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plot or rumor
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1253
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Karakorum, Mongol Empire
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team of 40+
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Alleged mission ordered by Imam Ala' al-Din Muhammad.[4][29][30][31]
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Raymond, son of Bohemond IV of Antioch
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heir to the throne of Antioch and Tripoli
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killed
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1213
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outside the door of the Cathedral of Our Lady of Tortosa, Tortosa (Tartus), County of Tripoli
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Bohemond IV unsuccessfully besieged Khawabi in response.[32][28][33]
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Adam of Baghras
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Regent of Isabella, Queen of Armenia
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killed
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1220
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Sis, Cilician Armenia
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[34]
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Orkhan/Orghan
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senior commander of Jalal ad-Din Mingburnu
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killed
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Ganja, Khwarezmian Empire
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a team of petitioners; fled / 3 assassins, killed
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concealed swords, stabbed
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[35] As a reprisal for raids against Quhistan.[4]
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Chagatai the Elder
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Mongol noyan (commander)
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killed
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c.1249?
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knife
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Nizaris were massacred by his daughter Bulghan Khatun or his son Bulghan or Qara-Bulghan after the fall of the Nizari state.[36]
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Philip of Montfort
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Lord of Tyre
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killed
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1270, March 17 or August 17
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in his church in Tyre, Lordship of Tyre, Kingdom of Jerusalem
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assassin disguised as a Christian; captured
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dagger
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[37]
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Ata-Malik Juvayni
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Ilkhanate elite
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survived
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1270
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Ilkhanate
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Unsuccessful assassination attempt attributed to the Nizaris.[38]
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Lord Edward
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Duke of Gascony
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wounded
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1271
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Acre, Kingdom of Jerusalem
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a Syrian Assassin; killed
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dagger, possibly poisoned; struck in the arm
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Supposedly by a Syrian Assassin under Baibars during the Ninth Crusade.[39] Edward abandoned further campaigns afterwards.
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Sokollu Mehmed Pasha
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Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire
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killed
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1579, 11 October
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Constantinople, Ottoman Empire
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Controversial attribution to the Assassins.
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