The word assassin is often believed to derive from the word Hashshashin ( Persian: حش ّ اشين, ħashshāshīyīn, also Hashishin, Hashashiyyin, or Assassins ), and shares its etymological roots with hashish ( or ; from Arabic: ).

In the fictional Discworld universe created by author Terry Pratchett, the city-state of Ankh-Morpork contains numerous Guilds ( including respective Guilds for Assassins, Beggars and Fools, as well as Thieves and others ), all of which have a monopoly on the various trades which they dominate.

Saladin had by now agreed truces with his Zengid rivals and the Kingdom of Jerusalem ( latter occurred in the summer of 1175 ), but faced a threat from the Hashshashin sect or " Assassins " led by Rashid ad-Din Sinan.

The series imagines the Assassins as being active in various eras and locations: from 12th-century Syria during the Third Crusade ( this incarnation depicted in the first game and the one recorded by the Polos in-universe ), 15th-century Renaissance Italy and Turkey, 18th century North America during the American Revolution, and up to the 21st century.

Despite the fact that the Assassins probably only existed up until the late 14th century or early 15th century at most ( under Taqq ' iya ), content within Assassin's Creed, such as assassination targets, methods of assassination, symbolism, and Templar enemies, does not coincide with the factual history of the Assassins.

Omar Khayyám's years in Isfahan were very productive ones, but after the death of the Seljuq Sultan Malik-Shah I ( presumably by the Assassins sect ), the Sultan's widow turned against him as an adviser, and as a result, he soon set out on his Hajj or pilgrimage to Mecca and Medina.

#" No State Shall, during War, Permit Such Acts of Hostility Which Would Make Mutual Confidence in the Subsequent Peace Impossible: Such Are the Employment of Assassins ( percussores ), Poisoners ( venefici ), Breach of Capitulation, and Incitement to Treason ( perduellio ) in the Opposing State "

He revitalised the sub-genre of female-led kung fu films, producing cop films such as Yes, Madam aka Police Assassins ( both 1985 ), which introduced stars Michelle Yeoh and Cynthia Rothrock.

Historical groups viewed as highly heterodox by most Muslims include the Kharijites, who took a third view on Ali's succession ( and are today succeeded by the Ibadi ), the Mu ' tazilites, who most famously asserted that the Qur ' an was created, a view which enjoyed Caliphal approval before the time of Mutawakkil, the Qarmatians, a branch of the Seveners within Ismaili Islam who took control of much of the Arabian peninsula in the 9th and 10th century, practiced vegetarianism, took control of the Well of Zamzam and the Ka ' bah, and the Hashashin or Assassins, another Ismaili group, famous for their reclusive lifestyle, manners of indoctrination and assassinations in the years after the First Crusade.

After the Shaw trial, Garrison wrote three books on the Kennedy assassination, A Heritage of Stone ( 1970 ), The Star Spangled Contract ( 1976, fiction, but based on the JFK assassination ), and the best-seller, On The Trail of The Assassins ( 1988 ).

The most interesting of them is, arguably, Assignment: Murder, ( alternate title: Assassins Have Starry Eyes ), in which a mathematician working on the design for a nuclear bomb has to save his kidnapped wife from a group of shadowy villains.

He studied semiotics at Brown University, where he directed his first short film Assassins: A Film Concerning Rimbaud ( 1985 ), inspired by the French poet Arthur Rimbaud ( a personality Haynes would later reference in his film I'm Not There ).

Over the next few years, more UK hip hop and electro was released: Street Sounds Electro UK ( 1984 ), which was produced by Greg Wilson and featured an early appearance from MC Kermit, who later went on to form the Wilson produced Ruthless Rap Assassins ; The Rapologists ' " Kids Rap / Party Rap " ( 1984 ), but releases and national publicity were still rare.

In the wake of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon ( 2000 ), there has been somewhat of a revival of Chinese-produced wuxia films aimed at an international audience, including Hero ( 2002 ), House of Flying Daggers ( 2004 ) and Reign of Assassins ( 2010 ).

* Our Lady of the Assassins ( film ), 2000, of the French director Barbet Schroeder, based in the novel by Vallejo.

Assassin ( also Gotcha, Assassins, KAOS ( Killing as organized sport ), Juggernaut, Battle Royal, Paranoia, Killer, Tag, Elimination, or Circle of Death ) is a live-action game.

* ( originally ), a member of the medieval Ismaili order of the Assassins

* Assassins ( musical ), a 1990 musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim

* Assassins ( film ), a 1995 American-French film starring Sylvester Stallone

* The Assassins ( 2012 film ), a 2012 Chinese film

" America's History of Crazy Political Assassins Didn't Begin with Loughner ", History News Network, Jan. 28, 2011.

* The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings ( 2011 )

In 2010 and 2011 he was part of both ensemble casts in Takashi Miike's samurai films, 13 Assassins and Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai.

Tse has also won a film award for Bodyguards and Assassins in 2010, at the 4th Asian Film Awards for Best Supporting Actor, and Best Actor in 2011, at the 30th Hong Kong Film Awards, beating elders like Chow Yun Fat, Jacky Cheung and Nick Cheung.

In November 2011, it was revealed by the developer of The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings that Steam was responsible for 80 % of the online sales of the game.

On the Soul Assassins Official Website, it was also revealed that Muggs will contribute Production to the new album from rapper Apathy, " Honkey Kong " Due out in early 2011.

# (" The Bridge of the Assassins ", 2011 )

" On June 23, 2011, after an almost 4 year hiatus, Grae released a free mixtape titled Cookies or Comas which features guest appearances from Styles P, Talib Kweli and Pharoahe Monch, it also includes the highly praised tracks " Assassins " from Monch's W. A. R.

Awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2008, she published Assassins of the Turquoise Palace in 2011, a non-fiction account of the Mykonos restaurant assassinations of Iranian opposition leaders in Berlin.

Hakakian's latest book, Assassins of the Turquoise Palace – released on September 6, 2011 through Grove / Atlantic – is a non-fiction account of the Mykonos restaurant assassinations on September 17, 1992, in Berlin.

* The League of Assassins appears in the Batman: The Brave and the Bold episode " Sidekicks Assemble ".

An interesting paradox develops here because Divine Assassins are designed to be immortal, to always survive, a concept developed in episode 18 of season 4, " The Game.

Assassins appear in the Final Fantasy games series, such as Final Fantasy Tactics Advance, as well as the Fire Emblem game series.

An earlier video game series based on the Assassins is the Exile series of action role-playing games, as well as assassins appearing in other video games like Dante's Inferno and the Prince of Persia series.

He began his acting career with a series of films by director Pedro Almodóvar and then appeared in high-profile Hollywood movies, especially in the 1990s, including Assassins, Evita, Interview with the Vampire, Philadelphia, Desperado, The Mask of Zorro, Spy Kids, the Shrek sequels and Puss in Boots.

In Terry Pratchett's Discworld series, the Ankh-Morpork Assassins ' Guild has a far more sadistic variant of the " Wall Game ", and is essentially an extreme hybrid of rock-climbing and dodgeball.

A running gag in the series is his thwarting of several attempts on his life by the Assassins ' Guild, due to his knowledge of their rigid code of conduct.

Garber is known for playing Jesus in Godspell, Anthony in Sweeney Todd, John Wilkes Booth in Assassins, Jack Bristow in the television series Alias, Max in Lend Me a Tenor, and Thomas Andrews in James Cameron's Titanic.

Between 1989 and 92 " The Comic Assassins " was a series of parody strips by Steve Noble and Kev F. Sutherland.

The Assassins Creed series, along with the Tom Clancy series have all been produced in Canada and have achieved worldwide success.

* The Elder Scrolls series ; in particular The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion features an extensive Thieves ' Guild and Assassins ' Guild that each require a number of quests to gain access and membership.

* Assassins ( LaHaye novel ), a 1999 novel in the Left Behind series by Jerry B. Jenkins and Tim Lahaye

Despite its high-profile guest list, the release was met with lukewarm reception, and Muggs later clarified its status as a preview before the release of Soul Assassins III, the next full-fledged installment of his Soul Assassins series.

The Ankh-Morpork Assassins ' Guild is a professional organisation and school for assassins in Terry Pratchett's long-running Discworld series of fantasy novels.

The Guild of Assassins is located in a light, airy series of buildings next to the Guild of Fools and Joculators, which, being a far more sinister building, is often mistaken for the Assassins '.

In the series Green Arrow / Black Canary # 11 a metahuman faction of the League of Assassins was introduced.

* The League of Assassins ( under the name of The League of Shadows ) appears in the Young Justice TV series.

Divine Assassins are fictional characters in the science fiction television series Lexx.

In that series, the castle of Masyaf is the headquarters of the Assassins.