A murderous sect of religious fanatics terrorized the Middle East for over 200 years.

The killed mercilessly under the influence of hallucination caused by some drugs.

The drug was called Hashish. The the users of Hashish were named as Hashshashin.

This race was completely wiped out by Moguls in the 13 Th century,

but the Anglicized version of that word ‘Assassin’ lives on!