Changes: Hashashin

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An Hashashin was a member of a group of what Marco Polo called "evil men" who were put to death some twenty years prior to Polo's meeting with the First Doctor in 1289. They were so named because they used hashish. They had an armed conflict with the Mongol leader Hulagu, and lost, their defeat the subject of an elaborate story performed by Ping-Cho, which connected the Hashashin to Ala-eddin of Persia. Her description of them began:

Pray attend me while I tell my tale

Of Ala-eddin, the Old Man of the Mountain

Who by devious schemes, evil designs

And foul murders ruled the land.

No host of arms, no vast array

Of banners served this wicked lord.

They were but few - ruthless, reckless men

Who obeyed his cruel commands.

It went on to explain that they were defeated by the Mongol only after a three-year siege. Their 250 faces were painted in the walls of the essentially eponymous Cave of Five Hundred Eyes, where they lived during that siege.

Ian told Susan that the English word assassin was derived from this group. (TV: "Five Hundred Eyes")

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-'''Hashashins''' were a group of what [[Marco Polo]] called "evil men" who were put to death some twenty years prior to Polo's meeting with the [[First Doctor]].  They were so named because they used [[hashish]]. They had an armed conflict with the [[Mongol]] leader [[Hulagu]], and lost, their defeat the subject of an elaborate story performed by [[Ping-Cho]], which connected the Hashashin to [[Aladdin|Ala-eddin]] of [[Persia]].  Their 250 faces were painted in the walls of the essentially eponymous [[Cave of Five Hundred Eyes]], where they once lived.
-[[Ian Chesterton|Ian]] told [[Susan Foreman|Susan]] that the [[English language|English]] word ''assassin'' was derived from this group. ([[TV]]: "[[Five Hundred Eyes]]")
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+An '''Hashashin''' was a member of a group of what [[Marco Polo]] called "evil men" who were put to death some twenty years prior to Polo's meeting with the [[First Doctor]] in [[1289]]. They were so named because they used [[hashish]]. They had an armed conflict with the [[Mongol]] leader [[Hulagu]], and lost, their defeat the subject of an elaborate story performed by [[Ping-Cho]], which connected the Hashashin to [[Ala-eddin]] of [[Persia]]. Her description of them began:
-[[Category:Human ethnic groups]]
+:Pray attend me while I tell my tale
+:Of Ala-eddin, the Old Man of the Mountain
+:Who by devious schemes, evil designs
+:And foul murders ruled the land.
+:No host of arms, no vast array
+:Of banners served this wicked lord.
+:They were but few - ruthless, reckless men
+:Who obeyed his cruel commands.
+It went on to explain that they were defeated by the Mongol only after a three-year siege. Their 250 faces were painted in the walls of the essentially eponymous [[Cave of Five Hundred Eyes]], where they lived during that siege.
+[[Ian Chesterton|Ian]] told [[Susan Foreman|Susan]] that the [[English language|English]] word ''[[assassin]]'' was derived from this group. ([[TV]]: "[[Five Hundred Eyes]]")
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+[[Category:Human assassins]]
 [[Category:Human mercenaries]]