PERSIA (Los Asesinos de Hassan) - Documental
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00:00They were the most lethal special forces in the medieval world.
00:14Their symbol was the dagger.
00:18Masters in stealth.
00:21Camouflage experts.
00:24They attacked appearing out of nowhere.
00:27They appeared as if they were ghosts.
00:29They came, stabbed and disappeared.
00:31Terror was their best weapon.
00:34It was a psychological war.
00:36It was about the impact they had.
00:39This is the story of how a small community
00:42faced the most feared leaders of their time.
00:46It was a small sect, marginalized and persecuted.
00:51They became a legend.
00:54The first real murderers.
01:01About 150 km north of Jerusalem
01:04is the port of Tiro.
01:09In the 12th century,
01:11Tiro was home to the fortress of the Crusader army.
01:18Its leader, Conrado de Monferrato,
01:21was about to become the most powerful man in the Holy Land.
01:25The King of the Crusaders.
01:43That night, Conrado returned home after dinner.
01:49He was walking down a very narrow street.
01:53There were two men, each sitting on one side of the street.
01:57He thought they were monks,
01:59members of his circle of trust.
02:03But Conrado was about to become the victim
02:06of the most feared secret operations of the time,
02:09the legendary murderers.
02:19The origin of the murderers
02:21is located hundreds of kilometers away from the Holy Land,
02:25in the Persia of the 11th century,
02:28a country that we now know as Iran.
02:38The Islamic world is devastated
02:40by the old struggle between the Sunni Muslims and the Shiites.
02:46A conflict over who follows the true Islamic tradition.
02:51The Sunnis believed that they were the legitimate defenders
02:54of the Islamic tradition,
02:56and they were the majority group in the community.
03:00Their rivals, the Shiites, support a different tradition.
03:05Their spiritual leader must be a direct descendant of the prophet Muhammad.
03:10The followers of Ali, the son-in-law and cousin of the prophet,
03:14said that the Shiites,
03:16the political and religious leaders of their faith,
03:19should be descendants of him.
03:23Even today, this rivalry within Islam
03:26continues to feed a bitter religious conflict.
03:32In a remote place north of Persia,
03:35is the fortress of Alamut.
03:44In this place, a Shiite community is sheltered in particular,
03:48the Ismailis.
03:53It was a small sect of Islam, marginalized and persecuted,
03:57at a time when it was extremely dangerous
04:00to be any of those things.
04:04Its base is known as the Eagle's Nest.
04:09Alamut itself is a natural fortress.
04:12Unlike the rest of the world,
04:14Alamut is not a natural fortress.
04:18Alamut itself is a natural fortress.
04:21Unlike the castles of the Crusades,
04:23built with a great science,
04:25Alamut is located on a natural slope of 90 meters,
04:28as if it were a cliff.
04:30At its feet there were very deep ravines
04:32that made it very difficult to access.
04:41The leader of this small and remote community is Hassan Isabah,
04:46a charismatic man who demands absolute devotion
04:49from his followers.
04:53One wonders if he had a magnetic or hypnotic personality
04:58to attract these people,
05:00despite the fact that he was asking them
05:02to submit to a very, very severe regime.
05:09The Ismailis of Hassan have to face numerous obstacles.
05:15Their enemies have a large army of 300,000 men.
05:20Hassan will have to wage what we now call an asymmetric war.
05:26He was not able to counterattack,
05:28he did not have a large army.
05:35To survive, Hassan must find something he can do,
05:39even with his limited number of men.
05:45Finally, he comes up with a radical solution.
05:50He will decapitate his enemies, Unies,
05:53by murdering his leader.
05:57They would not be able to defeat them in a battle,
05:59so they opted for a much more specific objective,
06:02eliminate the leader himself.
06:07At the top of the Persian hierarchy is Nizam al-Muluk,
06:13leader of the Orthodox Unies.
06:20Basically, he was an autocratic ruler.
06:23His goal was to eliminate the heirs
06:26of the Persian state's heart.
06:31Hassan's Ismailis are one of his main objectives.
06:37He described them as the scourge of subjugation.
06:40He firmly believed that they should be expelled.
06:43If Hassan went after him and eliminated him,
06:46he would be attempting against the person
06:48who led the opposition to his group.
06:53Hassan begins to train an elite troop
06:56to carry out the mission.
06:59He chooses these men among his most devout followers,
07:02the Fedayeen.
07:06The early Fedayeen probably came from that particular area of Iran,
07:12so they were tough mountain men.
07:19Hassan begins by teaching them how to fight at short distances.
07:25Their personal skills were superior to those of modern armies.
07:29Today's commandos are not so well trained
07:32for individual body-to-body combat,
07:34because they have technology.
07:36Today they depend on a technology that did not exist before.
07:39They only had themselves.
07:41They were the weapon.
07:45The key is how to attack in order to eliminate their target.
07:51They could have killed using poison.
07:54But the victim could take an antidote and survive.
07:59They could have used arrows or projectiles.
08:05But they run the risk of not hitting the vital organs.
08:12Finally, the weapon chosen is the dagger.
08:20Attacking with a bow and arrow, death is guaranteed.
08:25The dagger gave them a better chance of achieving their goal.
08:31But you need a great skill to use daggers in combat.
08:36Throughout history,
08:38we found three different types of weapons in a dagger.
08:41A stabbing weapon,
08:43a cutting weapon,
08:45and a stabbing and cutting weapon.
08:49The first is like a dagger.
08:52The key of the dagger is that it has a very narrow and strong blade,
08:56which allows a great power of penetration.
08:59The stabbing of a dagger pierces you immediately.
09:02It is nailed and pierces.
09:05With the hidden weapon, they could take it out, stab and leave.
09:12The next type is the cutting weapon.
09:15They took it out and cut it.
09:17In a quick motion, it would be very difficult to even see what is happening.
09:27And the third design is the cutting and stabbing weapon.
09:31This is a modern version.
09:33It has a sharp blade that bends,
09:35and it also has a double edge that allows you to cut in case of failure.
09:39It has a very resistant guard that allows you to stab with force.
09:43So there are different options depending on how you move and how you combine it.
09:54The next step of the Ismailis is known by the special forces of today.
09:59Collect information about your target.
10:04It was an important operation that required internal knowledge.
10:11An Ismaili spy infiltrates the headquarters of the Sunni leader,
10:15observing every movement of Nizam al-Mulk.
10:20How was his daily life?
10:23What was the best opportunity to attack?
10:27Was there a slit in his armor?
10:38This information is sent to the base.
10:48Having a detailed profile of his target,
10:51Hassan identifies what he believes is a weakness in the security of al-Mulk.
10:56That weakness is his religion.
11:03This is the only way I could get close to him.
11:06And he designates a man to represent a mystical Sufi,
11:09a holy man, an ascetic,
11:11someone who would never suspect that he could commit a crime.
11:17The Sufis are seen as men of peace.
11:22Any of these men, with their air of holiness,
11:26was warmly received by the powerful leaders of the secular state,
11:30such as Nizam al-Mulk.
11:32They did not miss the opportunity to be blessed by these individuals.
11:43Once the way to approach him is found,
11:46Hassan must decide how to kill him.
11:51The trick is to use distraction.
11:55They had to distract the person with something,
11:57tripping or throwing something to the ground,
11:59to attack at that moment.
12:12The chosen killer rehearses the technique.
12:22After months of practice, he is ready.
12:26The next day.
12:46Hassan's chosen killer infiltrates the Sunni base.
12:51No one would suspect a holy man.
12:56In the barracks of Nizam al-Mulk,
12:58there is no suspicion of threat.
13:01Everything is in order.
13:08At that time of the evening,
13:10Nizam al-Mulk was probably in a good mood.
13:14His day's work is done.
13:18This is the perfect time for the Ismailis.
13:21He is much more difficult to approach.
13:25It is difficult to approach him during the day,
13:27while he was working.
13:30Without a doubt, he was already thinking
13:32about the pleasures of the night with his women.
13:40In the shade, the Ismaili killer
13:42waits for the moment to attack.
13:50Al-Mulk is about to be transferred
13:52next to Suaren, in his tent.
14:04But then, he saw the holy man Sufi approaching.
14:10He was willing to let that man pass
14:12and give him his blessing.
14:23He stabs him.
14:25He stabs Nizam al-Mulk and kills him.
14:31The distraction has worked.
14:43The assassination of the leader of the Sunnis
14:45is a great triumph for the Ismailis of Hassan.
14:49He was a great man,
14:50there was no doubt about that.
14:52Therefore, to finish with him,
14:54he sent a clear message.
14:57If we can with him, we can with anyone.
15:00So take on the danger that the Ismailis of Al-Mulk have.
15:10During the following years,
15:11Hassan takes advantage of that advantage.
15:15He launches a series of terrorist attacks
15:17that today would not be familiar.
15:21There were about 25 assassinations
15:23during this first period.
15:25They entered a glorious or extraordinary streak
15:28in which they achieved numerous successes.
15:33They were willing to do anything to win.
15:38The way they had the assassins to kill
15:40was absolutely incredible.
15:44They appeared as if they were ghosts.
15:46They arrived, stabbed and disappeared.
15:49And each time they changed their modus operandi.
15:52Only one thing remained the same.
15:55They always used daggers.
16:00The assassination of Al-Mulk
16:02causes the collapse of his Sunni empire.
16:05They have shown that their small army
16:07can face a superior enemy and win.
16:14It was one of the first groups
16:15that deliberately used
16:18small troops of highly trained men
16:20for asymmetric combat.
16:29The success of the elite assassins of Hassan
16:31becomes a topic of conversation in the streets.
16:35In the Middle East,
16:36even a popular poem is dedicated to them.
16:42He said that only one of these warriors
16:44could terrify any king,
16:46even if he had an army of 100,000 soldiers.
16:53The Ismailis will soon discover
16:55that like today's suicidal terrorists,
16:58their strategy had a secondary effect.
17:01The atmosphere of terror that was created.
17:05In terrorism, the fundamental objective
17:07is the psychological war.
17:09It is not about how many people are killed,
17:11but the impact they cause.
17:14What made them more fearsome
17:16was that Hassan's men were not afraid to die.
17:22The Sunnis were facing a serious problem
17:24with the Ismailis.
17:26They were not afraid to die,
17:28but they were afraid of being killed.
17:31The Sunnis were facing a serious problem
17:33with the Ismailis,
17:35because the men who sent those missions
17:37surrendered to death without problem.
17:39And that obviously made them terrifying.
17:47What happens today is very similar.
17:52But there is a fundamental difference.
17:54The method of the Fedayeen was much more precise.
17:58There was no collateral damage,
18:00there were no innocent victims.
18:02The attacks were directed
18:04at the target in a specific,
18:06clean and discriminated way.
18:12The Ismaili attack force is so successful
18:15that their Sunni enemies
18:17try to discredit them.
18:20They spread stories about a secret group
18:22of murderers who live in the mountains,
18:24who have been brainwashed.
18:27They were painted as deviants,
18:29crazy fanatics,
18:31deviants, who consumed drugs,
18:33in the same way that some terrorist groups
18:35are being talked about today,
18:37saying that they are fanatical psychopaths.
18:43The myth becomes more and more exotic.
18:47Both Muslims and Western Christians
18:49tell the story of young murderers
18:51who have been brainwashed
18:54by a perverse leader.
19:05They talked about potions,
19:07promises of gardens of eternal pleasure.
19:10Some of the ideas began to spread.
19:12It was said that they had to be under the effects
19:14of some drug to reach such a level of devotion.
19:20In particular, the Sunnis,
19:22the Sunnis label them as Hashishin
19:24or Hashish consumers.
19:28The name has remained.
19:32It became the word we use today
19:34for someone who commits a murder.
19:36Murderer.
19:42And so a legend is born.
19:44Hassan's special forces
19:46become known as the murderers
19:48crazy about drugs.
19:52Personally, I don't think they were under
19:54the effects of any drug.
19:56They needed a lot of concentration.
19:58They had to locate the target.
20:00Drugs can cause several effects.
20:02They repress you, they depress you
20:04or they illuminate you,
20:06but they divert your concentration.
20:12The murder of Nizam al-Mulk
20:14is just the beginning.
20:16In the future, they will have to use
20:18all their combat qualities
20:20to protect their community.
20:22Not only from their Muslim enemies,
20:24but also from the new threat
20:26of the Christian crusaders.
20:32About 50 years later,
20:34in the mountains of northern Syria,
20:36the Ismaili murderers
20:38establish a new base in Masyaf.
20:42They take possession of several castles
20:44to protect their growing community
20:46that will soon be formed by 60,000 men.
20:50But in the Holy Land,
20:52they are in the middle of
20:54an even more dangerous power struggle.
21:00A religious war has broken out
21:02between the Sunni Muslims
21:04and the Western Crusaders.
21:08The control of the city of Jerusalem
21:10and its places of sacred worship
21:12is at stake.
21:20The great leader of the murderers
21:22in the Holy Land
21:24is Rashid al-Din Sinan.
21:28A charismatic leader.
21:32He had a personality similar
21:34to that of Hassan and Sabah,
21:36the first great leader.
21:38He was a hypnotic person,
21:40with power and attraction,
21:42erudite, highly intelligent
21:44and very intellectual.
21:46But he was also a very
21:48paranormal person.
21:50He was going beyond
21:52what was natural.
21:54He was a superior being.
21:58He provoked a great feeling
22:00of obedience and devotion.
22:02If he told any of his followers
22:04to kill someone,
22:06he would immediately obey his orders.
22:12In the midst of the fight
22:14between the Sunni Muslims
22:16and the Christians,
22:18Sinan decides that his target
22:20will be the man who sees
22:22as his greatest threat,
22:24the leader of the Sunnis.
22:34Saladin the Great
22:36is the best warrior of his time.
22:40He has achieved a series
22:42of victories against the Crusaders.
22:46In the Middle East, Egypt, Syria
22:48and the north of Iraq,
22:50under his command.
22:52He is also the fanatic leader
22:54of the Sunnis.
22:58He was incredibly orthodox
23:00and crucified those
23:02he considered heterodox or heretic.
23:08Saladin is a deadly threat
23:10to the Ismaili murderers.
23:12That is why he occupies
23:14the first place of his blacklist.
23:28In the classic style of the murderers,
23:30they begin to collect information
23:32for their mission.
23:36The bustling cities of Syria
23:38are an ideal source of information.
23:42The first thing they did
23:44was to send agents
23:46with the mission
23:48to recruit local agents
23:50and build a network.
23:52This network would send information
23:54about everything that was happening there.
23:58They recruit agents
24:00to provide them with local information.
24:04There was a constant flow
24:06of merchants
24:08and we know that the Ismaili penetration
24:10of the mercantile was very strong.
24:12Sinan had
24:14a popular intelligence service.
24:16His real ability
24:18was to take advantage of it very well.
24:20It is said that he used messenger pigeons
24:22as a means of communication.
24:24But I think the most important thing
24:26was that in his own mind
24:28he was creating a map
24:30of the various points of pressure
24:32and the power maneuvers
24:34that were happening in Syria.
24:40To choose a leader
24:42as a target,
24:44Sinan must find
24:46the way to deal
24:48with his escort team.
24:54These leaders
24:56in a very hostile and dangerous world
24:58had the best escorts
25:00that existed.
25:02They needed the best escorts
25:04because their lives depended
25:06on choosing the right men.
25:10Sinan's network
25:12must provide detailed information
25:14about Saladin's security.
25:18It was essential to know
25:20the movements of his escorts.
25:22What were they doing?
25:24Why were they trained?
25:26What was their ability to react?
25:28But it was also important to know
25:30when to take advantage of the escorts
25:32because the same thing happens today.
25:34No one can be 100% alert all the time.
25:36That's where the intelligence network
25:38comes in.
25:42With this information
25:44the assassins can begin
25:46their training.
25:48They must learn
25:50how to attack the escorts.
25:54They had to know
25:56how to use this sword.
25:58Why? For a simple reason.
26:00If you want to defeat your opponent
26:02it's not just about what you do.
26:04You have to understand your rival.
26:06They could use the knife
26:08to kill an armed sentry.
26:10When he was about to fall,
26:12they dodged it and then attacked him.
26:18First they practiced
26:20how to kill a single sentry.
26:24The first thing was to grab his head,
26:26bring it closer to them
26:28and finish with a stab.
26:30Then,
26:32how to attack two escorts.
26:36The weapon was hidden
26:38and they walked quietly.
26:40They took out the weapon,
26:42stabbed both of them
26:44and gave one last stab
26:46to finish them off.
26:52After weeks of training,
26:54the assassins have one last problem
26:56to solve.
26:58How to infiltrate
27:00Saladino's camp?
27:02They probably
27:04camouflaged as soldiers.
27:06They were very good
27:08at doing that.
27:10They were able to put people
27:12in positions of greater confidence
27:14because they integrated easily.
27:16They didn't look like a threat,
27:18they didn't look like outsiders.
27:22About 300 km north
27:24of the murderers' territory,
27:26Saladino is in the middle
27:28of a military campaign.
27:30He has no reason to fear
27:32any personal attack.
27:34He is relaxed in his tent
27:36on the day chosen for his attack.
27:42The assassins
27:44start their strategy.
27:46But the escorts
27:48turn out to be too strong.
28:00For Sinan,
28:02it's a setback,
28:04but not an absolute disaster.
28:06At least they have shown
28:08their enemy
28:10that they are going to win.
28:12This gives him an advantage
28:14in the psychological war
28:16against Saladino.
28:20The first sign of this
28:22is that the great leader Sunni
28:24begins to take armor
28:2624 hours a day.
28:28Saladino knows
28:30that the assassins
28:32never give up.
28:42In the mountains,
28:44Sinan is waiting
28:46for his chance.
28:50His next move
28:52will be to infiltrate
28:54a sleeping cell.
28:56The Ismailis
28:58were prepared for the wait.
29:00They were prepared
29:02to introduce sleeping agents,
29:04as they could be called.
29:06They were prepared
29:08to wait all the time
29:10for their chance.
29:16Two years later,
29:18Saladino is again
29:20in a military campaign
29:22north of Syria.
29:24He is not aware
29:26that the assassins
29:28have infiltrated
29:30one of his agents
29:32in his own escort.
29:40Saladino only
29:42has his armor
29:44to save himself.
29:50The great leader
29:52cannot continue
29:54to tolerate this threat.
29:56He decides to attack
29:58the assassins.
30:04Saladino reaches
30:06Sinan's castle in Masyaf.
30:08He has decided
30:10to kill the assassins
30:12once and for all.
30:20Uninformed
30:22and surrounded,
30:24Sinan is in grave danger.
30:26Even by killing Saladino,
30:28the Ismailis will not be safe.
30:30It is necessary
30:32to get the Sunni leader
30:34to withdraw his army.
30:36He has to come up
30:38with a totally different plan.
30:40Sinan has realized something.
30:42At this stage,
30:44it would be more effective
30:46to establish a small communication
30:48with the Sultan.
30:54Sinan decides
30:56to exert psychological pressure.
31:00Legend has it
31:02that Sinan himself
31:04left Saladino
31:06a note with the visit card
31:08of the assassins.
31:10A dagger.
31:16What he wanted to do
31:18was intimidate him.
31:20The message was very clear.
31:22We can catch you,
31:24we can catch you whenever we want.
31:26The note says
31:28the Fedayins
31:30do not fear death.
31:32I will defeat you
31:34from your own ranks.
31:38The note was truly terrifying
31:40because it was saying
31:42to Saladino
31:44you can threaten us with death,
31:46you can threaten us with extermination,
31:48you are threatening us
31:50with something that we surrender,
31:52you are threatening us
31:54with something that does not
31:56cause us any fear at all.
32:02Sinan's intimidation tactic
32:04works
32:06and Saladino agrees
32:08to initiate negotiations.
32:10Sinan
32:12had caused psychological
32:14turmoil in Saladino.
32:22And now,
32:24he prepares his final trick.
32:26He sends an emissary
32:28with a firm message to Saladino.
32:33We are not going to leave,
32:35we are indestructible
32:37and you will have to deal with us.
32:39Sinan makes it clear
32:41that the message is directed
32:43only to Saladino.
32:45The emissary goes to
32:47Saladino's camp
32:49and insists on speaking
32:51to the Sultan in private.
32:54The emissary says
32:56only you should hear this,
32:58no one else.
33:00The emissary insists again.
33:02He says, no,
33:04the message is for you.
33:06Why do you allow
33:08these two men to stay?
33:10Saladino replies,
33:12I trust these men
33:14as if they were my children.
33:16Whatever you have to tell me,
33:18you can tell them too,
33:20they are not going to leave.
33:24Then the emissary
33:26plays the great trick of Sinan.
33:30He goes to the escorts
33:32and asks them
33:34if now I order you
33:36to kill this man,
33:38would you do it?
33:40For Saladino,
33:42it is an overwhelming moment.
33:44His most trusted escorts
33:46turn out to be murderers.
33:50They were sleeping agents
33:52who had been infiltrated
33:54in their organization for years
33:56and at that moment
33:58the negotiator
34:00was only giving them a message
34:02that we can kill you.
34:04Those two men
34:06were the most trusted
34:08and turned out to be murderers.
34:10If they were,
34:12how many more could it be?
34:14The psychological war works.
34:18Saladino raises the siege
34:20and the murderers of Sinan
34:22are safe again.
34:24But their triumph
34:26will not last long.
34:28They still have to face
34:30another great army in the Middle East,
34:32the Christian Crusaders.
34:42During the next 15 years,
34:44the Holy Land
34:46becomes a bloody battlefield.
34:48The Muslim warriors
34:50and the Crusaders
34:52take control of Palestine
34:54and the Holy City of Jerusalem.
35:02Finally, Saladino
35:04and his Sunni army
35:06conquer Jerusalem.
35:08About 160 kilometers north,
35:10the Crusaders still occupy
35:12the port of Tiro.
35:16This is where a new threat
35:18arises for the murderers.
35:22Tiro's governor
35:24is an ambitious
35:26and ruthless man,
35:28Conrado de Monterrato.
35:30He was part of a dynasty
35:32of Crusaders.
35:34He was there for life
35:36and his intention
35:38was to expand his lands.
35:40It was a real problem.
35:42Conrado had all the potential
35:44to conquer the Holy City
35:46of Jerusalem
35:48and the Holy City of Jerusalem
35:50Conrado had all the potential
35:52to become for the Christians
35:54what Saladino had become
35:56for the Muslims.
35:58He was a powerful figure,
36:00a dynamic figure,
36:02someone to be aware of.
36:06And Conrado
36:08has already become an enemy
36:10to the murderers.
36:12There is a story that says
36:14that Conrado confiscated the goods
36:16that transported a ship of murderers
36:18to imprison his crew.
36:20Sinan said to him
36:22give me back the things
36:24and release the prisoners
36:26and Conrado said twice no.
36:28Saying no to Sinan
36:30was something quite dangerous
36:32it meant entering his blacklist.
36:42Sinan is so worried
36:44about Conrado's growing strength
36:46that he decides to infiltrate
36:48his shooting base.
36:50His plan is to send
36:52another sleeping cell.
36:54The intelligence agencies
36:56nowadays when they select
36:58their agents,
37:00they look for people
37:02they call gray men,
37:04people who go unnoticed
37:06among the crowd.
37:08If you infiltrate a strong man
37:10of two meters,
37:12you know he's going to stand out,
37:14Sinan transforms these men
37:16into people of confidence for Conrado.
37:18They adopt the identity of monks
37:20with recent verses
37:22to the Christian faith.
37:24After centuries of persecution,
37:26the murderers know
37:28how to live
37:30under the cover of darkness.
37:32Sinan is the only one
37:34who knows how to live
37:36under the cover of darkness.
37:38Sinan is the only one
37:40who knows how to live
37:42in enemy territory.
37:44If necessary,
37:46they even deny their faith
37:48according to the principle of taquia.
37:54Taquia allows his followers
37:56to deny their faith
37:58to guarantee their own survival
38:00or to gain an advantage
38:02over non-believers.
38:12The murderers must play their role very carefully so as not to raise suspicions.
38:24They would need to know the rituals of day-to-day life within that community.
38:32They would need to integrate perfectly to the routine of day-to-day.
38:43It is a high-risk operation.
38:47A mistake and Sinan's men can end up in the torture chamber.
38:54Finally, they earn the trust of Conrado.
39:03With the way of being pleasant, reliable and skilled of the murderers,
39:08they could infiltrate positions of confidence and security.
39:12And that was exactly what they got.
39:20During the next six months, they dedicated themselves to observing Conrado's movements.
39:27In this phase, they had the order to spy on him, not to kill him.
39:34But then, they changed their plans.
39:39At Tiro, the news arrives that Conrado has been chosen as the new king of the Crusaders.
39:46That will make him the most powerful Christian leader in the region.
39:53It is very bad news for the murderers.
39:58Sinan must act quickly.
40:02That same week, he sends a murderer to Tiro.
40:06It is time to activate his sleeping agents.
40:09Conrado must die.
40:22In secret, the two murderers begin to train for the mission.
40:26Their weapon is the famous dagger.
40:30But they know that they will only have one chance.
40:35If you are going to kill an opponent, you must make sure that he is dead.
40:39You need to confirm his death.
40:41Nowadays, if you shoot someone, then you shoot him in the head to make sure that he is totally dead.
40:46With the dagger, what they did to make sure was to attack in more than one area.
40:51Until they had perfectly perfected their movements, the murderers did not attack.
41:11Conrado, the future king of Jerusalem, waits to go out to dinner.
41:17It is common for medieval historians to hold women responsible for certain situations.
41:22In this case, it was insinuated that his wife was taking too long in the bathroom, and that is why she left alone.
41:29Conrado goes out to dinner with a friend.
41:34The situation was reaching a critical point.
41:37The murderers were going to kill him.
41:40Sinan had to achieve his goal.
41:43Conrado had to die because he was going to be crowned soon.
41:47So the sleeping cell, at this point, decides to take a risk.
42:01While Conrado is at his friend's house, the murderers occupy their positions,
42:07and prepare to catch him on his return.
42:14The last moments were key.
42:16They had to make sure that everything was ready and that everything was working properly.
42:20For example, the robes.
42:22They had to make sure that they could take out the dagger immediately.
42:25They knew what they were going to do.
42:27And that was what they had been preparing for all their lives.
42:37At the end of the dinner, Conrado walks back to his house.
42:45You have to keep in mind that this man was not worried about any immediate threat.
42:54He was walking down a particularly narrow street, and there were two men, each sitting on one side.
42:59When he saw these two figures on both sides of the street,
43:02figures with whom he was probably familiar, he probably lowered his guard.
43:11And then they attack.
43:26Conrado de Monferrato is dead.
43:33CONRADO DE MONFERRATO IS DEAD
43:38The death of Conrado de Monferrato represents the most famous murder
43:42carried out by this group during the Crusades.
43:45Therefore, it had a great impact.
43:48It was a story that reached Europe and also the Middle East.
43:57Rumors soon began to spread.
44:02It is said that one of the murderers was captured
44:05and that he declared that he worked for Conrado's rivals.
44:12Some point with their finger at the David of the Crusaders,
44:16Ricardo Corazón de León.
44:19Others say it was Saradino.
44:24His death was very timely.
44:27A lot of people benefited.
44:29But we do not know exactly who instigated his death, who gave the order.
44:33What we know is that the murderers would not have killed him
44:36if they had believed that he was against their interests.
44:43Sinan does not tell anyone the true story.
44:46That only raises the myth of the murderers.
44:52The murder of Conrado de Monferrato is his greatest triumph.
44:57A year later, Sinan will be murdered.
45:06The feats of the murderers in Persia and in the Holy Land
45:10guaranteed the survival of the Ismaili faith.
45:17It was a community and a belief that survived for almost two centuries
45:21against all odds.
45:26After several setbacks, the Ismailis continue to grow all over the world.
45:33This is the legacy of the murderers,
45:35who managed to resist their most powerful enemies for so long.
45:56To be continued...