Home›Militant Societies›All Militant SocietiesBrowse ByAll Militant SocietiesOrders organized first as an armed or paramilitary force. One is a medieval Christian military order founded to protect pilgrims in the Crusader states, the other a Nizari Ismaili order remembered in Western sources chiefly for political assassination carried out from a mountain fortress. Both operated centuries before the fraternal and esoteric orders elsewhere in this section, and neither survives today as a continuous institution.FactsAll Militant SocietiesSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsDirectoryCategoryWell-attestedSecret Societies 1All Militant SocietiesFilter Results3 entriesBelongs To TraditionAllChristianity (2)Attributed ToAllHasan-i Sabbah (1)Branch OfAllIsmailism (1)Status TodayAllHistorical; not practised continuously (2)Living tradition, practised today (1)Separation Period Start YearAll1307 (1)Region PresentAllPersia (1)Origin Period Start YearAll1090 (1)1099 (1)1119 (1)MembershipAllMen only (2)PolityAllA living imam whose office passes by descent (1)A single central governing body over the whole movement (1)Founded ByAllHasan-i Sabbah (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 3HashshashinMilitant SocietiesKnights HospitallerMilitant SocietiesKnights TemplarMilitant SocietiesSources1. Divinity Atlas Directory Taxonomy, First Edition Category Treetier 1Divinity Atlas Directory Prose, First Edition Category Descriptionstier 1Comments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.