Kankakee Valley Post, Volume 8, Number 18, DeMotte, Jasper County, 31 March 1938 — Origin of Word Assassin [ARTICLE]

Origin of Word Assassin

The, word assassin originated in Persia in the Eleventh century. It derives from hashish, the intoxicating Indian drug which at that time was used by notorious murderers under one Hasan-i-Sabbah to work themselves into the high state of ruthlessness required for their crimes. As a tactic in attacking vested authority assassination is as old as man. It is notably the most übiquitous and immediate of dangers to autocratic government, as has been proved by the violent deaths of a nigh percentage of dictators from Julius Caesar to those of modem times.