Nizari Assassins strike the Seljuk vizier

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Nizari Ismaili fidai'in, trained in the mountain fortress of Alamut, struck down a Seljuk vizier in the open street in broad daylight, continuing their decades-long campaign of targeted political killing that terrified rulers from Isfahan to Cairo. Operating from impregnable castles scattered across Persia and Syria, the Nizaris wielded political influence wildly out of proportion to their tiny numbers and remote territory.