Show Rich Assassin Is Ruler of Nation I Subjects in Three Continents N Now ow Have Nothing to toDo toDo Do With Murder Washington One Washington One One of the richest inen of Europe Is ID ln assassin ot ot t only Is he lie nn an Assign Ac l but the lender of the Assassins Assassins-a A l n a mutton million or more of them But Iut the Assassins gIns with Ith a capital capitalA A have hale nothing to do with n sn tion at ot least not now sa sass sas s a bulle bulletin bulletin bulletin tin of the Geographic society from Its Washington ton D C head headquarters headquarters headquarters quarters tint that gathers up the thread threll of of one of the strangest est stories that has lias to tell The story of the A Assassins a em embraces braces three continents Asia Africa and Europe It spreads over o nearly ten centuries It Is punctuated with Ith such names as Marco Mirco Polo I I ot of England Genghis Khan Sultan of khorasan the Ling King of Jeru Jerusalem daughter of io Mohammed 10 hammed the Aga Khan Mademoiselle elle Andree Carron Edward Idward III II II of mg land and the 8 colt On To To unravel el this three ee hundred thousand and one Arabian I ht ro romance manse mance one can begin with ith witha i 1 bathtub Jn a French chateau near or travel back nearly 1000 1 years to the fortress of In the mountains os 0 overlooking er looking the Plain of Teheran Twenty three years sears ear after llIla William m the Conqueror won the battle bittle of Hast HastIngs Ings one Hasan IIa an b cle cleser cleer er deceit captured the fortress s of ot Ala rout mut If he lived lIed could t earn arn the name ma matter master ter mind or e esen een e en anarchist as a'S It way wa a he became fa famous famous famous as the founder of the A Assassins eels As grand master of a secret society he schemed to free Per Persia la from Arab Arah dominatIon by working through a Moslem sect called J who ho traced their line of filth faith to Fatima of or Mohammed Minority Rule Witha With a Dagger Lacking followers In large num numbe s tJ be e c Hasin turned for poser po to the dagger He lie dedicated his sect to murder From Impregnable the Vultures Vulture's est best e t he ordered the 1 II filling ling of ot sultans caliphs kings and crusaders It was always a ruler Into which the dagger er was plunged For two centuries the Old Man of the Mountains and his tors ors spread terror through the w world orld The grand master ga gave gate e orders to grand Erand priors son sen Ing In different dis- dis dis district Kerman In Persia Syria S and elsewhere Each Ench had a n staff of ot daisor dais or cr Initiates who won converts convert that entered the order as adherents A chosen te few became or devotees de a a desperate set of ot nd adventurers and racketeers The were ere a sort ot of foreign legion drawn n from many na nn bons and peoples selected for endur r 11 u rp ce for daring diring and fanatical e Marco Polo leal learned ned the astonish astonishIng astonishIng Ing ecret of the Old Man Ian of the Mountains pow power r 0 over otter er his Ills In this master criminal cau caused ell to he IH made a n beautiful secret ecret garden cro crowded with rotes roses ro e and other flowers er trees bell bearing peaches and anil plums plum and sines ines with lucious gripes Fountains ro fI their Into mirror pools poole bordered b gay gi This Tills es e he lie peopled with Ith 10 lo el women In Tn the arid mountains of Per Persia Persia sla sia he created a n e to terse cen e his e evil esil II designs ne Given Taste Tate of Paradise 11 lien hen trusted candidates reached they the were ere drugged and carried unconscious Into the gar garden garden garden den Awaking A they found ees surrounded fora for i 1 few hours by all the heau and joss jO 5 Imaginable a pare dice dlce Indeed Rut nut once again they were ere drugged by hy stealth an and cried out hen When a reco recovered ered his hies senses he found himself In the chamber of the grind grand roaster mister It Is true the master told the candidate you sou ou hl true e been heen In parl paradise l c Go clan this prince and when you ou return my mv angels ingels will III bear benr you vou again ng-aln into paradise e W Ith th the tho bright ht memory memon of p tra disc filling his mind e every een en fi ti latS wel corned danger and ind courted the death that would usher him Into paradise fore fores er The The drug that thit the grind grand muter used on his was wis 15 Indian n hemp cannabis Indica also known as ae hashIsh haSh isle Ish and from the latter term has come the name which fastened on the Assassins Conrad of If Montferrat crusader fell feU with an A Assassins m s dagger in hi his heart Immediately after he was rec recognized king of Jerusalem so co o did nn mond count of Tripoli fall Prince Fd arll liter I of ofIn In England land was stabbed but reco ered Caliphs and viziers were found mur murdered murdered dered Sultan organized an army to wipe out One morn mornIng mornIng Ing when hEn his hie arms uron was ae half fi halfway to the fortress he n awoke ohe to find a dagger er pInning a message to the sand gand beside his head Go no farther It w Sultan ultan turl td turn turned d around and went scent home boUlE nut But But not e even esen en the Assas Assassins could withstand Gen Khans Kinns westward e drive e Ills His Mongol legions captured In 1256 burned Hasan Sib h bahe s 8 library and destro destroyed d his gar garden garden garden den The ls Ismal dispersed to Africa cn Ca India Syria and Persia For sI 11 centurIes the remnant colonies trub without a central lender leader BefrIended BrItish Then about 1830 In Kerman Ferman pros pro provInce Ince Persia Hasan All Ali Shall Shale a de I of Imam Ismall Ismail rose to such I prominence that he lie liea a was exiled bile I fleeing to India through At All Shah or the Agn Aga Khan Mian dill did I some come ser service en Ice for the Inglish I among the wild mountaineers and anil upon reaching Hominy was wis rewarded re lIe was lS recognized recognised as leader of the In diem Ban given gisen gh en the title his Ills highness high highness ness nees ind anel gi anted fintell a pen pension lOn Gradually hits his III highness the tle Agi Ag Latin of Agi Aga li h hIli ill Bombay became the cd recognised ed spiritual leader of the Is mauls tribes scattered the lo lem world orld e ew stories stones from Paris bring the strange story stor tor of the A Assassins do down don doto downto downto n to date for Aga Ag-a Khan I who ho married Andree Carron the I reach rench and daughter of a n hotel I coper Is none other than tinn his hl high highness highness h ness the Agi Aga Khan han III HI knight gt grand and commander of the Indian empire knight grand commander of the Star of India doctor of or Taws lows Cambridge Stir of first class nominee for the Nobel peace prize stable owner e and leader lealler of the l The The Aga Agn Khan d descendant of the theAssa Assa Assassins numbers his Ills subjects at atmore atmore atmore more than i a million yet vet he Ins has no territory Ills His residence Is hut but Ills his home Is Puls Puis hen W hen he 85 for the lie racing colt Hurrie On Onto to add to his Ills stables some come ome of or that money mone came cime perhaps from the dusty little towns of and ind Misad Mis ad adIn adIn In the mountains near Horns S ria Of their own o free flee will the cur I of Syria S ria send annually one fifth of their revenue to the Agi Aga A l Khan one of the richest t men of VIsits Subjects Regularly the A Aga a Khan s visits sits his people and ind Ills his journe S tai tile e a him to Morocco 1 to S ria to and Fast Africa to Persia and the Punjab to and Bombay The l mallIs of India are known as aes a class of which bv b b their o de de o to trade ride hue hive been dl distributed far and ind wide Ide throughout the world pay tribute to 10 their spiritual and hendl tary leader It Is said by bv the lie pur purchase chase e of smell phials of water ater which are shipped from Pills Paris or now no per perhaps perhaps haps from rain the chateau rr r ir r Chambers In Sm Sa Savoy ov o tint that the Aga Agn Kinn I g a gave gale e to III his bride The water ater Is the Aga Khan s bath bith water considered sacred bs b his Ills people and capable of working cures |