Because their number was small, the group used guerilla tactics in their battle against their enemies, including espionage, sabotage, and, most famously, political assassination.
The Hashshashin would plant highly trained moles inside enemy strongholds, with instructions to only attack when the time was right.
They were known for their extreme discretion in minimizing civilian casualties, as well as their penchant for using stealth to intimidate their targets.
Nobody knows with certainty where the name "Assassins" came from.
The most commonly-repeated theory holds that the word comes from the Arabic hashishi, meaning "hashish users."
