Benjamin of Tudela
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Benjamin of Tudela, also known as Benjamin ben Jonah, was a medieval Tudelano Jewish traveler who visited Europe, Asia, and Africa in the twelfth century. His vivid descriptions of western Asia preced
Bronze bust of Benjamin by Ricardo Varela Andrés in Tudela, Navarre, 1994
Benjamin of Tudela in the Sahara (Author : Dumouza, 19th-century engraving)
Binyamin Mitudela street, Tel Aviv
Order of Assassins
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The Order of Assassins was a Nizari Isma'ili Shia Islamic military order founded by Hasan-i Sabbah in 1090. Based in the Nizari Isma'ili state, which comprised a network of mountain castles in Persia
Benjamin of Tudela
…gathered information on many more areas that he heard about in his travels, including China and Tibet. He recorded details on cultures such as that of Al-Hashishin, the hemp smokers, introducing Western Europeans to people and places far beyond their experience. He described his years abroad in a book, The Travels…
14th-century depiction of the assassination of Nizam al-Mulk, a Seljuk vizier, by a fida’i in 1092.
Remains of the Alamut Castle in Qazvin, Iran
Masyaf Castle in Hama. It was the headquarters of the Assassins in the Levant. Picture taken in 2017
Hassan al-Sabbah (right) depicted with his followers, in the first edition of The Travels of Marco Polo, c. 1310