Persian Brotherhood of Assassins

The Persian Brotherhood of AssassinsAssassin's Creed: The Essential Guide was the branch of Assassins that operated in Iran. It was originally a branch of the Hidden Ones, who followed in the footsteps of a similar group of assassins led by Darius, the killer of King Xerxes I. In 1090 CE, the Hidden Ones' Persian branch reorganized itself as the Assassin Brotherhood.
==History==
===Achaemenid Empire===
In the 5th century BCE, a Persian elite by the name of Artabanus formed a group of freedom fighters to oppose the Achaemenid King of Kings Xerxes I, whose reign was secretly supported and influenced by the Order of the Ancients.Assassin's Creed Encyclopedia
With the help of his allies, including Amorges and Pactyas, Artabanus assassinated Xerxes in August 465 BCE.Assassin's Creed: Odyssey – Legacy of the First Blade: Hunted – Shadow of a Legend This deed went down in the Assassins' history as the first recorded usage of their iconic weapon, the Hidden Blade, and caused Artabanus to be posthumously honored as one of their predecessors.Assassin's Creed II
However, Artabanus' group disbanded not long after Xerxes' assassination due to an ideological split between its members. This conflict was caused by Artabanus' insistence on preemptively killing Xerxes' successor Artaxerxes I, a decision opposed by Amorges and other members of the group. These members ultimately defected to the Order and protected Artaxerxes from Artabanus, who was subsequently forced to change his name to "Darius" and flee Persia with his family.Assassin's Creed: Odyssey – Legacy of the First Blade: Hunted – Protector of Persia
===Abbasid Caliphate ===
By the time of the Abbasid Caliphate, the Hidden Ones had established the Alamut Brotherhood, an early incarnation of the Persian Brotherhood. Operating out of the fortress of Alamut, which was built atop an ancient Isu temple, the Hidden Ones battled the influence of the Order of the Ancients in the Caliphate while seeking to prevent their adversaries from acquiring Isu artifacts.Assassin's Creed: Mirage
In 824, the Hidden One Fuladh Al Haami hired a group of mercenaries to steal a case containing one such artifact from the Martyrs of Agaunum, a cult allied with the Order. However, one of the mercenaries, Francis, secretly served the Martyrs and sabotaged the group's mission, resulting in most members' deaths. Eventually, the last surviving mercenaries – Azadeh, Dias and Roshan – ambushed the Martyrs while they were meeting with an Order member in Baghdad and killed them with Fuladh's help, securing the case. Fuladh then brought the case to Alamut and recruited Roshan into the Hidden Ones.Assassin's Creed: Mirage – Daughter of No One
By the 860s, the Alamut Hidden Ones supported the Zanj rebellion led by Ali ibn Muhammad and attempted to expand their influence in the Caliphate, establishing a number of bureaus in Baghdad. They also secured an uneasy alliance with the Tahirids, who governed the grounds Alamut Castle was situated on.Assassin's Creed: Mirage – A New Beginning
In 861, Roshan recruited a new initiate to the Brotherhood, the young street thief Basim Ibn Ishaq, who was secretly the reincarnation of the Isu Loki.Assassin's Creed: Mirage – The Master Thief of Anbar Aware of this fact, Roshan tried to suppress Basim's true nature while keeping this information hidden from the rest of the Brotherhood, fearing the consequences of such a discovery.Assassin's Creed: Mirage – In Pursuit of Truth After accompanying Roshan and other Hidden Ones to Baghdad,Assassin's Creed: Mirage – Baghdad Bound Basim helped them to dismantle the Order's presence in the city, assassinating many of their high-ranking members and putting an end to their search for Isu artifacts.
However, during a confrontation with the Order's leader Qabiha, Basim was informed of his true nature and the existence of the Alamut Temple. Although Roshan assassinated Qabiha and tried to dissuade her apprentice from seeking out the temple,Assassin's Creed: Mirage – The Serpent's Nest Basim, having grown distrustful of the Hidden Ones, disobeyed her and returned to Alamut. He arrived in the midst of an attack by Tahirid forces, who had betrayed the Hidden Ones due to a deal made by Governor Muhammad ibn Tahir with the Order.Assassin's Creed: Mirage – Judge and Executioner
After helping the surviving Hidden Ones to repel the attack, Basim entered the Alamut Temple and regained the memories of his past life as Loki, while Roshan elected to leave the Brotherhood. For his actions, Basim was elevated to the rank of Master Assassin and was later assigned to lead a guild of Hidden Ones in the Byzantine capital of Constantinople.Assassin's Creed: The Silk Road
In 872, Basim and his apprentice Hytham left Constantinople and journeyed to Northern Europe to eliminate the last remnants of the Order, after befriending the Viking Sigurd Styrbjornsson.Assassin's Creed: Valhalla - The Prodigal Prince In 879, Fuladh Al Haami, the Mentor of the Hidden Ones in the of Persia, was set to host a council within the fortress of Alamut. Mentor Rayhan invited Hytham to attend the council in order to be elevated to a new rank and to give a full account of Basim's betrayal during their time together in England.Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Breaking the Order
===Assassin state===
In 1090, Hassan-i Sabbāh reorganized the Brotherhood into a public state, with Alamut as its capital. In 1162, during the reign of Hassan the Younger, an Assassin later known as Al Mualim was sent to the Levant to expand Assassin influence, establishing another branch autonomous from Alamut. This led to the construction of the fortress of Masyaf.Assassin's Creed: Official Game Guide
After Al Mualim's successor, Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad, was led to exile from Masyaf by Abbas Sofian in a coup d'état in 1228, he sought refuge in Alamut fortress alongside his family. The former Mentor remained in Alamut for almost 20 years, eventually deciding to return and reclaim Masyaf in 1247.Assassin's Creed: The Secret Crusade
In 1256, the Persian Assassins in Alamut were besieged by the forces of the Mongol Empire led by Hülegü Khan. The Mongols had come seeking revenge for the assassination of their leader Genghis Khan in 1227,Assassin's Creed: Memories and were then under the leadership of Möngke Khan, the founder of the Mongolian Rite of the Templar Order.Assassin's Creed: Last Descendants – Tomb of the Khan Hülegü Khan later claimed the Assassins in Alamut put up no resistance against the Mongols, and the fortress was ultimately destroyed.
===Timurid dynasty===
By the time of the , the Persian Brotherhood operated in secrecy once more. During the 15th century, the Persian Mentor sent one of their Assassin recruits, Dariâ, to Venice, Italy to aid in the rebuilding of the Venetian Brotherhood.
===Afsharid dynasty===
In 1747, the Persian Assassin Salah Bey, who served as captain of the guards for Nāder Shāh, killed the Iranian ruler in the hopes of retrieving the Koh-i-Noor diamond, a powerful Piece of Eden in his possession. However, the Koh-i-Noor had already been passed off to Ahmad Shāh Durrānī, an Afghan chief, who therefore became the next target of Salah Bey.Assassin's Creed: Rogue – War Letters
==Members==
;Achaemenid Empire
*Amorges 
*Darius 
*Pactyas 
;Abbasid Caliphate
*Tabid Al-Nubi
*Fuladh Al Haami 
*Hytham 
*Basim Ibn Ishaq 
*Abu Jafar Muhammad ibn Musa
*Ahmad ibn Musa
*Al-Hasan ibn Musa
*Naaji
*Nur
*Rayhan 
*Rebekah
*Roshan 
*Tabban
;Seljuk Empire
*Hassan-i Sabbāh 
;Timurid Empire
*Dariâ
;Afsharid Empire
*Salah Bey
===Allies and puppets===
;Achaemenid Empire
*Kassandra
*Natakas
;Abbasid Caliphate
*Fuladh's mercenaries
**Azadeh
**Dias
**Geir
**Gud
**Francis 
**Mared
**Nafanua
**Wei
*Dervis
*The Gray One
*Itamos 
*Kong
*Murjana
*Tahirids 
**Aban
*Zanj rebels
**Ali ibn Muhammad
**Beshi
;Afsharid dynasty 
*Achilles Davenport 
==Appearances==
*Assassin's Creed II 
*Assassin's Creed: The Secret Crusade 
*Assassin's Creed: Memories 
*Assassin's Creed: Rogue 
*Assassin's Creed: Valhalla 
*Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood of Venice 
*Assassin's Creed: The Golden City 
*Assassin's Creed: Mirage 
**The Forty Thieves
*Assassin's Creed: Mirage – Daughter of No One 
*Assassin's Creed: Mirage – A Soar of Eagles 
==References==
zh:波斯刺客兄弟会
Category:Assassin branches
Category:Assassin guilds