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Meanwhile, the Syrian Nizaris had somehow managed to receive tributes from some Christian rulers. In 1227, Frederick II (1211—50), Hohenstaufen emperor of Germany who led his own Crusade (1228-9) to the Holy Land, sent an embassy to the Syrian Nizari chief, Majd al- Din.

Done with Daftary's part on the Assassin Legend. Onto Silvestre De Sacy's 'Memoir on the Dynasty of Assasins' translated by Daftary himself from the original French, as part of the appendix.

Complements Orientalism by W. Said, in that this covers the period of crusaders and the fledgling Orientalism.