fedai

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These, as they learned afterwards, were called the fedai, the sworn assassins, who lived but to do the command of their lord the great Assassin.

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  • These, as they learned afterwards, were called the fedai, the sworn assassins, who lived but to do the command of their lord the great Assassin. —  The Brethren
  • What have you to say Lord," answered the tall fedai, and his hand trembled as he spoke, "most mighty lord, I had no orders as to the killing of the crew from your lips, and the Frank Lozelle told me that he had agreed with you that they should be spared Then, slave, he lied. —  The Brethren
  • Some of the fedai were cut down upon them. —  The Brethren
  • "Come; let us see to our armour, for the knives of those fedai are sharp It was near midnight, and the brethren stood in the small, domed ante-chamber, from which a door opened into the sleeping rooms of Saladin. —  The Brethren
  • My own guard kill me They are not your guard; they are fedai, disguised as your guard, and sent by Al-je-bal, as he promised Now Salah-ed-din turned pale, for he who feared nothing else was all his life afraid of the Assassins and their lord, who thrice had striven to murder him Strip the armour from those men," went on Godwin, "and I think that you will find truth in my words, or, if not, question such of them as still live They obeyed, and there upon the breast of one of them, burnt into his skin, was the symbol of the blood-red dagger. —  The Brethren
 

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