tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29676463.post8230591606837911711..comments2024-03-29T14:45:32.326+13:00Comments on The Imaginary Museum: The Academic as HeroDr Jack Rosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01805945600952222957noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29676463.post-26324027968543863722007-11-29T09:41:00.000+13:002007-11-29T09:41:00.000+13:00I have to say there's not much. Burton includes a ...I have to say there's not much. Burton includes a footnote on vol. 3, p. 91 of his complete 16-volume translation which mentions the Assassins, buit it's only in the context of Hashish and "bhang-eating."<BR/><BR/>There's quite a lot of stuff tangentially about the Crusades, though, which puts in the era you want -- and a number of stories about hashish-addicts.Dr Jack Rosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01805945600952222957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29676463.post-72067992249522006052007-11-26T15:58:00.000+13:002007-11-26T15:58:00.000+13:00hellothis is actually about the Scheherezade posti...hello<BR/><BR/>this is actually about the Scheherezade post<BR/><BR/>is there any mention of the hashhashin in 1000 nights? <BR/><BR/>and <BR/><BR/>are any tales set approximately in Persia in the 10th-12th centuries AD? <BR/><BR/>The reason I ask is because I'm obsessed with the Assassins at the moment and eager to find out more about the world in which they lived. So would the Arabian nights assist with this and if not do you know of any other sources that could?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com