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TIL the first use of the word "hashish" is in a pamphlet published in Cairo in 1123 CE, calling Nizari Muslims "hashish-eaters". The cult of Nizari militants which arose after the fall of the Fatimid Caliphate is known as the Order of Assassins—a corruption of hashishin, Arabic for "hashish-smoker."

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