Some Levantine Assassin uniforms
Malik and Altaïr are some of the few Assassins we see with this particular outfit, with the long white robes and white sleeves and mantle, a large belt covering the area between the midpoint of the ribcage to the stomach and covering a red sash, and no dark outerwear.
Kadar, on the other hand, wears the most commonly seen Assassin outfit: short white robes, a much narrower belt and red sash, with a dark grey mantle and sleeves. there's also another short robe variant, with white sleeves and a white mantle.
there's another type of uniform, usually worn by informants (and presumably other, non-combat Assassins?), that just consists of long robes, small belts and horizontal red sashes, and thin leather straps around the shoulder that the other Assassins wear. these robes come in a wide variety of shades between white, gray, and black.
then there's the outfits we see the rafiks (along with a BUNCH of guys in Masyaf town) wear, which is also somewhat similar to Al Mualim's outfit: the long white robes with white sleeves and a white mantle, wide belt, horizontal and vertical red sash, with a dark black/dark navy blue long coat on top.
and then. there's these guys, who wear an inverse of the 'rafik' outfit, with dark black plain robes, a narrow red sash, and a bright white outer robe with hood on top. they're annoying difficult to get a picture of ftr.
and finally, there's Al Mualim, who gets a fancier version of the rafik robes.
I assume these uniforms depend on an Assassin's rank, and likely socioeconomic status as well.
Wikipedia does have lists of Ismaili titles, including some Alamut period ones, but doesn't really explain in-depth what these titles would mean in-practice. like okay, assuming outfits correspond perfectly to those titles, let's assume the rafik (رفیق) outfit is the white robes under the dark outer coat, and the fidai (فدائی) uniform is the short white robes, including both the white and dark sleeve and mantle variants. Al Mualim is the only dai (داعی) around, so that's easy. but what about Altaïr's long white robes, and the scholars' dark robes and white overcoat? are the scholars the ones that lasiq (لاصق) might refer to? what does lasiq mean anyway? I can't find anything tangible other than Wikipedia's saying that they had to swear an oath to the imam. is Altaïr a lasiq or a fidai? was Malik the same rank as Altaïr before losing his arm, assuming rafik is either a promotion or peer rank?
questions, questions. if anyone knows Arabic, is Ismaili, or really has any knowledge in general here, I'd love your input!
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