According to one version, one night, Saladin's guards noticed a spark glowing down the hill of Masyaf and then vanishing among the Ayyubid tents. Saladin awoke from his sleep to find a figure leaving the tent. He saw that the lamps in his tent were displaced and beside his bed laid hot scones of the shape peculiar to the Assassins with a note at the top pinned by a poisoned dagger.
According to one account, on a single night, Saladin's guards observed a spark radiating down the slope of Masyaf and then disappearing among the Ayyubid tents. Saladin awakened from his slumber to discover a figure departing his tent. He noticed that the lamps in his tent were displaced and beside his bed lay hot scones with an unusual shape, characteristic of the Assassins, accompanied by a note at the top pinned by a poisoned dagger.