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Hasan-i Sabbah. Hasan-i Sabbah [a] ( Persian: حسن صباح, romanized : Ḥāsān-e Śaḇaḥ; c. 1050 – 12 June 1124), also known as Hasan I of Alamut, was a religious and military leader, founder of the Nizari Ismai'li sect widely known as the Hashshashin or the Order of Assassins, as well as the Nizari Ismaili state, ruling from 1090 ...
- Mawla, Sayyidna (Our Master)
Jun 11, 2021 · Hassan E Sabbah founder of the Nizari Ismaili state. Image Credit: Hasan-e Sabah, rycina, XIX w.jpg by unknown author, License: CC BY-SA 4.0 A foreword. Hasan and his followers emerged in a confusing and murky period of political, ethnic and religious strife in Persia and the Middle East.
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Mar 12, 2024 · 1124, Daylam, Iran. Ḥasan-e Ṣabbāḥ (died 1124, Daylam, Iran) was the leader, and believed to be the founder, of the Nizārī Ismāʿīliyyah, a Shiʿi Islamic sect that in the 12th and 13th centuries was commonly called the Assassins. Ḥasan studied theology in the Iranian city of Rayy and at about the age of 17 adopted the Ismāʿīlī ...
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Jan 1, 2022 · Hasan Sabbah, prominent Isma‘ili da‘i and founder of the medieval Nizari Isma‘ili state (b. Qum, mid-440s AH/1050s CE, d. Alamut. 518 AH/1124 CE). Little information is available on the early life of Hasan Sabbah, who was referred to as Sayyidna (our master) by his contemporary Nizari lsmailis. The colourful story, according to which ...
The Order of Assassins or simply the Assassins ( Arabic: حَشّاشِین, romanized : Ḥashshāshīyīn; Persian: حشاشين, romanized : Ḥaššāšīn) were a Nizari Isma'ili order that existed between 1090 and 1275 AD, founded by Hasan-i Sabbah .
- 1275 AD
- Hassan-i Sabbah
- 1090 AD
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The Assassins’ strength came from the fanatical loyalty of their members, due in part to a carefully woven cloak of mysticism. Hasan ibn al-Sabbah founded the Assassins in 1090 as a splinter group of the Shi’ites. Once he had control of the mountaintop fortress of Alamut in northern Syria, he began expanding his political power through war ...
