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The Assassin Legends: Myths of the Isma'ilis
Farhad Daftary
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Description for The Assassin Legends: Myths of the Isma'ilis
Paperback. Daftary traces the origins and early development of the legends of the Assassins of Northern Iran and Syria - as well as investigating the historical context in which they were fabricated and transmitted, culminating in Marco Polo's reports of the "Old Man of the Mountain". Num Pages: 220 pages, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1; HBLC; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 158 x 18. Weight in Grams: 316.
For hundreds of years Westerners have been fascinated by stories of the Assassins, their mysterious leader and their remote mountain stronghold at Alamut in Northern Iran. The legends first emerged in the 12th and 13th centuries, when Crusaders in Syria came into contact with the Nazari Isma'ilis, one of the communities of Shi'ite Islam who, at the behest of their leader Hassan Sabaa (mythologized as the Old Man of the Mountain ), engaged in dangerous missions to kill their enemies. Elaborated over the years, the tales culminated in Marco Polo's claim that the Old Man controlled the ... Read more
For hundreds of years Westerners have been fascinated by stories of the Assassins, their mysterious leader and their remote mountain stronghold at Alamut in Northern Iran. The legends first emerged in the 12th and 13th centuries, when Crusaders in Syria came into contact with the Nazari Isma'ilis, one of the communities of Shi'ite Islam who, at the behest of their leader Hassan Sabaa (mythologized as the Old Man of the Mountain ), engaged in dangerous missions to kill their enemies. Elaborated over the years, the tales culminated in Marco Polo's claim that the Old Man controlled the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
I.B.Tauris
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Condition
New
Weight
316g
Number of Pages
220
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781850439509
SKU
V9781850439509
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About Farhad Daftary
Farhad Daftary is the Head of the Department of Academic Research and Publications at The Institute of Ismaili Studies.
Reviews for The Assassin Legends: Myths of the Isma'ilis
Muslim News: masterfully destroys [the Assassin] myth scholarly...easy-to-read Journal of Semitics Studies: Daftary's work combines factual history with the history of a fiction in a fascinating manner.