The Assassins of Alamut

by Anthony Campbell

The Assassins were a heretical Muslim sect.We think of them mostly in connection with political murder (their founder, Hasan-i-Sabbah, has been compared to Osama bin Laden), but there is much more to them than this. They had a remarkable esoteric philosophical system and their ideas were influential in Islam and even outside it. In this book I tell their story, from their foundation at the end of the eleventh century to their downfall 150 years later at the hands of the Mongols. Even that was not the end of them, for the Aga Khan is a lineal descendant of the Assassin Grand Masters.

Genres: History, Nonfiction

142 pages, Paperback

First published December 11, 2008

Reviews

[Saqib Ali · Rating 4 out of 5]

Not sure how true this is, but after reading this my view about Rumi and Shams and the other Sufi's who somehow have some trace from alamut has changed. And, I no more find Elf Shafq's 'Forty rules of Love' appealing.

[Omar Ali]

A nice little summary

a fun and easy read. I now have to read a few more scholarly books to expand on this one..

[Ali · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book presents useful information regarding the history of Assassins in Iran and Syria