Hasan-i Sabbah
Hasan-i Sabbah (Persian: حسن صباح, romanized: Ḥāsān-e Śaḇaḥ; c. 1050 – 12 June 1124) 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 to 1124 AD.
Hasan-i Sabbah | |
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حسن صباح | |
Old Man of the Mountain, Hasan-i Sabbah's 19th century engraving | |
| Title | Mawla, Sayyidna (Our Master) |
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| Born | c. 1050 |
| Died | 12 June 1124 (aged 73–74) |
| Religion | Ismaili Shia Islam |
| Jurisprudence | Nizārī Da'a'im al-Islam |
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| Occupation | Leader of Nizārī Ismā'īlī state |
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| Predecessor | Position Established |
| Successor | Kiya Buzurg-Ummid |
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Alongside his role as a formidable leader, Sabbah was an accomplished scholar of mathematics, most notably in geometry, as well as astronomy and philosophy, especially in epistemology. He came to be known in the West as the Old Man of the Mountain, a name given to him in the writings of Marco Polo that referenced the sect's possession of the commanding mountain fortress of Alamut Castle.
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