Using Persian and Arabic chronicles, the Austrian orientalist tells the story of the Nizari Ismailis from Hasan-i Sabbah and the castle of Alamut through their grand masters, the murders that gave them their name, their dealings with the Crusaders and Saladin, and their destruction by the Mongols.
An influential 1818 history, coloured by its author’s suspicion of secret societies, that shaped the Western legend of the Assassins. Download the free EPUB.