death of
al-Mustarshid, Abbasid Caliph, murder of
Najm al-Dln
al-Nasawī, Shihāb al-Dīn Muammad
al-Nāir, Abbasid Caliph
Nair al-Dīn ūsi
Nāir-i Khusraw
Nar, successor of Sinān
‘New preaching' the
Nīshāpūr
Niām al-Mulk
assassination of
Nizār, son of al-Mustanir
Nizārīs, the
activity of in Egypt
North Africa
Nubuwiyya order
Nūr al-Dīn ibn Zangi
Nuayrīs, the
Odoric of Pordenone
Old Man of the Mountain
‘Old preaching' the
Omar Khayyam
Orkhān
Pamir
Philip VI, king of France
Philip of Montfort
Pīr
Polovtsev A.
Provençal poetry, the Assassins in
Qadmūs
Qā'im the
Qā’in
Qazvīn
qilā' al-da'wa,
Qiyāma
(see also the Resurrection)
Quhistān
Qumm
Rafīq, term introduced
al-Rāshid, Abbasid Caliph, murder of
Rashīd al-Dīn
Rāshid al-Dīn, see Sinan
Raymond of Antioch, no
Raymond II of Tripoli, first Frankish victim of the Assassins
Rayy
Resurrection, the
proclaimed by asan
abolished
Richard Coeur de Lion
Rousseau, French consul in Aleppo
Rūdbār
Rukn al-Dīn Khūrshāh, son of ‘Alī al-Dīn
murder of
St. Louis
Saladin
Assassin attempts on the life of
besieges Mayāf
Salamiyya
Sanjar
sends expedition against the Ismailis
offensive against the Ismailis
Saoshyans
ārim al-Dīn
Sarmīn
Sāva
Seljuqs, the
expeditions against the Ismailis
disintegration of
in Syria
Semyonov, A.A.
Shāhdiz
Shāh Khalīlullāh
Shams al-Din
Sharaf al-Mulk, vizier of the Khorazmshāh
Shaykhy
Shayzar
Sheil, Lt. Col. (Sir) Justin
Shihāb al-Dīn Ibn al-‘Ajamī, murder of
Shīrgīr, Nushtegin
Shī'a, the
origin of
development of the sect of
Shī'atu ‘Alī' see Shī'a
Shughnān
Silvestre de Sacy, A. I.
Sinān ibn Salmān ibn Muhammad, called Rāshid al-Dīn, Assassin leader in Syria
consolidation in Syria
general policy of
death of
Sīstān
Stranglers
Sunnī Islam
abas
Tabrīz
āhir, first Ismaili executed
Ta'līm
Tāj al-Dīn
Takrīt
ālaqān
Tancred, prince of Antioch
Taqiyya
Tarz
ayyib, son of al-Āmir
Ta'wīl al-Bāin, see Bāini
Tekish, Khorazmshāh
Templars, the, see Knights Templar Tiflis
Tortosa
Tribute
Tripoli
Tughtigin, Turkish ruler of Damascus
Tūn
uraythīth
Turks
Tutush, brother of the Great Sultan Malikshāh
Twelver Shī‘a, the origin of
Tyrannicide
Tyre
‘Ubayd Allah al-Khaīb
‘Ulayqa
‘Umar, the second Caliph
‘Umar-i Khayyām, see Omar Khayyam
Umayyad Caliphate
Ustavand
‘Uthmān, the third Caliph
Villani, Giovanni
William, Archbishop of Tyre
William of Rubruck
Yarankush
Yasa’ur Noyan
Yazd
Yemen
Yves, the Breton
Yūsuf ibn Fīrūz
Zarubin
Zangids, the
Zangī, ruler of Mosul
Zūzan
Table of Contents
Cover Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Illustrations
Acknowledgements
Preface to the Paperback Edition
1: The Discovery of the Assassins
2: The Ismailis
3: The New Preaching
4: The Mission in Persia
5: The Old Man of the Mountain
6: Means and Ends
Notes
Abbreviations
Transcription
Chapter l
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapters 5
Chapter 6
Index
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