• Nūr al-Dīn Muḥammad II (نورالدین محمد) or ʾAʿlā Muḥammad (اعلی محمد) (542 AH/1148 CE-607 AH/1210 CE) was the Nizari Isma'ili Imām of Alamūt who reigned...
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    Alamut (Persian: الموت, meaning "eagle's nest") is a ruined mountain fortress located in the Alamut region in the South Caspian, near the village of Gazor...
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    believe that Hassan ibn Muhammad ibn Buzurg-Ummid is distinct from Hassan II of Alamut. In 1164 Hassan, leading the Nizari sect of Ismaili Islam, proclaimed...
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    ad-Dīn Muḥammad III Ruknu-d-Dīn Khurshāh (The last ruler of the Alamut Castle) Alamut River List of Ismaili castles Alamut-e Gharbi District Alamut-e Sharqi...
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  • The Nizari state (the Alamut state) was a Nizari Isma'ili Shia state founded by Hassan-i Sabbah after he took control of the Alamut Castle in 1090 AD, which...
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    stronghold of Sistan was raided in 1129. That same year, Mahmud II, son of Muhammad I Tapar, and sultan of Isfahan, decided to sue for peace with Alamut. Unfortunately...
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  • from 1200 to 1220 Muhammad III of Alamut, Nizari Isma'ili Imam Alauddin Muhammad Da'ud Syah II Alauddin Mahmud Syah II This disambiguation page lists...
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    Aga Khan V (category Swiss people of Iranian descent)
    hereditary Imam of the Shia Nizari Isma'ili Muslims, as he succeeded the 1,400-years old family's dynasty, linked by heredity to the Prophet Muhammad through...
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  • hence the nature of most such conflicts is limited to that certain dynasty. The reigns of Hassan II and his son Muhammad II at Alamut were mostly peaceful...
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    of Aga Khan at the age of 20 upon the death of his grandfather, Sultan Muhammad Shah (Aga Khan III). During his imamate, he was also known by the religious...
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    King Philip II of France, King Richard I of England and Emperor Frederick Barbarossa to reconquer the Holy Land following the capture of Jerusalem by...
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  • controlled the state. Alamut Alamut Castle Lambasar Castle Nizārī Ismā'īlī state List of Ismaili Imams Nūru-d-Dīn Muḥammad II Fatimids Isma'ilism Nizari...
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  • until 1162 based in Alamut. Upon the demise of Kiyā Buzurg-Ummīd on February 9, 1138, he was appointed as the commander of Alamut Castle by the third...
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    Hasan-i Sabbah (category People from Alamut)
    Hasan I of Alamut, was an Iranian religious and military leader, founder of the Nizari Ismai'li sect widely known as the Hashshashin or the Order of Assassins...
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  • and final Nizari Isma'ili Imam who ruled at Alamut. The Imam was the eldest son of Imam ʿAla al-Din Muhammad and succeeded his murdered father to the Imamate...
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  • (1124–1138) Muhammad Buzurg Ummid (1138–1162) The first concealed imam of Alamut: Ali El-Hâdî bin el-Nizâr (in Turkish) The second concealed imam of Alamut: Muhammad...
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    were sent by the Khwarezmian Shah . Muhammad's assassins were probably sent by the Imam of Alamut whose castle Muhammad had sacked during the Khurasan expedition...
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  • Shaykh Abu Muhammad, Chief Da'i of Syria Hassan II 'Ala Dhikrihi's-Salam, Imam, Lord of Alamut (1162–1166) Rashid al-Din Sinan, Chief Da'i of Syria Nur...
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    Ismailism (section Alamut)
    activities, which climaxed with his taking of the famous citadel of Alamut. Over the next two years, he converted most of the surrounding villages to Isma'ilism...
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    bore the title "king of the Arabs". In 1109, Muhammad I sent Ahmad and Chavli Saqavu to capture the Ismaili fortresses of Alamut and Ostavand, but they...
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  • This family tree is about the relatives of the Islamic prophet Muhammad as a family member of the family of Hashim and the Quraysh tribe which is ‘Adnani...
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  • (repeating the ceremony of Hassan II at Alamut), which in Nizari terminology meant the time of the Qa'im and the removal of Islamic law. Based at the...
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  • person of Hasan and his successors. Three such hidden imams are held by modern Nizaris to have lived in Alamut in concealment: Ali al-Hadi, Muhammad (I)...
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  • Kiya Buzurg-Ummid (category People from Alamut)
    ruler (da'i) of the Nizari Isma'ili State, ruling Alamut Castle from 1124 to 1138 CE (or 518—532 AH). He was of Daylami origin from the region of Rudbar. Prior...
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    his history of the Mongols conquests on one such visit (c. 1252–53). He was with Ilkhan Hulagu in the 1256 campaign at the taking of Alamut, where he selected...
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    and early 13th centuries. After a series of diplomatic provocations on the part of Muhammad II, the ruler of the neighbouring Khwarazmian Empire, the...
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    of Alamut together and defeated Mengli in September 1215. Uzbek's new subordinate emir Aghlamish in Persian Iraq expressed his submission to Muhammad...
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  • Hasan al-Qahir (category People from Alamut)
    the 22nd Imam of the Shia Nizari Ismailis. He is believed to have lived in occultation in the Nizari Ismaili state centrered around Alamut Castle. He is...
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    Remains of Lambsar Castle Around Lambsar Castle Lambsar Castle, top view Muhammad Tapar's anti-Nizari campaign Ismaili Iranian architecture Alamut Castle...
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    List of assassinations and assassination attempts attributed to the Assassins (the Nizaris of Alamut), active in Western Asia, Central Asia, and Egypt...
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