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To: Dr. Jeff who wrote (127826)	10/5/2001 9:11:29 PM
From: Haim R. Branisteanu	Read Replies (1) of 436258

THE ASSASSINS OF ALAMUT - a history or even religion of assassinations (not familiar with that part of history but if true quite fascinating). homepage.ntlworld.com The political situation in Syria was always complex, but at the very end of the eleventh century it was made even more so by the arrival of the Crusaders. They reached Syria in 1097; at first they were taken to be merely raiders, but by 1099 they had captured Jerusalem and evidently intended to stay. In the early years of the twelfth century they had established themselves all along the east coast of the Mediterranean and showed that they were a power to be reckoned with; henceforth the Nizaris found themselves obliged to conduct hostilities on two fronts, although they were often able to play one power off against the other. During the first thirty years of the twelfth century the Moslem chroniclers tell of numerous assassinations by the Ismailis. Most of these coups were carried out against the Seljuqs, but the Fatimids (who were, of course, regarded as usurpers by the Nizaris) also came in for their share of attention. In 1121 the Commander-in-Chief, Afdal, was murdered by three Ismailis from Aleppo, and in 1130 the Fatimid Caliph himself was killed. After this, however, the Nizaris were mainly concerned with internal affairs and consolidating their position in the mountains. homepage.ntlworld.com iis.ac.uk

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