The Assassin legends : myths of the Ismaʻilis
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Cleveland Public Library - Main Library - Social Sciences Department | BP195.A8 D34 1995 | On Shelf |
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viii, 213 pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
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Originally published: I.B. Tauris & Co., 1994.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-199) and index.
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For hundreds of years Westerners have been fascinated by stories of the Assassins, their mysterious leader and their remote mountain stronghold at Alamut in Northern Iran. The legends first emerged in the 12th and 13th centuries, when Crusaders in Syria came into contact with the Nazari Isma'ilis, one of the communities of Shi'ite Islam who, at the behest of their leader Hassan Sabaa (mythologized as the "Old Man of the Mountain"), engaged in dangerous missions to kill their enemies. Elaborated over the years, the tales culminated in Marco Polo's claim that the "Old Man" controlled the behaviour of his self-sacrificing devotees through the use of hashish and a secret garden of paradise. So influential were these tales that the word "assassin" entered European languages as a common noun meaning "murderer"--Http://www.amazon.com (Nov. 19, 2013)
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Daftary, F. (1995). The Assassin legends: myths of the Ismaʻilis (Papaerback ed.). Tauris ; Distributed by St. Martin's Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Daftary, Farhad. 1995. The Assassin Legends: Myths of the Ismaʻilis. London ; New York : New York: Tauris ; Distributed by St. Martin's Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Daftary, Farhad. The Assassin Legends: Myths of the Ismaʻilis London ; New York : New York: Tauris ; Distributed by St. Martin's Press, 1995.
Harvard Citation (style guide)Daftary, F. (1995). The assassin legends: myths of the ismaʻilis. Papaerback ed. London ; New York : New York: Tauris ; Distributed by St. Martin's Press.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Daftary, Farhad. The Assassin Legends: Myths of the Ismaʻilis Papaerback ed., Tauris ; Distributed by St. Martin's Press, 1995.
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