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Article: The Templars and the Assassins: The Militia of Heaven. .(Book Review)
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- The Journal of the American Oriental Society
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- July 1, 2002
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The Templars and the Assassins: The Militia of Heaven. By JAMES WASSERMAN. Rochester, Vt.: INNER TRADITIONS, 2001. Pp. 318. $16.95 (paper).
An important chapter in Ismaili history was initiated in 1090 by Hasan-i Sabbah's seizure of the stronghold of Alamut in northern Persia. This event marked the foundation of what was to become the Niziiri Ismaili state with its scattered territories and networks of mountain fortresses in the midst of the Saljuq sultanate in Persia. Hasan-i Sabbah and his successors at Alamlit did not succeed in uprooting the Sunni Saljuq Turks whose alien rule was detested in Persia; and the Saljuqs, despite their superior military power, ...