Depth
At a glance
- Roles
- Ruler · theologian
- Era
- The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
- Region
- Persia & Central Asia
- Identifiers
- Wikidata
- Review
- Draft Completeness 2/5 · Help complete it
Life in time
Overview
Ibn al-Imad's judgement of him
Ibn al-Imad, who was a Sunni historian, described him as "a cunning, deceitful heretic, one of the devils of mankind". This is a judgement attributed to Ibn al-Imad alone, and it is not the voice of the museum. 2
Not mentioned here: the account of the Ismailis themselves, and the academic view. Both need an additional source.
Connections
- Lived in
- Alamut Castle
- Participated in
- The spread of the Batiniyya mission in Iraq and the Jibal in 494
People and things also explored
جلال الدين حسن صاحب ألموت· The spread of the Batiniyya mission in Iraq and the Jibal in 494· Alamut Castle
Sources
- Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 538
- Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p.538
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Hasan-i Sabbah”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/hasan-i-sabbah/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-19.