Depth
At a glance
- Era
- The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
- Region
- Persia & Central Asia
- Review
- Draft Completeness 2/5 · Help complete it
Overview
Alamut: the Ismaili fortress of the Batiniyya in the mountains near Qazvin, the home of their leader al-Hasan ibn al-Sabbah. The sources report that the armies withdrew from the siege of the Batiniyya at Alamut in the year 511 AH, when news reached them of the death of the sultan Muhammad ibn Malikshah. 1
Connections
- Home of
- Hasan-i Sabbah
- Ruled by
- جلال الدين حسن صاحب ألموت
People and things also explored
The spread of the Batiniyya mission in Iraq and the Jibal in 494· Hasan-i Sabbah· جلال الدين حسن صاحب ألموت
Sources
- Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 505
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Alamut Castle”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/alamut/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-22.