Hasan-i Sabbah
الحسن بن الصباح
c. 1124 CE · c. 518 AH
Lord of Alamut and leader of the Isma'ili Batiniyya — Ibn al-'Imad calls him 'a scheming arch-trickster among the devils of mankind'; he died in 518 1.
Depth
At a glance
- Roles
- Ruler · theologian
- Era
- The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
- Region
- Persia & Central Asia
- 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
- قلعة ألموت
People and things also explored
Sources
- Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali, p. 538
- Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali, p.538
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islam.museum contributors. “Hasan-i Sabbah”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/hasan-i-sabbah/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.