Sinan, chief of the Syrian Ismailis
سنان مقدم الإسماعيلية
Sinan, master of the Syrian Assassins in Saladin's day — offered ten thousand dinars for the Marquis of Tyre (or the English king, whom he judged unwise to remove lest Saladin turn free hands on the Ismailis), he planted two monk-disguised fidāʾīs in Conrad's circle for six months until they killed him 1.
At a glance
- Roles
- Ruler
- Era
- The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
- Review
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Overview
Sinan, leader of the Isma'ilis in the lands of Syria in the time of Salah al-Din. Ibn al-Athir reports that Salah al-Din sent to him asking him to send someone to kill the king of England, and that if he killed the Marquis, lord of Tyre, there would be ten thousand dinars for him 2.
The Marquis
According to Ibn al-Athir, Sinan could not kill the king of England, and did not see it as in their interest, lest Salah al-Din's flank be left free of the Franks and he be free to turn to them. He sent two men dressed as monks, who stayed six months with the lord of Sidon and Ibn Birzan, showing devotion, until the Marquis trusted them, and they killed him on the 13th of Rabi' al-Akhir in the year 588 AH 2.
Connections
- Participated in
- The assassination of the Marquis of Tyre (588 AH)
People and things also explored
Conrad, Marquis of Montferrat· The assassination of the Marquis of Tyre (588 AH)
Sources
- al-Kamil fi'l-Tarikh of Ibn al-Athir, p. 213-214
- al-Kamil fi'l-Tarikh of Ibn al-Athir, p.213-214
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islam.museum contributors. “Sinan, chief of the Syrian Ismailis”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/sinan-rashid-al-din/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.