The Seljuk vizier Nizam al-Mulk was killed by an Assassin in 1092. The Assassins became a small but strategically significant force that continually threatened Seljuk rule.
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Frequently asked questions
- What was The Assassins' Seizure of Alamut Castle?
- The Isma'ili Shi'i leader Hasan-i Sabbah seized the castle of Alamut in the Elburz mountains and founded the Nizari Isma'ili state.
- When did The Assassins' Seizure of Alamut Castle happen?
- 1090 CE
- Where did The Assassins' Seizure of Alamut Castle take place?
- Alamut, İran