RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Hassan-i Sabbah

1050 - 1124

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Hasan al-Sabbah also known as Hasan I of Alamut, was a religious and military leader, founder of the Nizari Ismai'li sect widely known as the Hashshashin or the Order of Assassins, as well as the Nizari Ismaili state, ruling from 1090 to 1124 AD. Alongside his role as a formidable leader, Sabbah was an accomplished scholar of mathematics, most notably in geometry, as well as astronomy and philosophy, especially in epistemology. It is narrated that Hasan and the Persian polymath Omar Khayyam were close friends since their student years. He and each of the later Assassin leaders came to be known in the West as the Old Man of the Mountain, a name given to the sect's leader in the writings of Marco Polo that referenced the sect's possession of the commanding mountain fortress of Alamut Castle. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hassan-i Sabbah is the 243rd most popular religious figure (down from 128th in 2019), the 20th most popular biography from Iran (down from 16th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Iranian Religious Figure.

Hassan-i Sabbah is most famous for the creation of the "Assassins," a group of people who would carry out assassinations for political and religious purposes.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Hassan-i Sabbah ranks 243 out of 3,187. Before him are Anselm of Canterbury, Agnes of Rome, Pope Celestine V, Aminah, Pope Innocent I, and Pope Celestine I. After him are Pope John X, Pope Sixtus I, Pope Felix I, Pope John XV, Pope Paschal II, and Pope Urban VI.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1050, Hassan-i Sabbah ranks 2. Before him is Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor. After him are Pope Paschal II, Michael VII Doukas, Olaf I of Denmark, Peter the Hermit, Roscellinus, Frederick I, Duke of Swabia, Olaf III of Norway, Sviatopolk II of Kiev, Halsten Stenkilsson, and Walter Sans Avoir. Among people deceased in 1124, Hassan-i Sabbah ranks 2. Before him is Pope Callixtus II. After him are Alexander I of Scotland, Guibert of Nogent, and Bořivoj II, Duke of Bohemia.

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Hassan-i Sabbah ranks 20 out of 631. Before him are Esther (-600), Hafez (1325), Ismail I (1487), Abdul Qadir Gilani (1078), Ulugh Beg (1394), and Muhammad ibn Zakariya al-Razi (865). After him are Cambyses II (-550), Al-Tabari (839), Bodhidharma (483), Malik-Shah I (1055), Tughril (990), and Xerxes II of Persia (-500).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Iran

Among religious figures born in Iran, Hassan-i Sabbah ranks 6. Before him are Zoroaster (-2000), Ruhollah Khomeini (1902), Bahá'u'lláh (1817), Esther (-600), and Abdul Qadir Gilani (1078). After him are Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj (817), Báb (1819), Ibn Majah (824), `Abdu'l-Bahá (1844), Mordecai (null), and Sasan (200).

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