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The assassins is a compact book that goes deep into the background of a radical muslim shiite sect operating in syria in the 11thth century named the assassins. Secta is slang terminology for sector which is a form of a cricle radius that is covered by areas of different measurements and angke degrees through the divine understanding of elohim, and his form of math through creation. It was at alamut that the idea of using the ismaili faithful for political assassinations seems to have originated, and alamut always remained the point of reference in the twohundred years in which the assassins appear in history. The science to secta 7 name is broken down by lord knowledge as follow. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. The term assassin, in fact, originated from this group. Huneeus, jorge, 18661926, creator coolidge, archibald cary, 18661928, former owner. Firstly, this work is a novel, id est, it tells, like any other novel, the story of characters, places, and epochs whose credibility rests on the scripts frame. Alamut castle, the characters ibnalsabbah, chajjam, nizamalmolk, and the process of power degredation in persia during 1092, all of these are elements that happened in history but in this novel they are merely narrative tools in a script that grabs its integrity from being read by us. Bartol spent nearly a decade writing alamut, which was the first book of a projected trilogy. In the french capital, he met with the slovene literary critic josip vidmar, who introduced him to the story of hassani sabbah. New project for 2009 an album is scheduled for release enitled the sectarian family.

This record finally received a follow up in the form of the conquest in 2005. Alamut takes place in 11th century persia, in the fortress of alamut, where. The assassins, hasani sabbah, alamut, old man of the. Their stronghold was the fortress of alamut in the ehurz mountains of northern iran. But it survived the downfall of cairo and that of alamut, and resurfaced in the. Buy alamut scala translation by vladimir bartol isbn. Alamut scala translation vladimir bartol, michael biggins isbn. The series is set in the same universe as the hound and the falcon, which was written first, but the alamut series describes events which occurred before the events in the hound and the falcon. Believing in the supreme ismaili motto nothing is true, everything is permitted. Rashid addin sinan was born between the years 12 and 15 in basra, southern iraq, to a prosperous family. Alamut takes place in 11th century persia, in the fortress of alamut, where selfproclaimed prophet hasan ibn sabbah is setting up his mad but brilliant vladimir bartol alamut ebook. From here the sect spread out until it was strong enough to establish an ismailinizari state which survived for 150 years. A further stimulation for the novel came from the assassination of alexander i of yugoslavia perpetrated b. In 2000 the majority of secta 7 migrated to houston, texas and released their debut album the invasion.

Alamut takes place in 11th century persia, in the fortress of alamut, where selfproclaimed prophet hasan ibn sabbah is setting up his mad but brilliant plan to rule the region with a handful elite more. For almost two centuries, from 1090 until 1273, the order of assassins played a singular and sinister role in the middle east. The simplest or maybe the most credulous reading of this book is the one that considers it as a history book. Bartol first started to conceive the novel in the early 1930s, when he lived in paris. Oltre samarcanda and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. The assassins, hasani sabbah, alamut, old man of the mountains.

The alamut series consists of the two fantasy books alamut doubleday, 1989 and the dagger and the cross doubleday, 1991 by judith tarr. Alamut takes place in 11th century persia, in the fortress of alamut, where selfproclaimed prophet hasan ibn sabbah is setting up his mad but brilliant plan to rule the region with a handful. Believing in the supreme ismaili motto nothing is true, everything is permitted, sabbah wanted to. Alamut is a novel by vladimir bartol, first published in 1938 in slovenian, dealing with the story. He is mistaken who is searching in this book for a historical reality,and is mistaken who reads it as a research or a dogmatic study. Bartol spent nearly a decade writing alamut, which was the first book of a. According to his autobiography, of which only fragments survive, rashid came to alamut, the centre of the assassins, as a youth after an argument with his brothers, 5 and received the typical assassin training. In the whole period of residence at alamut, hasan is said to have left his house twice, both times onto the roof.