The Assassins: A Radical Sect in Islam by Bernard Lewis

The Assassins: A Radical Sect in Islam by Bernard Lewis

Author:Bernard Lewis [Lewis, Bernard]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
ISBN: 9780297863335
Publisher: Orion
Published: 2011-02-17T00:00:00+00:00


The title page of Lebey de Batilly’s Traicté de l’Origine des Anciens Assasins Porte-Couteaux, published in Lyon, 1603.

The assassination of the Nizam al-Mulk. From a Persian manuscript of the Jami al-tavarikh of Rashid al-Din, in the library of the Topkapi Palace Museum, Istanbul (Treasury 1653). Early 14th century.

Authors, with scribe and attendants. From an Arabic manuscript of the Rasa’il Ikhwan al-Safa (Epistles of the Sincere Brethren—see p. 40 above), in the library of the Süleymaniye mosque, Istanbul. Completed A.D. 1287 (Esad Esendi 3638).



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