G. Pokhyl, Master II years of study
Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Kyiv, Ukraine
DOI: https://doi.org/10.17721/1728-2640.2021.151.11
HASAN IBN AL-SABBAH: LEADER OF A SECT OR PERSIAN GUERRILLAS?
The article examines the nature of the Nizarite movement in Iran in the early twelfth century, its background and the process of statehood. On the basis of analysis of available sources and literature the author has come to the conclusion that there is insufficient reason to consider this movement a national one. It cannot be described as such, even in partial form, as described by contemporary researcher Farhad Daftari. Although the role of Persian language and the struggle against the Seljuk Turk dynasty is significant, the movement is of a religious and political nature typical of the period and the region.
The study used the historical-genetic method to examine the formation of the Nizarite movement under the leadership of al-Sabbah. The historical-typological method was necessary to highlight the key points in the movement which help to classify it into one type or another.
The article will be useful for students and young scholars studying the Iranian Nizarites of the Alamut period.
Key words: Nizarite in Iran, Hasan al-Sabbah, Alamut, Daftari, Persian identity.
Submitted: 28.11.2021
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