Alamut period

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The Alamut period was a medieval era in Ismaili Shia history marked by the Nizari Ismaili state centered at the mountain fortress of Alamut in northern Iran, known for its distinctive religious thought, strategic fortifications, and resistance to Sunni Seljuk and later Mongol powers.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf era in Ismaili history ⓘ
historical period ⓘ
medieval period ⓘ
associatedWithDoctrine Imamate of the Nizari Ismaili imam ⓘ
esoteric interpretation of Islam ⓘ
ta’wil (esoteric exegesis) ⓘ
associatedWithEvent split between Nizari and Musta‘li Ismailis ⓘ
culturalActivity copying and preserving manuscripts ⓘ
philosophical and theological study ⓘ
endDate 1256 ⓘ
endWithEvent Mongol destruction of Alamut fortress ⓘ
hasCenter Alamut fortress ⓘ
linked to: Alamut
hasCenterRegion northern Iran ⓘ
hasCoreState Nizari Ismaili state ⓘ
hasFortress Alamut ⓘ
Girdkuh ⓘ
Lambsar ⓘ
Meymun-Diz ⓘ
hasFortressNetwork fortresses in Syria ⓘ
fortresses in northern Iran ⓘ
hasLeader Hasan II ⓘ
Hasan-i Sabbah ⓘ
linked to: Hassan i Sabbah

Kiya Buzurg-Ummid ⓘ
Muhammad ibn Buzurg-Ummid ⓘ
Nur al-Din Muhammad II ⓘ
Rukn al-Din Khurshah ⓘ
hasReputationInSources associated with the so-called Assassins in Western sources ⓘ
historicalContext medieval Islamic world ⓘ
knownFor distinctive Ismaili religious thought ⓘ
intellectual and doctrinal developments ⓘ
network of mountain fortresses ⓘ
resistance to Mongol power ⓘ
resistance to Seljuk power ⓘ
use of strategic assassination ⓘ
languageOfAdministration Persian ⓘ
languageOfScholarship Arabic ⓘ
Persian ⓘ
locatedIn Alborz Mountains ⓘ
linked to: Elburz Mountains

Daylam region ⓘ
linked to: Daylam
opposedBy Abbasid Caliphate ⓘ
Mongol Empire ⓘ
Seljuk Empire ⓘ
partOf Ismaili Shia history ⓘ
Nizari Ismaili history ⓘ
politicalForm Nizari Ismaili state ⓘ
theocratic leadership ⓘ
precedes post-Alamut period of Nizari Ismaili dispersion ⓘ
religiousTradition Ismaili Shia Islam ⓘ
linked to: Ismaili Shia

Nizari Ismailism ⓘ
linked to: Ismaili Shia
startDate 1090 ⓘ
startWithEvent seizure of Alamut fortress by Hasan-i Sabbah ⓘ

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Ismaili Shia → associatedWith → Alamut period ⓘ