THE ASSASSINS
Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Middle East Religions, Islam, History, Medieval, Middle East
| Author: | F. A. Ridley | ISBN: | 1230000772891 |
| Publisher: | ChristieBooks | Publication: | November 12, 2015 |
| Imprint: | ChristieBooks | Language: | English |
| Author: | F. A. Ridley |
| ISBN: | 1230000772891 |
| Publisher: | ChristieBooks |
| Publication: | November 12, 2015 |
| Imprint: | ChristieBooks |
| Language: | English |
A history and Marxist analysis of the institutions of the Persian/Syrian Ismaeli sect founded by Hassan-ibn-Sabah ('The Old Man of the Mountain') known as 'The Assassins'. In Ridley's view the Assassin's unique claim to distinction in the eyes of history is that "they represent a sect that evolved a philosophy of survival, a defensive terrorism wherewith to terrorise in an age of terror." By virtue of this terror — systematic assassination — they kept at arm's length a hostile world which they were not strong enough to resist openly. Too weak numerically to contend in the open field with the Turkish Sultans of the Near East, or with the iron-clad Western crusaders, they evolved a technique of secret killing. They assassinated — and survived!. Ridley also touches on the influence of the Assassins on the Templars and the Jesuits.
A history and Marxist analysis of the institutions of the Persian/Syrian Ismaeli sect founded by Hassan-ibn-Sabah ('The Old Man of the Mountain') known as 'The Assassins'. In Ridley's view the Assassin's unique claim to distinction in the eyes of history is that "they represent a sect that evolved a philosophy of survival, a defensive terrorism wherewith to terrorise in an age of terror." By virtue of this terror — systematic assassination — they kept at arm's length a hostile world which they were not strong enough to resist openly. Too weak numerically to contend in the open field with the Turkish Sultans of the Near East, or with the iron-clad Western crusaders, they evolved a technique of secret killing. They assassinated — and survived!. Ridley also touches on the influence of the Assassins on the Templars and the Jesuits.
