Bernard Lewis's The Assassins: A Radical Sect in Islam, published by Weidenfeld and Nicolson in 1967, is a scholarly history of the medieval Nizari Ismaili movement by a historian long established as a specialist in Islamic and Middle Eastern history. Its authority rests on Lewis's direct use of medieval Arabic and Persian sources and its standing as a widely cited account of the sect. Its limit, as with any single author synthesis from this period, is that later specialist scholarship on Nizari Ismailism has refined some of its details, so a fine grained claim benefits from checking against more recent work as well.
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Bernard Lewis's The Assassins: A Radical Sect in Islam, published by Weidenfeld and Nicolson, is a scholarly history by a historian long established as a specialist in Islamic and Middle Eastern history, treated at the top tier as academic press scholarship resting on direct use of medieval Arabic and Persian sources. NotesLewis's scholarly history of the Nizari Ismaili Assassins sect.
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AuthorBernard Lewis
PublisherWeidenfeld and Nicolson, London
Publication Year1967
Source Typeacademic monograph
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This source names Ismailism directly: "later specialist scholarship on Nizari Ismailism has refined some of its details, so a fine grained claim benefits from checking against more recent work as well."
This source names Nizari Ismailism directly: "that later specialist scholarship on Nizari Ismailism has refined some of its details, so a fine grained claim benefits from checking against more recent work as well."
This source names Persians directly: "Bernard Lewis's The Assassins: A Radical Sect in Islam, published by Weidenfeld and Nicolson in 1967, is a scholarly history of the medieval Nizari Ismaili movement by a historian long established..."
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This source backs 51 claims across the atlas. As facts: 35 well-attested, 1 scholarly debate. As cited relationships: 6 holds, 2 connected. Plus 7 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
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- Articles, 15 claims: 11 well-attested, 2 connected, 2 general references.
- Historical Figures, 10 claims: 7 well-attested, 1 scholarly debate, 1 holds, 1 general references.
- Sources, 10 claims: 7 well-attested, 3 holds.
- Open Questions, 6 claims: 5 well-attested, 1 general references.
- Secret Societies, 6 claims: 4 well-attested, 1 holds, 1 general references.
- Denominations, 2 claims: 1 holds, 1 general references.
- Wars & Conflicts, 2 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 general references.
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