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The Assassins: A Radical Sect in Islam

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.

Notes

Lewis's scholarly history of the Nizari Ismaili Assassins sect.

Citation

Author

Bernard Lewis

Publisher

Weidenfeld and Nicolson, London

Publication Year

1967

Source Type

academic monograph

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Ismailism

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."

Source The Assassins: A Radical Sect in IslamBernard Lewis

Nizari Ismailism

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."

Source The Assassins: A Radical Sect in IslamBernard Lewis

Persians

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..."

Source The Assassins: A Radical Sect in IslamBernard Lewis

Claims Backed By This Source (52 claims)

This source backs 52 claims across the atlas. As facts: 35 well-attested, 1 scholarly debate. As cited relationships: 7 holds, 2 connected. Plus 7 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

Disposition By Topic

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.
Secret Societies, 7 claims: 4 well-attested, 2 holds, 1 general references.
Open Questions, 6 claims: 5 well-attested, 1 general references.
Denominations, 2 claims: 1 holds, 1 general references.
Wars & Conflicts, 2 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 general references.