List of leaders of the Nizari–Seljuk conflicts

The Great Seljuk Empire at its greatest extent

The conflicts were more complex than a simple Nizari vs Seljuk one. Even the Ismailis themselves were not unified; e.g. the Ismailis in Isfahan did not recognize the authority of Hassan-i Sabbah in Alamut. Sometimes the actual anti-Ismailism came from the local Sunni population rather than the Seljuk government, such as the massacre of the Ismailis in Isfahan in 1101. In the Seljuk dynastic conflicts, all sides were relying on Ismaili soldiers, and some Seljuk elites are known to be Ismaili converts (e.g. Iranshah ibn Turanshah) or at least to have Nizari sympathies at times (e.g. Barkiyaruq and Ridwan ibn Tutush).[1]

Hassan-i Sabbah

Unlike the Fatimids who mostly produced learned scholars, the Nizaris of Alamut were mostly preoccupied with survival in their extremely hostile environment, and naturally produced, or acquired the alliance of, good military leaders. Many of these commanders are both military leaders and religious preachers (da'i) at the same time.[2]

• Abd al-Malik ibn Attash,[3] Fatimid Chief Da'i of Persia and Iraq (1070s)
  • Hassan-i Sabbah, Da'i of Daylam
  • Tahir ,[4] local leader in Sawa[5]
• Hassan-i Sabbah, hujja, Lord of Alamut (1090–1124)
  • Dihdar Abu Ali Ardestani,[6] da'i in Qazwin
  • Husayn Qa'ini,[7] da'i, muhtasham (Governor) of Quhistan[8]
  • Kiya Muzaffar?,[9] muhtasham of Quhistan[10]
  • al-Hakim al-Munajjim, Chief Da'i of Syria
  • Abu Tahir al-Sa'igh , Chief Da'i of Syria
    • Abu al-Fath of Sarmin , da'i in Syria
    • Husam al-Din ibn Dumlaj,[11] commander of the Nizari armed forces in Aleppo
    • Ibrahim al-Ajami,[12] commandant of the Qal'at al-Balis
    • Isma'il ,[13] da'i
    • Unnamed brother of al-Hakim al-Munajjim 
  • Bahram al-Da'i, Chief Da'i of Syria
  • Mu'ayyad al-Din Muzaffar ibn Ahmad Mustawfi,[14] former Seljuk ra'is, commandant of Gerdkuh[15][16][17]
  • Abu Hamza,[18] da'i in Arrajan[19]
  • Kiya Buzurg-Ummid, commander, commandant of Lambsar Castle
  • Kiya Abu Ja'far,[20] commander[21]
  • Kiya Abu Ali,[22] commander[23]
  • Kiya Garshasb,[24] commander[25]
  • Hasan Adam Qasrani
  • Kayqubad Daylami,[26] commandant of Tikrit Citadel[27]
• Ahmad ibn Abd al-Malik ibn Attash ,[28] da'i[29]
• Kiya Buzurg-Ummid, hujja, Lord of Alamut (1124–1138)
  • Dihdar Abu Ali Ardestani, member of the ruling council
  • Hasan Adam Qasrani, member of the ruling council
  • Kiya Abu Ja'far, member of the ruling council
  • Isma'il al-Ajami, Chief Da'i of Syria
  • Salarjuy(?), defected Seljuk amir[30]
  • Kiya Nushad(?), commander[31]
  • Khwaja Muhammad Nasihi Shahrastani [32]
• Kiya Muhammad ibn Buzurg-Ummid, hujja, Lord of Alamut (1138–1162)
  • Kiya Muhammad ibn Ali Khusraw Firuz,[33] commander[34]
  • Kiya Ali ibn Buzurg-Ummid,[35] commander[36]
  • Dihkhuda Abu Yusuf, commander[10]
  • Kiya Husayn ibn Abd al-Jabbar[10]
  • Amir Balqasim Shamshirzan (POW) , commander in Lambsar[10]
  • Amir Malikshah, commander[10]
  • Kiya Isma'il, commander[10]
  • Ali ibn Wafa' †,[37] commander in Syria
  • Shaykh Abu Muhammad, Chief Da'i of Syria

Coin of Hassan II of Alamut

• Hassan II 'Ala Dhikrihi's-Salam, Imam, Lord of Alamut (1162–1166)
  • Rashid al-Din Sinan, Chief Da'i of Syria
• Nur al-Din Muhammad II, Imam, Lord of Alamut (1166–1210)

• List of Isma'ili missionaries
• List of assassinations by the Assassins

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