Tales of a Muslim group of drug-fueled, stealth killers stir imaginations, but stray far from the true history of the Nizari Ismaili state.

The Order of Assassins is loosely based on the Nizari Ismailis, who formed a Shiite Muslim state that relied on political assassination to achieve its goal Based on a True Story Nicholas Liu A ...

The Nizari leader, Rukn al-Din Khurshah, attempted to negotiate, but Hülegü had the fortress of Alamut destroyed in 1256, diminishing the strength of the Nizari as a military force.

Karim Al-Hussaini, also known as the Aga Khan, died on Tuesday, February 4, aged 88. A colossally wealthy philanthropist, he was also the imam of the Nizari Ismaili faith, an esoteric branch of ...

The Nizari Imamate was now transferred, after almost seven centuries, from Persia to India, and henceforth Bombay became the seat of the Qasim-Shahi Nizari Imams.

Having spent 12 years working for a language development and ­cultural research organisation in East Africa (mainly Uganda and Tanzania) I had the opportunity to develop friendships with Ismaili ...

The team founded vestiges of interior spaces which date back to the times of Qajar dynasty (1789–1925), Safavids (1501–1736) and Nizari Ismaili state (1090–1256), CHTN reported on Sunday. It is the ...

Farhad Daftary discusses the Nizari Ismailis – romanticised as Assassins by the Crusaders and in The Travels of Marco Polo – who killed, among others, two early caliphs.

The Order of Assassins is loosely based on the Nizari Ismailis, who formed a Shiite Muslim state that relied on political assassination to achieve its goal Based on a True Story Nicholas Liu A ...