公元1092年，尼扎姆·穆勒克是整个伊斯兰世界最有权势的人。他担任塞尔柱帝国的宰相长达三十年，先后辅佐苏丹阿尔普·阿斯兰和他的儿子马利克沙一世。帝国的版图西起地中海，东抵中国边境。他创办了国家出资的学校来对抗一个他视为威胁的群体——伊斯玛仪派穆斯林。他写了一本至今仍被人研读的治国手册。而在一座叫阿拉穆特的山顶堡垒里，有一个人决定：他必须死。
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王冠与征服·6/7·1′
The place
Alamut Castle
第一刀
一场刺杀，撕裂了塞尔柱帝国，也让刺客派登上历史舞台
October 14, 1092 CE (10 Ramadan 485 AH)Alamut Castle
故事寓意
“一个甘愿献出一切的信徒手中的一把刀，能做到十万大军做不到的事——而那些自以为高不可攀的强者终将明白，再厚的城墙也挡不住一个时机已到的信念。”
人物
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Hassan-i Sabbah (master of Alamut who ordered the killing)N
Nizam al-Mulk (Abu Ali al-Hasan ibn Ali al-Tusi, Seljuq vizier)A
Abu Tahir Arrani (the fidai who carried out the assassination)S
Sultan Malik-Shah I (Seljuq sultan, died 35 days later)S
Sultan Alp Arslan (Malik-Shah's father, whom Nizam also served)来源
Ata-Malik Juvayni, Tarikh-i Jahangushay (c.1260); Nizam al-Mulk, Siyasatnama (Book of Government, c.1091); Rashid al-Din Hamadani, Jami al-Tawarikh (c.1310); Bernard Lewis, The Assassins: A Radical Sect in Islam (1967); Farhad Daftary, The Isma'ilis: Their History and Doctrines (Cambridge, 2007); World History Encyclopedia