About this title: "No one writes about Muslim history with greater authority, or intelligence, or literary charm than Professor Bernard Lewis."--Sunday Times (London). The Assassins is a comprehensive, readable, and authoritative account of history's first terrorists. An offshoot of the Ismaili Shi'ite sect of Islam, the Assassins were the first group to make systematic use of murder as a political weapon. Established in Iran and Syria in the eleventh and twelfth centuries, they aimed to overthrow the existing Sunni order in Islam and replace it with their own. They terrorized their foes with a series of ...
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Date Published: 1987-04-16
ISBN-13:9780195205503ISBN:0195205502
Description: Very good. Very minimal damage to the cover (no holes or tears, only minimal scuff marks), in some instances dust jackets are not included, no missing pages, minimal to no highlighting/under. read more
Description: Good. 0465004989 Former library item may have library binding and show stamps, stickers or other marks. Items not meeting quality expectations may be returned. Due to the large scale of our operation, we do not have access to the specific contents/condition of our items. read more
Binding: PAPERBACK
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN-13:9780195205503ISBN:0195205502
Description: Fair. 0195205502 Shows heavy wear. Educational books in acceptable condition may have lots of writing, underlining, or highlighting. Will be shipped promptly. read more
Binding: PAPERBACK
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN-13:9780195205503ISBN:0195205502
Description: Fair. 0195205502 Shows heavy wear. Educational books in acceptable condition may have lots of writing, underlining, or highlighting. Will be shipped promptly. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN-13:9780195205503ISBN:0195205502
Description: Good. Minimal damage to cover and binding. Pages show light use. With pride from Motor City. All books guaranteed. Best Service, Best Prices. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780297646143ISBN:0297646141
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Date Published: 1987-04-16
ISBN-13:9780195205503ISBN:0195205502
Description: Good. Front pages creased. Crease on cover. 100% satisfaction guaranteed. SAVE Money on S and Handling, buy more than one book from us as a time! Items are from a smoke free and air conditioned environment. read more
Binding: Trade pb
Publisher: Oxford University Press, New York
Date Published: 1987, c1967
ISBN-13:9780195205503ISBN:0195205502
Description: NEW! NEVER READ! GREAT! XLH1255-(SS2) Unknown printing. (pbk. ) 166 p., [8] p. of plates: ill., map; 21 cm. Reprint. Originally published: New York: Basic Books, 1968, c1967. Includes index. Bibliography: p. [141]-160. read more
Edition: Later Printing
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA, New York
Date Published: 1987
ISBN-13:9780195205503ISBN:0195205502
Description: Very Good. 0195205502. Used in wraps. Black remainder stripes to lower page edges; otherwise a bright and clean copy. Minor aging to the paper.; B/W Photos; 8vo 8"-9" tall; 166 pages. read more
Edition: Second Printing
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA, New York
Date Published: 1967
ISBN-13:9780195205503ISBN:0195205502
Description: Very Good in wrappers; front wrap separating, edgeworn. 7.8 x 5.1 x 0.5 inches. One of Lewis' early tracts on the subject. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: ORION PUBLISHING CO Country = UNITED KINGDOM
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9781842124512ISBN:184212451X
Description: BRAND NEW PAPERBACK. 176 pages. (176 pages) the history of an extremist islamic sect in the 11th-12th centuries whose terrorist methods gave the english language a new word: assassin. 8 b/w photoillu(s), 2 map(s) (Paperback) read more
"A few quick facts: When the Prophet died he left no direction for the succession of his leadership. It fell to his oldest son, Abu Bakr -- the first Caliph. Some followers felt that Ali, cousin of the Prophet would be a better leader. They formed the Shi'atu Ali or Party of Ali. This party was referred to simiply as Shi'a and is the origin of the Shi'ite branch of Islam. A strong sect within the Shi'a were the Ismailis who at one time or another ruled in either Egypt, Syria, and Persia. The first half of the book has been a rapid read of the history of Islamic world after the death of the Prophet. One of my first thoughts was that this book or ones like it should have been read and studied before the USA stepped into a 1000 year old feud in Iraq. One of the other reviewers mentioned that the book is tedious. I find it to be a fast moving history."
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