By AMAR GROVER, CNN TRAVEL
“Sabbah’s rule from Alamut is shrouded in mystery and enigma…partly because most Ismaili records of the era were destroyed by the Mongols while the writings of their detractors survived. Fused with the half-truths and fanciful tales of European travelers including Marco Polo along with the sensationalist confections of pseudo-scholars, the Ismailis were long cast in lurid light”…MORE ON CNN: A PHOTO TOUR OF ALBORZ MOUNTAINS
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PIECES ON SIMERG: SPECTACULAR NIGHT TIME PHOTO OF ALAMUT AND ESSAYS ON THE MYTH OF THE ASSASSINS
In this spectacular starry night scene of Alamut published on NASA’s Astronomy Picture of the Day and the National Geographic News, a meteor’s streak and the arc of the Milky Way hang over the imposing mountain fortress of Alamut. Photo: Babak Tafreshi/Dreamview.net . Copyright.
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- My Journey to Alamut Where Every Stone Tells a Story by Ali M. Rajput
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- Iran and Alamut Like You Have Not Seen Before by Muslim and Nevin Harji
- Ismaili History: Marco Polo and the Myth of the Assassins by Dr. Karl S. Kruszelnicki, Valerie Gonzalez and others
- Starry Night at Alamut, The Milky Way Across Alamut by Baba Tafreshi
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