Religious Figure

Hasan-i Sabbah

The founder of the Ismaili state of Alamut and the Imam of the Nizari Ismailis

1050 - 1124

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His biography is available in 45 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 43 in 2024). Hasan-i Sabbah is the 243rd most popular religious figure (down from 128th in 2024), the 20th most popular biography from Iran (down from 16th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Iranian Religious Figure.

Hassan-i Sabbah is most famous for the creation of the "Assassins," a group of people who would carry out assassinations for political and religious purposes.

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Among Religious Figures

Among religious figures, Hasan-i Sabbah ranks 243 out of 3,187Before him are Anselm of Canterbury, Agnes of Rome, Pope Celestine V, Aminah, Pope Innocent I, and Pope Celestine I. After him are Pope John X, Pope Sixtus I, Pope Felix I, Pope John XV, Pope Paschal II, and Pope Urban VI.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1050, Hasan-i Sabbah ranks 2Before him is Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor. After him are Pope Paschal II, Michael VII Doukas, Olaf I of Denmark, Peter the Hermit, Roscellinus, Frederick I, Duke of Swabia, Olaf III of Norway, Sviatopolk II of Kiev, Halsten Stenkilsson, and Walter Sans Avoir. Among people deceased in 1124, Hasan-i Sabbah ranks 2Before him is Pope Callixtus II. After him are Alexander I of Scotland, Guibert of Nogent, and Bořivoj II, Duke of Bohemia.

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Hasan-i Sabbah ranks 20 out of NaNBefore him are Esther (-600), Hafez (1325), Ismail I (1487), Abdul Qadir Gilani (1078), Ulugh Beg (1394), and Muhammad ibn Zakariya al-Razi (865). After him are Cambyses II (-550), Al-Tabari (839), Bodhidharma (483), Malik-Shah I (1055), Tughril (990), and Xerxes II of Persia (-500).

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Among Religious Figures In Iran

Among religious figures born in Iran, Hasan-i Sabbah ranks 6Before him are Zoroaster (-2000), Ruhollah Khomeini (1902), Bahá'u'lláh (1817), Esther (-600), and Abdul Qadir Gilani (1078). After him are Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj (817), Báb (1819), Ibn Majah (824), `Abdu'l-Bahá (1844), Mordecai (null), and Sasan (200).

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