RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Hassan-i Sabbah

1050 - 1124

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Hasan-i Sabbah (Persian: حسن صباح, romanized: Ḥasan-i Ṣabbāḥ; c. 1050 – 12 June 1124), also known as Hasan I of Alamut, was a religious and military leader, founder of the Nizari Ismai'li sect widely known as the Hashshashin or the Order of Assassins, as well as the Nizari Ismaili state, ruling from 1090 to 1124 AD. Alongside his role as a formidable leader, Sabbah was an accomplished scholar of mathematics, most notably in geometry, as well as astronomy and philosophy, especially in epistemology. It is narrated that Hasan and the Persian polymath Omar Khayyam were close friends since their student years. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hassan-i Sabbah has received more than 1,821,960 page views. His biography is available in 43 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 40 in 2019). Hassan-i Sabbah is the 128th most popular religious figure (down from 115th in 2019), the 16th most popular biography from Iran (down from 14th in 2019) and the 4th 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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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 43

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.67

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.48

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Hassan-i Sabbah ranks 128 out of 3,187. Before him are Clare of Assisi, Pope Gregory XVI, Pope Urban VII, Pope Boniface VIII, Zechariah, and Pope Gregory IX. After him are Pope Pius VIII, Pope Formosus, Margaret the Virgin, Saint Dominic, Pope Clement VIII, and Mahavira.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1050, Hassan-i Sabbah ranks 1. After him are Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor, Pope Paschal II, Michael VII Doukas, Peter the Hermit, Roscellinus, Frederick I, Duke of Swabia, Olaf III of Norway, Sviatopolk II of Kiev, Halsten Stenkilsson, Irnerius, and Walter Sans Avoir. Among people deceased in 1124, Hassan-i Sabbah ranks 1. After him are Pope Callixtus II, Bořivoj II, Duke of Bohemia, Alexander I of Scotland, and Guibert of Nogent.

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Hassan-i Sabbah ranks 16 out of 631. Before him are Harun al-Rashid (766), Ismail I (1487), Abu Nuwas (762), Muhammad ibn Zakariya al-Razi (865), Jabir ibn Hayyan (721), and Esther (-600). After him are Hafez (1325), Ulugh Beg (1394), Cambyses II (-550), Malik-Shah I (1055), Abdul Qadir Gilani (1078), and Tughril (990).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Iran

Among religious figures born in Iran, Hassan-i Sabbah ranks 4. Before him are Zoroaster (-2000), Ruhollah Khomeini (1902), and Esther (-600). After him are Abdul Qadir Gilani (1078), Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj (817), Bahá'u'lláh (1817), Báb (1819), Ibn Majah (824), Mordecai (null), Sasan (200), and Anastasius of Persia (550).

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