Old Man of the Mountain (Assassin)

The Old Man of the Mountain (Arabic: شيخ الجبل, romanized: Shaykh al-Jabal, Latin: Vetulus de Montanis), is the expression used by Marco Polo in a passage from Book of the Marvels of the World, to indicate Hassan-i Sabbah, the grand master of the Order of Assassins, who took refuge in Alamut Castle. It later became a common name used by the Crusaders.

Subsequently, this nickname was given to various Isma'ili successors of Hassan, in Syria, particularly, for example Rashid al-Din Sinan, the da'i (missionary) and a leader of the Syrian branch of the Nizari Isma'ili state.

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1. Rashid ad-Din Sinan
2. Old Man of the Mountain (disambiguation)
3. Assassin Mountain
4. Order of Assassins
5. Assassin's Apprentice
6. The Walking Drum
7. Hasan-i Sabbah
8. Assassin's Creed (video game)
9. Word of Honor (TV series)
10. Assassin's Creed II
11. League of Assassins
12. Assassin's Creed Valhalla
13. Assassin's Creed III
14. Witch Mountain (franchise)
15. List of Assassin's Creed characters
16. The Eiger Sanction (film)
17. List of Metalocalypse characters
18. Assassin's Quest
19. Masyaf Castle
20. Farseer trilogy