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THE SECRET DOCTRINES OFTHE ASSASSINS
NOTE: For a synopsis of this document
and more information about the history ofAlamut please refer to my Index to the
History of Alamut.
THE SE!ET "OT!INES OF THE
ASSASSINS
compiled by !ichard Shand
O!I#INS OF THE NI$A!I IS%A&I'IS
()* The Schism in Islam
(+* Old %an of the %ountains
(,* Fate of the Isma&ilis
THE SE!ET "OT!INES OF THE
ASSASSINS
()*Schools of Thou-ht
(+* Haa&i / The Esoteric Truths
(,* The Nine "e-rees
(0* The Occult Tradition
Origins of the Nizari Isa!i"is
#$% The Schis in Is"a
1...in the year the hristian calendar callsA" 2,+3 a schism e4en -reater than the
!eformation 5as to produce en-ulfed
Islam. Its t5o -reat forces3 the Sunnis and
the Shi&ites3 became irre4ocably di4ided.The Shi&ites insisted that the leadership of
Islam should ha4e remained in the
6rophet&s family and3 upon his death3 theyhad pled-ed their support to %ohammed&s
cousin3 Ali3 5ho became aliph or
successor to the 6rophet.1
/ #ordon Thomas3Journey into
Madness
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1...'e-end has it that %ohammed&s son/in/
la5 Sidina &Ali3 the ideal 5arrior3 oncebecame so cau-ht up in the fren7y of
8illin- that he be-an to 8ill his o5n people
after finishin- off the enemy. His fren7y
had to be cooled do5n before he couldstop.1
/An Encyclopedia of ArchetypalSymbolism
1Ali 5as murdered in A" 22). 9ut3 in the
Shi&ite theolo-y3 Ali and his descendants5ere Imams / di4inely -uided leaders and
mediators bet5een #od and %an3 hrist/
li8e fi-ures on earth. There 5ere t5el4eImams before the last disappeared in A"
0;. It is a fundamental Shi&ite belief thathe is hidin- in one of the 4ast Arabian
deserts3 a5aitin- the ri-ht moment to re/emer-e and establish a purified Islamic
-o4ernment of
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essential di4ision bet5een Shi&a and Sunni
is based upon the dispute bet5een themutually exclusi4e notions that authority
may be explained by ta&lim or that it may
be explained by means of reason and
analo-y.1
/ Ed5ard 9urman3 The Assassins -
Holy Killers of Islam
1%uch of the 5ell/8no5n mystical
symbolism of Sufism3 often best 8no5n
throu-h the !ubaiyat of Omar =hayyam35as ta8en o4er by the Isma&ilis. They
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Isma&ilis.1
/ Ed5ard 9urman3 The Assassins -Holy Killers of Islam
1&Assasseen& in Arabic si-nifies &-uardians&3
and some commentators ha4e consideredthis to be the true ori-in of the 5ord:
&-uardians of the secrets&.1
/ Ar8on "araul3 Secret Societies
1Hasan/i Sabbah 5as a re4olutionary of
-enius 5ho de4ised and put into practicethe &ne5& preachin- or da&5a of the Ni7ari
Isma&ilis3 5hich 5as to replace the &old&
da&5a of the Fatimid Isma&ilis at airo... Itis li8ely that he 5as born around );2; in
Bom3 one/hundred/and/fifty 8ilometers
south of modern Tehran.1
1He had a fine mind3 an excellent
8no5led-e of theolo-y3 and e4idently
possessed the phenomenal stren-th of 5illnecessary to pursue his ideal for so many
years... Ce can ima-ine him con4ertin- the
people of "aylam
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mountain 8in-dom of ancient "aylam.1
Cithin a hi-h mountain 4alley stands 1thecastle of Alamut3 the fortress retreat of
Hasan/i Sabbah3 5hich became almost
le-endary after the supposed )+>, 4isit of%arco 6olo and his description of the &Old
%an of the mountains& and the &Ashishin&...1
/ Ed5ard 9urman3 The Assassins -Holy Killers of Islam
1The Old %an 8ept at his court such boys
of t5el4e years old as seemed to himdestined to become coura-eous men. Chen
the Old %an sent them into the -arden in
-roups of four3 ten or t5enty3 he -a4e themhashish to drin8. They slept for three days3
then they 5ere carried sleepin- into the-arden 5here he had them a5a8ened.1
1Chen these youn- men 5o8e3 and found
themsel4es in the -arden 5ith all these
mar4elous thin-s3 they truly belie4edthemsel4es to be in paradise. And these
damsels 5ere al5ays 5ith them in son-s
and -reat entertainmentsD theyD recei4ede4erythin- they as8ed for3 so that they
5ould ne4er ha4e left that -arden of their
o5n 5ill.1
1And 5hen the Old %an 5ished to 8ill
someone3 he 5ould ta8e him and say: o
and do this thin-. I do this because I 5antto ma8e you return to paradise&. And the
assassins -o and perform the deed
5illin-ly.1
/ %arco 6olo / on his 4isit to Alamut in
)+>,
1That Hasan/i Sabbah and other earlyAssassin %asters had -ardens seems li8ely
since the -arden is such an important part
of 6ersian noble life and of mysticism. The5ater channels and meticulous care to
ensure re-ular 5ater supplies at Assassin
castles echo the care 5hich 6ersian andArab 4illa-es and country houses today
-i4e to the presence of runnin- 5ater. So
the le-end of the -arden in 5hich Assassins
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5ere ta8en probably has its ori-ins in fact.1
1%any scholars ha4e ar-ued3 anddemonstrated con4incin-ly3 that the
attribution of the epithet &hashish eaters& or
&hashish ta8ers& is a misnomer deri4ed fromenemies the Isma&ilis and 5as ne4er used
by %oslem chroniclers or sources. It 5as
therefore used in a pe
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friar 5ho is confessin- the 5ic8ed
assassin&:
&Io sta4a come il frate che confessa
'o perfido assassin...&
1Here the stron-est possible noun isreuired since the criminal bein- confessed
is bein- buried ali4e head do5n3 thus
denotin- a sin of particular horror. Theconnection of assassin 5ith 5ic8edness
reinforces the clarity and precision 5ith
5hich "ante used the 5ord3 and it 5as inthis sense that &assassin& then passed into
other European lan-ua-es.1
/ Ed5ard 9urman3 The Assassins -Holy Killers of Islam
#(% Fate of the Isa!i"is
1After the destruction of Alamut by Hule-u
in )+23 many members of the Ni7ari
Isma&ili sect are thou-ht to ha4e fled toAf-hanistan3 the Himalayas and abo4e all
Sind... Se4eral of them had tra4eled to
India as early as the ele4enth century3 but
the founder of the branch of the sect 8no5nas the 9ohras 5as probably a certain
Abdullah 5ho tra4eled from the Gemen
and arri4ed in ambay in about );2>. Hetra4eled and teached extensi4ely in the
pro4ince of #u
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1The present A-a =han3 correctly 8no5n as
6rince =arim El Husseni3 A-a =han I3 isreco-ni7ed as the forty/ninth hereditary
imam of the Isma&ilis and claims direct
descent from the 6rophet %ohammed. He
is reco-ni7ed as head of the 5orld/5ideIsma&ili sect3 today estimated at bet5een
four and t5enty million in number. His
income from 4oluntary contributions 5asestimated by %ihir 9ose @The A-ha =hans
in ) to be se4enty/fi4e million pounds a
year.1
1The theolo-y and politics of the
re4olutionary of -enius Hasan/i Sabbah
can in fact be seen as the first ori-inalcreation / both reli-ious and political / of a
specifically 6ersian ethos after the
conuest of the country of the Arabs andconseuent con4ersion to Islam. In this
5ider sense the thou-ht and doctrines of
the in4entor of the &Assassins& may be saidto ha4e an endurin- influence in the
reli-ious and political life of the %iddle
East. This le-acy is shared both the A-a
=hans and by contemporary re4olutionary-roups in 'ebanon and 6ersia.1
/ Ed5ard 9urman3 The Assassins -Holy Killers of Islam
The Secret Doctrines of the
Assassins
#$% Schoo"s of Thought
1The real problem of the Isma&ilis in-eneral3 and the Ni7ari Isma&ilis or
Assassins in particular3 is that they 5ere
al5ays considered heretical and persecuted
by official Islam3 except for the period in
5hich Isma&ilism 5as the official reli-ionunder the Fatimid caliphs of E-ypt. The
conseuence of this is that nocomprehensi4e formula of the Assassins&
creed 5as e4er -enerally reco-ni7ed. Their
doctrines 5ere maintained in secrecy bythe Assassins themsel4es3 5hile their
enemies 5ere content to dismiss them as
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heretical 5ithout studyin- or reportin-
them.1
/ Ed5ard 9urman3 The Assassins -
Holy Killers of Islam
Hasan/i Sabbah 1pre4ented ordinarypersons from del4in- into 8no5led-eD and
li8e5ise the elite from in4esti-atin- former
boo8s3 except those 5ho 8ne5 thecircumstances of each boo8 and the ran8 of
the authors in e4ery field. Cith his
partisans3 in theolo-y he did not -o beyondsayin-3 our -od is the -od of %ohammed.1
/ Shaharastani
1Islam is not a messianic reli-ion and has
no room for a sa4iour/messiah.
Ne4ertheless3 there -radually de4eloped//
probably under hristian influence//thenotion of an eschatolo-ical restorer of the
faith3 identified as a descendant of the
6rophet or as the returnin- &Isa (i.e.3 ?esus*.He is usually referred to as the mahdiD i.e.3
the &@di4inely -uided one&. After the
appearance of &Isa3 the last
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on the cross3 &they did not 8ill him3 nor did
they crucify him3 but they thou-ht that did.&The =oran itself does not elaborate on this
ambi-uous statement3 but Islamic
commentators do. Accordin- to most of
them3 there 5as a substitute / -enerally3thou-h not al5ays3 supposed to ha4e been
Simon of yrene. ertain %uslim 5riters
spea8 of ?esus hidin- in a niche of a 5alland 5atchin- the rucifixion of a surro-ate
as is described in the Na- Hammadi
Scrolls.1
/ 9ai-ent3 'ei-h J 'incoln3 The Holy
Blood and the Holy Grail
The doctrine of rebirth3 or more correctly
transmi-ration 5as 15idely accepted in6ersia3 and e4ol4ed in the particular
%oslem form of belief in the %ahdi3 the&one -uided by #od to the truth&. The
Isma&ili 4ersion of these ideas consisted of
t5o schools of thou-ht: first3 a belief inIsmail himself as immortal3 and
conseuently that he is the %ahdiD second3
some belie4ed that %ohammed3 son ofIsmail3 5as the %ahdi 5ho 5ould not die
until he had conuered the 5orld.1
1The "ru7es accept reincarnation as one ofthe chief distin-uishin- principles of their
reli-ion: their founder and apostle Ha8im is
held to ha4e possessed the soul of thet5elfth imam3 and it is from this fact that
his authority deri4es. "ru7es3 about 5hom
5e ha4e more information than the
Assassins and 5hose doctrines are usuallyalmost identical3 belie4e that all human
souls 5ere created to-ether and that their
number is fixed... Souls pro-ress thou-h a
series of transmi-rations to a hi-her de-reeof excellence.1
/ Ed5ard 9urman3 The Assassins -Holy Killers of Islam
#&% Ha)a!i) * The Esoteric Truths
1The reli-ious re4olution of man 5as
considered to ha4e ta8en place in se4en
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years under se4en %essen-er 6rophets3 the
first six of 5hom 5ere Adam3 Noah3Abraham3 %oses3 ?esus and %ohammed.
Each of these messen-ers re4ealed a
reli-ious la5 in esoteric form3 5hich 5as
readily interpreted e4en by the uninitiated:this is the 7ahir or external aspect. 9ut each
of these messa-es also contained an inner3
esoteric truth 5hich reuired interpretationby the small number of initiates capable of
recei4in- them: this the batin3 or esoteric
truth.1
1The esoteric truths themsel4es3 haa&i3
5ere explained by a successor of each of
the %essen-er 6rophets 8no5n as the 5asi('e-ates* or by the sami (Silent One*
5hose tas8 5as to explain the batin of the
Scriptures and 'a5. Each 'e-ate 5as inturn follo5ed by a series of se4en imams3
the se4enth of 5hom became the next
messen-er 6rophet in the series. The lastera 5ould be mar8ed by the %ahdi3 5ho
5ould ma8e the inner doctrine public and
inau-urate an era of pure spiritual
8no5led-e.1
1Isma&ili theolo-y 5as thus re4elationary in
character. The haa&i transcended humanreason and ultimately deri4ed from -nosticdoctrines3 considerin- the principles of
spiritual and physical 5orlds in
Neoplatonic terms. The #nostics held thatthe physical 5orld had been created by an
inferior deity3 the Gah5eh of the Old
Testament3 5ho 5as allo5ed a certainlassitude until #od decided to send His son
to inhabit the body of ?esus and free the
5orld from false teachin-s. ertain #nostic
notions passed into Islam 5hen%ohammed adopted the -nostic idea that
the body 5hich 5as crucified 5as only a
phantom 5hich the ?e5s and !omanscould not harm.1
/ Ed5ard 9urman3 The Assassins -
Holy Killers of Islam
1The heart of the Isma&ili haa&i3 5hich
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consists in their denial of rationalism and
forms the basis of their &heresy&3 lies in thedenial that #od is the first cause. For them3
the first cause is the Order or Cord of #od3
5hich became united 5ith the Kni4ersal
Intellect. Hence the idea of the Order is atthe heart of their esoteric doctrines3 and
achie4es their synthesis of Neoplatonic
philosophy and Islam.1
1The po5er of Hasan/i Sabbah himself3
and the fanatical de4otion of the fida&i3
ultimately deri4ed from this cate-oricalinsistence on the transcendental nature of
#od. Such an absolute #od3 and absolute
imam3 demands absolute faith andobedience.1
#roup A: descended from Ali and
Ni7ar) Imam
#roup 9: fully initiated+ "a&i &d/"u&at (hief "a&i*
, "u&i &l/=abir (Superior "a&i*
0 "u&i (ordinary "a&i*
#roup : partly initiated
!afi (comrade*
#roup ": uninitiated2 'asi (adherent*
> Fida&i (self/sacrificer3 the
destroyin- an-els*
1Althou-h the details of the sta-es of
initiation... deri4e from a historian 5ritin-
around ),,+ about the "ru7es... the ma
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in life as some of the teachers.1
1Students had to pass throu-h nine de-reesof initiation.1
First Degree
1In the first3 the teachers thre5 their pupilsinto a state of doubt about all con4entional
ideas3 reli-ious and political. They usedfalse analo-y and e4ery other de4ice of
ar-ument to ma8e the aspirant belie4e that
5hat he had been tau-ht by his pre4ious
mentors 5as pre
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un5orthy of re4erence.1
Fourth Degree
1The neophyte is no5 tau-ht the doctrine
of the Se4en 6rophetic 6eriods3 of the
nature of the Nati3 the Sus or Asas and theremainin- six Samits (&Silent& imams* 5ho
succeed the latter3 and of the abro-ation by
each Nati of the reli-ion of hispredecessor. This teachin- in4ol4es the
admission (5hich definitely places the
proselyte outside the pale of Islam* that%ohammed 5as not the last of the
6rophets3 and that the Bur&an is not #od&s
final re4elation to man. Cith %ohammedb. Isma&ili3 the Se4enth and 'ast Nati3 the
Bu&im (&He 5ho ariseth&*3 the Sahibu &i/Amr(&%aster of the %atter&*3 an end is put to the
&Sciences of the Ancients& (Klumu &l/a55alin*3 and the Esoteric (9atini*
"octrine3 the Science of Alle-orical
Interpretation (Ta&5il*3 is inau-urated.1
Fifth Degree
1Here the proselyte is further instructed inthe Science of Numbers and in the
application of the ta&5il3 so that he discards
many of the traditions3 learns to spea8
contemptuously of the state of !eli-ion3pays less and less heed to the letter of
Scripture3 and loo8s for5ard to the
abolition of all out5ard obser4ances ofIslam. He is also tau-ht the si-nificance of
the number T5el4e3 and the reco-nition of
the t5el4e Hu
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that their out5ard obser4ance is a matter of
no importance3 and may be abandoned3since they 5ere only instituted by 5ise and
philosophical la5-i4ers as a chec8 to
restrain the 4ul-ar and unenli-htened
herd.1
Se,enth Degree
1To this and the follo5in- de-rees only theleadin- da&is3 5ho fully comprehend the
real nature and aim of their doctrine3 5ere
initiated. At this point is introduced thedualistic doctrine of the 6re/existent and
the Subseuent3 5hich is destined
ultimately to undermine the proselyte&sbelief in the "octrine of the "i4ine Knity.1
Eight Degree
1Here the doctrine last mentioned isde4eloped and applied3 and the proselyte is
tau-ht that abo4e the 6re/existent and the
Subseuent is a 9ein- 5ho has neithername3 nor attribute3 of 5hom nothin- can
be predicted3 and to 5hom no 5orship can
be rendered. This Nameless 9ein- seems torepresent the $er5an A8anana (&9oundless
Time&* of the $oroastrian system3
but...some confusion exists here3 and
different teachin-s 5ere current amon-stthe Isma&ilis3 5hich3 ho5e4er3 a-reed in
this3 that3 to uote Nu5ayri&s expression3
&those 5ho adopted them could no lon-erbe rec8oned other5ise than amon-st the
"ualists and %aterialists&. The proselyte is
also tau-ht that a 6rophet is 8no5n as suchnot by miracles3 but by his ability to
construct and impose in a 8ind of system at
once political3 social3 reli-ious3 andphilosophical...He is further tau-ht to
understand alle-orically the end of the5orld3 the !esurrection3 Future !e5ards
and 6unishments3 and other eschatolo-icaldoctrines.1
/ Ar8on "araul3 Secret Societies
Ninth Degree
1In this3 the last de-ree of initiation3 e4ery
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4esti-e of do-matic reli-ion has been
practically cast aside3 and the initiate isbecome a philosopher pure and simple3 free
to adopt such system or admixture as may
be most to his taste.1
/ Ed5ard #ran4ille 9ro5n3 in St Barts
Hospital Journal(%arch )>*
1The se4enth de-ree brou-ht re4elation ofthe #reat secret: that all humanity and all
creation 5ere one and e4ery sin-le thin-
5as a part of the 5hole3 5hich included thecreati4e and destructi4e po5er. 9ut3 as an
Isma&ili3 the indi4idual could ma8e use of
the po5er 5hich 5as ready to be a5a8ened5ithin him3 and o4ercome those 5ho 8ne5
nothin- of the immense potential of the restof humanity. This po5er came throu-h the
aid of the mysterious po5er called the 'ordof the Time.1
1To ualify for the ei-hth de-ree3 theaspirant had to belie4e that all reli-ion3
philosophy and the li8e 5ere fraudulent.
All that mattered 5as the indi4idual3 5ho
could attain fulfillment only throu-hser4itude to the -reatest de4eloped po5er /
the Imam. The ninth and last de-ree
brou-ht the re4elation of the secret thatthere 5as no such thin- as belief: all that
mattered 5as action. And the only
possessor of the reasons for carryin- outany action 5as the chief of the sect.1
/ Ar8on "araul3 Secret Societies
The basis of these steps of -raded8no5led-e 5as deri4ed from the 19rethren
of Sincerity1.
#-% The Occu"t Tra'ition
1=hadhulu is the Arabic 5ord meanin-
&abandoner& or &forsa8er&... =hadhulu is atype of spiritual force that po5ers the
practices of Tafrid and Ta
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person can see reality as it is. =hadhulu is
stimulated by the Nafs (breath or soul*. Thestimulated &abandoner& then causes the Hal
or spiritual state. =hadhulu appears in the
Buran (+:+*... The 4erse translates as
&%an8ind3 Shaitan is al 8hadhulu&. Theyha4e explained t5o orthodox
interpretations of this 4erse to me the first
is that Shaitan 5ill abandon man. The otheris that Shaitan causes men to forsa8e Islam
and its culture. Gou&ll note that this second
interpretation is fairly consistent 5ith thespiritual meanin- the ancient %uarribun
-i4e =hadhulu . (Ob4iously an orthodox
%uslim 5ould thin8 %uarribun practicesSinful.* This 4erse in the Buran is
important because it lin8s the &abandoner&=hadhulu 5ith Shaitan the Old "ra-on3
'ord of the Abyss.1
/ 6ar8er !yan3 The !ecronomicon and
Ancient Arab Ma"ic#
1At least part of the 4eneration of Sinan
5as based on his 5ell/attested po5ers of
telepathy and clair4oyance3 such as thecases reported by Abu Firas of him
ans5erin- uestions thou-ht outside his
5indo5. Hasan/i Sabbah himself 5asreno5ned in his o5n day as an alchemist.That the Assassins en-a-ed in 5hat 5ould
no5 be described as occult practices seems
therefore to be beyond doubt. The&sciences& of alchemy and astrolo-y 5ere
then part of philosophical studies.1
/ Ed5ard 9urman3 The Assassins -Holy Killers of Islam
1From the Isma&ilis the rusaders borro5edthe conception 5hich led to the formation
of all the secret societies3 reli-ious andsecular3 of Europe. The institutions of
Templars and HospitallersD the Society of?esus3 founded by I-natius 'oyola3
composed by a body of men 5hose
de4otion to their cause can hardly besurpassed in our timeD the ferocious
"ominicans. the milder Franciscans / may
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all be traced either to airo or to Alamut.
The =ni-hts Templar especially3 5ith theirsystem of -rand masters3 -rand priors and
reli-ious de4otees3 and their de-rees of
initiation3 bear the stron-est analo-y to the
Eastern Isma&ilis.1
/ S. Ameer Ali
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