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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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