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Alamut is a novel by vladimir bartol, first published in 1938 in slovenian, dealing with the story of hassani sabbah and the hashshashin, and named after their alamut fortress bartol first started to conceive the novel in the early 1930s, when he lived in paris. Alamut takes place in 11th century persia, in the fortress of alamut, where selfproclaimed prophet hasan ibn sabbah is setting up his mad but brilliant plan to rule the region with a handful elite fighters who are to become his living daggers. This particular page is widely distributed across the net. The whole baldwin thing fascinated me so much that after i finished reading this book, i went and got some history books on the crusades and jerusalem. In the french capital, he met with the slovene literary critic josip vidmar, who introduced him to the story of hassani sabbah. Alamut takes place in 11th century persia, in the fortress of alamut, where selfproclaimed prophet hasan ibn sabbah is setting up his mad but brilliant plan to rule the region with a handful of elite fighters who are to become his living daggers. This contribution has not yet been formally edited by britannica. Please practice handwashing and social distancing, and. By creating a virtual paradise at alamut, filled with beautiful women, lush gardens, wine and hashish, sabbah is able to convince his young fighters. Alamut is a novel by vladimir bartol, first published in 1938 in slovenian, dealing with the story. The main characters of this fiction, historical story are hassani sabba h.
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Following the attacks of september 11,the book once again took on a new life, selling more than 20, copies in a new slovenian edition, and being translated around the world in more than 19 languages. Alamut vladimir bartol english edition by vladimir bartol ebook lulu. Based largely on fact or as factual as history can get, and was in 1938 when this book was written, it first creates a strange and quasimystical series of events and places, before breaking them down and exposing them for the shams they are. As a proismaili reseacher, i can highly recommend this book. Vladimir bartols novel alamut belated entry in the modern balkan context.