List of leaders of the Nizari–Seljuk conflicts

List of leaders of the Nizari–Seljuk conflicts
List of the commanders and leaders of the Nizari–Seljuk conflicts
Participants
The conflicts were more complex than a simple Nizari vs Seljuk one. Even the Ismailis themselves were not unified; e.g. the Ismailis in Isfahan did not recognize the authority of Hassan-i Sabbah in Alamut. Sometimes the actual anti-Ismailism came from the local Sunni population rather than the Seljuk government, such as the massacre of the Ismailis in Isfahan in 1101. In the Seljuk dynastic conflicts, all sides were relying on Ismaili soldiers, and some Seljuk elites are known to be Ismaili converts (e.g. Iranshah ibn Turanshah) or at least to have Nizari sympathies at times (e.g. Barkiyaruq and Ridwan ibn Tutush).
Nizari Ismailis
Unlike the Fatimids who mostly produced learned scholars, the Nizaris of Alamut were mostly preoccupied with survival in their extremely hostile environment, and naturally produced, or acquired the alliance of, good military leaders. Many of these commanders are both military leaders and religious preachers (da'i) at the same time.
Abd al-Malik ibn Attash, Fatimid Chief Da'i of Persia and Iraq (1070s)
Hassan-i Sabbah, Da'i of Daylam
Tahir, local leader in Sawa
Hassan-i Sabbah, hujja, Lord of Alamut (1090–1124)
Dihdar Abu Ali Ardestani, da'i in Qazwin
Husayn Qa'ini, da'i, muhtasham (Governor) of Quhistan
Kiya Muzaffar?, muhtasham of Quhistan
al-Hakim al-Munajjim, Chief Da'i of Syria
Abu Tahir al-Sa'igh, Chief Da'i of Syria
Abu al-Fath of Sarmin, da'i in Syria
Husam al-Din ibn Dumlaj, commander of the Nizari armed forces in Aleppo
Ibrahim al-Ajami, commandant of the Qal'at al-Balis
Isma'il, da'i
Unnamed brother of al-Hakim al-Munajjim
Bahram al-Da'i, Chief Da'i of Syria
Mu'ayyad al-Din Muzaffar ibn Ahmad Mustawfi, former Seljuk ra'is, commandant of Gerdkuh
Abu Hamza, da'i in Arrajan
Kiya Buzurg-Ummid, commander, commandant of Lambsar Castle
Kiya Abu Ja'far, commander
Kiya Abu Ali, commander
Kiya Garshasb, commander
Hasan Adam Qasrani
Kayqubad Daylami, commandant of Tikrit Citadel
Ahmad ibn Abd al-Malik ibn Attash, da'i
Kiya Buzurg-Ummid, hujja, Lord of Alamut (1124–1138)
Dihdar Abu Ali Ardestani, member of the ruling council
Hasan Adam Qasrani, member of the ruling council
Kiya Abu Ja'far, member of the ruling council
Isma'il al-Ajami, Chief Da'i of Syria
Salarjuy(?), defected Seljuk amir
Kiya Nushad(?), commander
Khwaja Muhammad Nasihi Shahrastani
Kiya Muhammad ibn Buzurg-Ummid, hujja, Lord of Alamut (1138–1162)
Kiya Muhammad ibn Ali Khusraw Firuz, commander
Kiya Ali ibn Buzurg-Ummid, commander
Dihkhuda Abu Yusuf, commander
Kiya Husayn ibn Abd al-Jabbar
Amir Balqasim Shamshirzan, commander in Lambsar
Amir Malikshah, commander
Kiya Isma'il, commander
Ali ibn Wafa', commander in Syria
Shaykh Abu Muhammad, Chief Da'i of Syria
Hassan II 'Ala Dhikrihi's-Salam, Imam, Lord of Alamut (1162–1166)
Rashid al-Din Sinan, Chief Da'i of Syria
Nur al-Din Muhammad II, Imam, Lord of Alamut (1166–1210)
Allies and sympathizers
Barkiyaruq (occasionally), sultan
Majd al-Mulk al-Balasani, vizier of Barkiyaruq
Amirdad Habashi, amir of Barkiyaruq, commander of Tabaristan and Jurjan
Mu'ayyad al-Din Muzaffar ibn Ahmad Mustawfi, Seljuk ra'is
Sa'd al-Mulk, vizier of Muhammad Tapar
Abu al-Qasim Dargazini, vizier of Mahmud II
Iranshah ibn Turanshah, sultan of the Seljuks of Kirman
Sanjar, ruler of Khurasan (1097–1118), sultan of the Great Seljuk Empire (1118–1153)
Fakhr al-Mulk Ridwan ibn Tutush, sultan of Aleppo
Shams al-Mulk Alp Arslan al-Akhras (until 1113), sultan of Aleppo
Ilghazi, amir, Artuqid prince of Mardin and Mayyafariqin
Toghtekin, atabeg of Damascus
Abu Ali Tahir ibn Sa'd al-Mazadaqani, vizier
Shahrnush ibn Hazarasf ibn Namawar, Bawandid ruler
Hazarasf ibn Shahrnush (d. 1190), Paduspanid ruler
Raymond of Poitiers, Prince of Antioch
Al-Amid ibn Mansur (Mas'ud?), governor of Turaythith
Many others*
Nizari enemies
Great Seljuk Empire
Malikshah I, sultan of the Great Seljuk Empire (1072–1092)
Nizam al-Mulk, vizier, atabeg of Malikshah I, de facto ruler (1072–1092)
Abu Muslim, prefect of Rayy
Yurun-Tash, amir of Rudbar
Arslan-Tash, amir
Qizil-Sarigh, amir
Barkiyaruq, sultan of the Great Seljuk Empire (1094–1105)
Abd al-Rahman al-Simirumi, vizier
Abd al-Jalil Abu al-Fath Durdanah al-Dihistani, vizier
Fakhr al-Mulk ibn Nizam al-Mulk, vizier
Sanjar, ruler of Khurasan (1097–1118)
Bursuq the Elder, amir ispahsalar, governor of Luristan, atabeg of Sanjar, shihna of Khurasan
Ahmad ibn Muhammad al-Labbad, governor of Isfahan
Abu Muslim, ra'is (prefect) of Rayy
Anushtagin, amir
Unar Malikshahi, amir sipahdar
Siyah(push?), amir
Arghush al-Nizami, amir sipahdar, mamluk of Nizam al-Mulk
kjmš (کجمش), deputy of Arghush al-Nizami
Sarzan Malikshahi, amir sipahsalar
Sunqurcha, wali of Dihistan
Sultan al-Ulama' Abu al-Qasim Asfazari, ra'is of Bayhaq
Abd al-Rahman Qazwini
Abu Muhammad Za'farani, Hanafi scholar, military leader
Iskandar Sufi Qazwini, mufti
Abdullah Isfahani, qadi
Muntahi Alawi, mufti of Jurjan
Muhammad Tapar, sultan of the Great Seljuk Empire (1105–1118)
Sanjar, ruler of Khurasan (1097–1118)
Fakhr al-Dawla Chawli, atabeg of Fars
Anushtagin Shirgir, atabeg, governor of Sawa
Mawdud ibn Altuntash, amir ispahsalar, atabeg of Mosul, governor of Diyar Bakr and the Levant
Aqsunqur al-Bursuqi, atabeg of Mosul
Ahmad ibn Nizam al-Mulk, vizier
Ahmadil ibn Ibrahim al-Kurdi, amir of Maragha
Balakabak Sarmuz, senior amir
Abu 'Amid, mustawfi (accountant) of Rayy
Abu al-Muzaffar al-Khujandi, chief preacher in Rayy, mufti
Abu Ja'far Mashshati Razi, mufti of Rayy
Abu al-Hasan, ra'is of Bayhaq
Ubayd Allah ibn Ali al-Khatibi, qadi of Isfahan
Sa'id ibn Muhammad ibn Abd al-Rahman, qadi of Nishapur
Abu al-Ala', mufti in Isfahan
Sanjar, nominal head of the Seljuq dynasty (1118–1153) (the Supreme Sultan; al-sultan al-a'zam)
Mu'in al-Mulk Abu Nasr ibn Fazl, vizier
Mu'in al-Din al-Kashi, vizier
Yamin al-Dawla Khwarazmshah, vizier, prince of the Khwarazmian dynasty
Bazghash, amir
Qajaq, amir
Muhammad ibn Anaz, amir
Ala al-Din Mahmud, governor of Turaythith
Aqsunqur, mamluk, governor of Turshiz (killed while rebelling against the sultan)
?, qadi of Quhistan
Tughrul Mahalli, wali of Damghan
Mahmud II, sultan of the Seljuks of Iraq (1118–1131)
Kamal al-Mulk Abu Talib al-Simirumi, vizier
Tamurtughan, amir
Yaran-Qush Bazdar, amir of Qazwin
Unar, amir of Khurasan
Asil, commander
Unnamed Turkic amir in Qazwin
Unnamed sons of Yaran-Qush Bazdar
Qimaz(?) Harami, commander
Sunqur Inanj, wali of Rayy
Abu Nasr Muhammad ibn Nasr ibn Mansur al-Harawi, Hanafi qadi of Hamadan
Abd al-Latif al-Khujandi, Shafi'i leader in Isfahan
Da'ud, sultan of the Seljuks of Iraq (1131–1132)
Tughril II, sultan of the Seljuks of Iraq (1132–1135)
?, vizier
Mas'ud, sultan of the Seljuks of Iraq (1135–1152)
Abbas, amir, shihna (governor) of Rayy
Jawhar, chamberlain
Dawlatshah Alawi, prefect of Isfahan
Aqsunqur Ahmadili, atabeg of Maragha
Shams Tabrizi, ra'is (prefect) of Tabriz
Hasan ibn Abi al-Qasim Karkhi, mufti of Qazwin
Qutlugh, wali of Qazwin
Aqsunqur Firuzkuhi, wali of Rayy
Khumar-Tash, commander
Unnamed qadi of Tiflis
Unnamed qadi of Hamadan
Muhammad II ibn Mahmud, sultan
Balak Ghazi, amir, (nominal) governor of Aleppo
Ibn al-Khashshab, qadi and ra'is of Aleppo, de facto ruler of Aleppo since 1113
Nur al-Din Mahmud, Zengid amir of Damascus and Aleppo
Janah al-Dawla, amir of Homs
Shams al-Mulk Alp Arslan al-Akhras (since 1113), sultan of Aleppo
Sa'id ibn Badi', ra'is of Aleppo and militia (al-ahdath) commander
Taj al-Muluk Buri, Burid atabeg of Damascus
Mufarrij ibn al-Hasan ibn al-Sufi, prefect of Damascus (ra'is al-shihna)
Yusuf ibn Firuz, military governor of Damascus (ra'is al-shurta)
Nasir al-Dawla ibn al-Muhalhil, vizier
Garashasaf, wāli of Kirman
Abbasid Caliphate
al-Mustazhir, caliph
al-Mustarshid, caliph
al-Rashid, caliph
al-Mustadi, caliph
Adud al-Din Abu al-Faraj Muhmmad ibn Abdallah, vizier
Fatimid Caliphate
al-Afdal Shahanshah, vizier
al-Musta'li, Caliph-Imam
al-Amir bi-Ahkam Allah, Caliph-Imam
al-Ma'mun al-Bata'ihi, vizier
Khalaf ibn Mula'ib, semi-independent amir of Homs and Apamea
Mus'ab ibn Mula'ib, commander
Ayyubid Sultanate
Saladin, sultan of Syria and Egypt
Crusaders
Principality of Antioch
Tancred, Regent of Antioch
Kingdom of Jerusalem
Baldwin II, King of Jerusalem
Conrad I, King of Jerusalem (de facto)
Amalric, King of Jerusalem
County of Tripoli
Raymond II, Count of Tripoli
Ralph of Merle, knight
Unnamed lieutenant
Knights Templar
Odo de St Amand, Grand Master (1171–1179)
Du Mesnil, knight
Knights Hospitaller
Raymond du Puy, Grand Master
Gilbert of Assailly, Grand Master
Roger de Moulins, Grand Master
Guérin de Montaigu, Grand Master
Other (semi)-independent leaders
Mahdi, Zaydi commandant of Alamut Castle
Baha' al-Dawla of Sistan
Rasamuj, commandant of Lambsar Castle
Shah Ghazi Rustam, Bawandid ruler of Mazandaran and Gilan
Girdbazu, King of Mazandaran
Kayka'us, Paduspanid ruler (d. 1164/1165)
Abu Hashim Alawi, Zaydi Imam
Hadi Kiya ibn Abi Hashim, Zaydi Imam
Mahmashad, Karramiyya leader
Garshasaf, amir, ruler in Georgia
See also
List of Isma'ili missionaries
List of assassinations by the Assassins
References
Sources
Nizari-Seljuk
Nizari-Seljuk
Lists of 11th-century people
Lists of 12th-century people
Isma'ilism-related lists