The Old Man of the Mountain ( Arabic: شيخ الجبل, romanized: Shaykh al-Jabal, Latin: Vetulus de Montanis), [1] is the expression used by Marco Polo in a passage from Book of the Marvels of the World, to indicate Muhammad III of Alamut, [2] the grand master of the Order of Assassins, who took refuge in Alamut Castle. It later became a common name used by the Crusaders. [3]
Subsequently, this nickname was given to various Isma'ili successors of Hassan, in Syria, particularly, [4] for example Rashid al-Din Sinan, the da'i (missionary) [5] and a leader of the Syrian branch of the Nizari Isma'ili state. [6]
The Old Man of the Mountain ( Arabic: شيخ الجبل, romanized: Shaykh al-Jabal, Latin: Vetulus de Montanis), [1] is the expression used by Marco Polo in a passage from Book of the Marvels of the World, to indicate Muhammad III of Alamut, [2] the grand master of the Order of Assassins, who took refuge in Alamut Castle. It later became a common name used by the Crusaders. [3]
Subsequently, this nickname was given to various Isma'ili successors of Hassan, in Syria, particularly, [4] for example Rashid al-Din Sinan, the da'i (missionary) [5] and a leader of the Syrian branch of the Nizari Isma'ili state. [6]