Muhammad III of Alamut

Muhammad III
Muhammad III
26th Ismaili Nizari Imam Ala al-Din Muhammad
26th Imam of the Nizari Ismaili Shias
Tenure	1221 – 1 December 1255
Predecessor	Jalal al-Din Hasan
Successor	Rukn al-Dīn al-Hasan ibn Muhammad Khurshāh
Born	608 AH/1211 AD
Died	653 AH/1255 AD

ʿAlāʾ ad-Dīn Muḥammad III (Persian: علاءالدین محمد; 1211–1255), more commonly known as ʿAlāʾ ad-Dīn (Persian: علاءالدین), son of Jalāl al-Dīn Ḥasan III, was the 26th Nizāri Isma'ilism Imām. He ruled the Nizari Ismaili state from 1221 to 1255.^[1] By some accounts, he was considered a respected scholar and the spiritual and worldly leader of the Nizari Ismailis.^[2] The intellectual life of Persia has been described as having flourished during his 34-year reign.^[3] Allegedly, he was known for his tolerance and pluralism.^[4] His reign witnessed the beginnings of the Mongol conquests of Persia and the eastern Muslim world.^[5] He was assassinated by an unknown perpetrator on 1 December 1255,^[6] and was succeeded by his eldest son, Rukn al-Din Khurshah, in 1255.^[5]

^ Meriem Pages (2007). The Image of the Assassins in Medieval European Texts. p. 25. ISBN 9780549171683.
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^ Willey, Peter (2012). Eagle's Nest: Ismaili Castles in Iran and Syria. Bloomsbury I. B Tauris. pp. 135–141. ISBN 9781850434641.
^ ^a ^b Farhad Daftary (15 May 1994). The Assassin Legends: Myths of the Isma'ilis (illustrated, reprint ed.). I.B.Tauris. p. 43. ISBN 9781850437055.
^ Daftary, Farhad (2020). A short history of the Ismailis – Traditions of a Muslim community. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. p. 151. ISBN 978-0-7486-7922-5. OCLC 1201199386.

[1] Meriem Pages (2007). The Image of the Assassins in Medieval European Texts. p. 25. ISBN 9780549171683.

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[4] Willey, Peter (2012). Eagle's Nest: Ismaili Castles in Iran and Syria. Bloomsbury I. B Tauris. pp. 135–141. ISBN 9781850434641.

[Daftary-5] Farhad Daftary (15 May 1994). The Assassin Legends: Myths of the Isma'ilis (illustrated, reprint ed.). I.B.Tauris. p. 43. ISBN 9781850437055.

[:7-6] Daftary, Farhad (2020). A short history of the Ismailis – Traditions of a Muslim community. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. p. 151. ISBN 978-0-7486-7922-5. OCLC 1201199386.

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Muhammad III
26th Ismaili Nizari Imam Ala al-Din Muhammad

26th Imam of the Nizari Ismaili Shias
Tenure	1221 – 1 December 1255
Predecessor	Jalal al-Din Hasan
Successor	Rukn al-Dīn al-Hasan ibn Muhammad Khurshāh

Born	608 AH/1211 AD
Died	653 AH/1255 AD

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Muhammad III of Alamut

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