Numerous massacres are recorded against the minority Nizari Ismaili Shia Muslims, particularly during the Alamut Period.
In many cases, the victims include non-Nizaris; such as supporters of the Nizaris, and people who are falsely accused and killed due to personal enmity.
The Nizari response was often the assassination of the leader behind the massacre.B. Hourcade, “ALAMŪT,” Encyclopædia Iranica, I/8, pp. 797-801; an updated version is available online at http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/alamut-valley-alborz-northeast-of-qazvin- (accessed on 17 May 2014).
List + List of massacres of Nizaris Date Location Perpetrator(s) Deaths Notable victims Notes 1010–1025 Multan and al-Mansura, Sindh Ghaznavids Multiple massacres of Ismailis. 1093 Isfahan's city square, Seljuk Empire local Sunni Muslims All suspected Ismailis in the town were burned alive in the city center. 1101- Seljuk Empire Sultan Barkiyaruq Muhammad ibn Dushmanziyar ibn Ala' al-Dawla (), governor of Yazd; son of Kayqubad, commandant of Tikrit As listed below. 1101 Isfahan's city square, Seljuk Empire local Sunni Muslims, allowed by Barkiyaruq 1101- Baghdad and elsewhere in Iraq ordered by Abbasid caliph al-Mustazhir Abu Ibrahim Asadabadi (relative of Bahram al-Da'i) Widespread massacres. 1113 Aleppo Sa'id ibn Badi', ra'is of Aleppo and militia commander, approved by Alp Arslan al-Akhras during Muhammad I Tapar's anti-Nizari campaign ~200 massacred or imprisoned and their properties were confiscated da'i Abu Tahir al-Sa'igh, da'i Isma'il, and a brother of da'i al-Hakim al-Munajjim 1124 Amid, southern Armenia ~700 1125 Aleppo Ibn al-Khashshab September 1129 Damascus, Emirate of Damascus Atabeg Taj al-Muluk Buri, the militia (al-ahdath) and the mob 6,000-10,000 Shadhili al-Kadim 1138 Isfahan, Seljuk Empire After the assassination of the Abbasid caliph al-Rashid Billah. 1140s Seljuk Empire Abbas (governor of Rayy) After the assassination of Sultan Da'ud 1204 Lower Iraq May 1256 Tun (modern Ferdows), Nizari Ismaili state Kitbuqa and Köke Ilgei almost all inhabitants 1257 Mongol Empire Mongke Khan ~100,000 Multiple massacres, as listed below 1257 Toungat, Mongol Empire Khurshah's Mongol guard (ordered by Mongke Khan) Rukn al-Din Khurshah and his companions Willey, Peter. Eagle's Nest - Ismaili Castles in Iran and Syria (New York: I. B. Tauris, 2005), 83 1257 between Qazvin and Abhar, Mongol Empire Qaraqai Bitikchi (ordered by Mongke Khan) Khurshah's relatives 1257 Quhistan, Mongol Empire Ötegü-China (ordered by Mongke Khan) 12,000 1257? Mongol Empire Bulghan Khatun or Bulghan or Qara-Bulghan, the child of the assassinated Mongol commander Chagatai the Elder 200 or 300 15 December 1270 Gerdkuh, Ilkhanate Ilkhanate forces (during Abaqa Khan's reign) the garrison of Gerdkuh 1809 Eyalet of Acre, Ottoman Empire (present-day Syria) Nusayris 1392 Tabaristan, Timurid Empire Timur's troops May 1393 Anjudan, Timurid Empire Timur's troops 1416 Daylam Sayyid Radi Kiya of the Karkiya dynasty Many Isma'ili leaders, including some descendants of the Imam Khudawand Ala al-Din Muhammad
See also Nizari–Seljuk wars List of assassinations by the Assassins
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