Muhammad Tapar's anti-Nizari campaign
| Muhammad Tapar's anti-Nizari campaign | |||||||||
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| Part of Ismaili–Seljuq relations | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
| Seljuq Empire | Nizari Ismaili state | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
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Sultan Muhammad Tapar Anushtegin Shirgir |
Da'i Hassan-i Sabbah Da'i Ahmad ibn Abd al-Malik ibn Attash  | ||||||||
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| Large force | Small force | ||||||||
Sultan Muhammad Tapar of Seljuq Empire began a campaign against the Nizari Ismaili state (a series of strongholds inside the Seljuq territory) soon after gaining power and putting an end to internal strifes of the empire. Being heavily outnumbered, the Nizari Ismailis initially suffered setbacks, losing their influence in the Zagros Mountains, Isfahan, Iraq, and northern Syria. However, resistance in the main Nizari strongholds of Alamut and Lambasar was fierce, and despite being continually reinforced and waging a prolonged war of attrition for years, the Seljuqs failed to capture these strongholds. After Muhammad Tapar's death in 1118, the Seljuq forces under Anushtegin Shirgir immediately left Rudbar, and the campaign ended as a stalemate, with the Seljuqs failing to reduce the Nizari strongholds and the Nizari Ismaili anti-Seljuq revolt failing its initial effectiveness.[1]
See also
- Siege of Shahdiz
References
- ↑ Daftary, Farhad (2001). Mediaeval Isma'ili History and Thought. Cambridge University Press. p. 199. ISBN 9780521003100.