The Mongol Destruction of the Assassins: Alamut Falls

In 1256, Hulagu Khan's Mongol army marched on the mountain fortress of Alamut, stronghold of the Nizari Ismaili state—better known in the West as the Assassins. This episode explores how the Mongols methodically dismantled a network of castles across northern Iran, the role of the Grand Master Rukn al-Din Khurshah, and the legendary library of Alamut that was reportedly burned. We discuss the Assassins' internal divisions, their failed diplomacy with the Mongols, and how Hulagu used the Assassins' own fear tactics against them. The episode also touches on the Persian historian Juvayni, who was present at the siege and later wrote about the destruction of the library. What did the Mongols really find at Alamut? Was the library as vast as legend claims? And how did the fall of the Assassins pave the way for the sack of Baghdad? This episode gets into the details of a campaign that erased one of the medieval world's most feared and secretive orders. #Alamut #Assassins #NizariIsmaili #HulaguKhan #MongolEmpire #RuknAlDinKhurshah #Juvayni #SiegeOfAlamut #MiddleEastHistory #MedievalHistory #PersianHistory #Castles #LibraryOfAlamut #MongolInvasions #SecretHistory #Ismaili #History #FexingoHistory Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo