Rashid ad-Din Sinan
Dāʿī Rashid ad-Din Sinan | |
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راشد الدين سنان | |
| Lord of Al-Kahf and Masyaf | |
| In office 1162–1193 | |
| Preceded by | Abu Muhammad |
| Succeeded by | Abu Mansur ibn Muhammad or Nasr al-'Ajami |
| Personal life | |
| Born | Abu al-Hasan Sinan ibn Sulayman ibn Muhammad 1131 or 1135 Basra, Seljuk Empire (now Iraq) |
| Died | 1193 (age 58 or 61) Al-Kahf Castle, Nizari Ismaili state (now Syria) |
| Resting place | Salamiyah, Syria |
| Education | Madrasa of Hasan ibn Muhammad ibn Ali, Alamut |
| Known for | Conflict with Saladin and the Crusader states |
| Other names | Old Man of the Mountain |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Shia Islam |
| Order | Assassins |
| Sect | Nizari Isma'ilism |
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Rashid al-Din Sinan (Arabic: راشد الدين سنان Rāshid ad-Dīn Sinān; 1131/1135 – 1193) also known as the Old Man of the Mountain (Arabic: شيخ الجبل Sheikh al-Jabal; Latin: Vetulus de Montanis), was an Arab Muslim missionary (dāʿī) who served as the leader of the Nizari Ismaili state and the Order of Assassins from 1162 until his death in 1193. An adherent of Nizari Ismailism, a branch of Shia Islam, he was a prominent figure during the Crusades.