City of Good FortuneAs we have seen, the castle of Alamut was both the starting point and the constant power centre of the whole Ismaili movement.In recognition of its crucial strategic importance to his cause, Hasan Sabbah renamed it “Baldat al-Iqbal” (Arabic: بلدة الاقبال ), the “City of Good Fortune”.It was from here that messengers … Continue reading Alamut Fortress