State · 1090 – 1256

Nizari Ismaili state

A state of 1090 – 1256 — 166 years in the Middle East and North Africa. It followed Seljuk Empire, Khwarazmian Empire and Ziyarid dynasty and 2 more. It was replaced by Mongol Empire. The atlas records 8 things within it — people 8. Its line of rulers holds 8 people.

For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the state.

Stood: 166 years; 1090 – 1256
Rulers: 8; the Lord of Alamut
Within it: 8; recorded rows
Symbols: 2; on record, with years

Where it sits in time

Five thousand years, 3000 BCE to 2026; the state in gold, what it replaced or followed and what replaced or followed it in grey.

Before and after

The states the record files it as replacing or following, and those that replaced or followed it - Wikidata's own statements, each read from this state's side.

Before it

Ziyarid dynasty · follows · 930 – 1090
Sallarid dynasty · follows · 941 – 981
Seljuk Empire · follows · 1037 – 1194
Justanids · follows
Khwarazmian Empire · follows · 1077 – 1231

After it

Mongol Empire · replaced by · 1206 – 1368

Rulers

The line of Lord of Alamut.

killed, executed or dead in battledied in office

Ruler	Reign	Length	How it ended · source	To the ruler before
Hasan-i Sabbah	1090 – 1124	34 years	died in office of natural causesWikidata's manner of death
Kiya Buzurg-Ummid	1124 – 1138	14 years	died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone
Muhammad ibn Buzurg-Ummid	1138 – 1162	24 years	died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone	child
Hassan II of Alamut	1162 – 1166	4 years	killedWikidata's manner of death
Muhammad II of Alamut	1166 – 1210	44 years	died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone	child
Hassan III of Alamut	1210 – 1221	11 years	died in office of natural causesWikidata's manner of death	child
Muhammad III of Alamut	1221 – 1255	34 years	killedWikidata's manner of death	child
Rukn al-Din Khurshah	1255 – 1256	1 year	killedWikidata's manner of death	child

8 rulers, 8 with terms dated as terms, covering 1090 – 1256. Median reign 19 years. 2 of 7 handovers irregular - a killing, a deposition, a rival claimant, a rising or a coup beside it. A blank in the last column means no kin on record, which is coverage, never “unrelated”.

Flags and arms, in order

Each symbol with the years its own statement gives; the timeline flies the one of the year on screen.

flag, 1090 – 1162Flag of Nizari Ismaili state (1090-1162) · CC BY-SA 3.0 · ZxxZxxZ
flag, 1162 – 1256Flag of Nizari Ismaili state (1162-1256) · CC BY-SA 3.0 · ZxxZxxZ

What happened within it, by century

Every row the atlas hosts under this state, by the century it began in: wars and battles in red, risings, regime changes and massacres beside them, everything else in grey. A tall bar is a century the record is full for, which is partly a fact about Wikipedia.

1000 – 10993 rows

Hasan-i Sabbah · religious leader · 1037 – 1124
Kiya Buzurg-Ummid · ruler · 1062 – 1138
Muhammad ibn Buzurg-Ummid · ruler · 1097 – 1162

1100 – 11993 rows

Hassan II of Alamut · ruler · 1126 – 1166
Hassan III of Alamut · ruler · 1187 – 1221
Muhammad II of Alamut · religious leader · 1148 – 1210

1200 – 12992 rows

Rukn al-Din Khurshah · ruler · 1230 – 1257
Muhammad III of Alamut · ruler · 1211 – 1255

Among all states

Each measure against the states that carry it, never against all of them: a bar is the share of those states below this one.

How long it stood166 years
stood longer than 58% of 3,187 states with a recorded end or still standing.
Wars recorded per centurynone
had more wars on record per century than 44% of 3,187 states, counting the wars the atlas hosts under each.
How long a reign lasted, at the median24 years
had longer reigns, at the median, than 72% of 967 states whose dated line can carry a median.
Rulers on record8
has more rulers on record than 76% of 1,968 states with a line of rulers.

What led to it, and what came of it

The investigation's own picture: 4 causes the record names and 6 results, the strongest six of each at their own years, joined to the state by the kind of claim - a recorded statement solid, the article's sentence dashed, a theory dash-dot.

linked

Open the investigation: every row with its evidence, the conditions at the time, the theories condition by condition, and the succession analysed.

Open in the atlas

On the timeline, 1073 – 1273, with everything that stood beside it.
On the map in 1173, live: scrub the year and watch its borders move.
Investigate it: what led to it, what came of it, and its succession analysed.

Wikidata Q6563843 (CC0) · symbols from Wikimedia Commons, each credited above · data built 2026-10-06 · Pastlas v2.9.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.