In this text, FS
examines the Assassins
, an eleventh- and twelfth-century Middle Eastern cult that followed and attacked other members of religious groups, such as the Fatimids
and the Sunni
, whose name (originally...
Travel
Freya Stark
Geniesse
comments that Stark probably used Bell's The Desert and the Sown, 1905, to plan her trip, though she later resented comparisons between herself and Bell. Because the region had been under French martial...
Travel
Freya Stark
Meanwhile, in April 1930, she set out to reach and map the Rock of Alamut (near Qasir Khan) in the Persian mountains, previously a gathering place for the Assassins
). The Assassins were a...
