The Assassination of Nizam Al Mulk

Nazim al molk was a benevolent administrator, but he knew the danger of allowing sects like the ismalis to flourish. Better to snuff them out early on than face revolution,. So in one thousand 92, the vizer convinced the sultan to send two armies to bring down the castles and destroy the nazari ismelis. This gave them control over part of northern persia, a kind of independent state within the empire. The war turned into a stale mate, and eventually the sultan's armies were forced to come home. Nisam el murk would have to find some other solution, perhaps an occupying force for the region. But a few months later,