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Dāʿī Rashid ad-Din Sinan
راشد الدين سنان‎
Engraving of Rashid ad-Din Sinan.

Lord of the Nizari Ismaili state in Syria
In office 1162–1193

Personal
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
Religion	Shia Islam
Sect	Nizari Isma'ilism
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
Organization
Order	Assassins
Senior posting
Predecessor	Abu Muhammad
Successor	Abu Mansur ibn Muhammad or Nasr al-'Ajami

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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),^[1]^[2] was an Arab Muslim missionary (dāʿī)^[3] 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.^[4]

^ Mentioned in Latin sources from the Crusader states.
^ Mirza, Dr. Naseeh Ahmed. "Alamut. Bastion of Peace and Information". Alamut. Melbourne, Australia. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
^ "Rashid al-Din Sinan". Oxford Reference. 2003. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
^ Reston 2001, p. 16.