CHAPTER III.

Ali of Rei — His son Hassan Sabah — Hassan sent to study at Nishaboor — Meets there Omar Klhiam and Nizam-al-Moolk — Agreement made by them — Hassan introduced by Nizam to Sultan Malek Shah — Obliged to leave the Court — Anecdote of him — His own ac- count of his Conversion — Gk>es to Egypt — Returns to Fersia — Mak«s himself Master of Alamoot. • • 43
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