Firdous Bareen by Abdul Haleem Sharar
Abdul Halim Shararعبدالحلیم شرار, (1860–1926) was an essayist and historian of Lucknow. His book "Guzishta Lucknow" is a rich source of information on the genesis of the city and its culture. He wrote famous tales with historical content. One of them is فردوس بریں (Firdos -e- Bareen) which is named after a section of paradise according to Islamic Doctrine. Firdous e Bareen (Persian: فردوس برین) was the name of the ancient Persian garden, supposedly located in the fortress of Alamut, in the Elburz mountains of Northern Iran, in whichHassan-i-Sabah and his band of Nizari Ismaili Shiite Hashshashin took refuge.
According to some accounts, this Paradise garden, imitating paradise or heaven, was furnished with all luxuries of life, even a rivulet of wine and was used to recruit Sabah'sassassins. The recruit was drugged to simulate "dying," only to later awaken in a garden and be served a sumptuous feast by virgins. The supplicant was then convinced he was in Heaven and that Sabah was a minion of the divinity and that all of his orders should be followed, even to death.
The novel Firdous e Bareen, written by Indian Muslim novelist Abdul Halim Sharar, gives a biographical account of Hassan, a youth lured and captured by Sabah's men and then forced into his assassination machinery.
Firdous E Bareen is also a song on the album In the Absence of Truth by the American post-metal band Isis.
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According to some accounts, this Paradise garden, imitating paradise or heaven, was furnished with all luxuries of life, even a rivulet of wine and was used to recruit Sabah'sassassins. The recruit was drugged to simulate "dying," only to later awaken in a garden and be served a sumptuous feast by virgins. The supplicant was then convinced he was in Heaven and that Sabah was a minion of the divinity and that all of his orders should be followed, even to death.
The novel Firdous e Bareen, written by Indian Muslim novelist Abdul Halim Sharar, gives a biographical account of Hassan, a youth lured and captured by Sabah's men and then forced into his assassination machinery.
Firdous E Bareen is also a song on the album In the Absence of Truth by the American post-metal band Isis.
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