Hassan-i Sabbah couldn't take Alamut Castle by force — the Nizari were vastly outnumbered. So he dispatched agents to nearby villages, slowly converted locals, got men hired inside the fortress, and eventually snuck in himself disguised as a schoolteacher. Two years later, when he revealed himself, most of the castle's own soldiers had already been turned. The Seljuk lord was expelled without a drop of blood spilled and even given cash as compensation.
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