Bartol’s Alamut as a valuable Slovenian literary work has been exposed to several interpretations for more than 70 years. The simplest or maybe the most credulous reading of this book is the one that considers it as a history book. This reading deems that the novel literally narrates the political and social events of Iran in the 11th century, the time that the Ismailis with Hasan Sabbah as the leader ruled over Alamut Castle. In this article the novel’s most important interpretations have been provided by discussing the deliberate critical essays through content analysis and historical criticism of the happenings. Then by using some important historical documents and relevant evidence, some events and persons of that time have been detected. The main aim of the article is to show that while Bartol incorporated a vast knowledge of the history of the Middle East as the core part of his novel, he also regarded his own nation and the miserable events of his own country. As a matter of fact he sent a harsh message through creating his own Hasan Sabbah, without any concern for the history. ; Bartolov Alamut je pomembno slovensko delo, ki je že skoraj 70 let tema številnih interpretacij. Najpreprosteje, celo lahkoverno je to delo brati kot zgodovinsko knjigo. Takšno branje predpostavlja, da roman v resnici pripoveduje o političnih in družbenih dogodkih v Iranu 11. stoletja, v času, ko sta Esmail in Hasan Sabah vladala Alamutovemu gradu. V tem članku so poudarjene najpomembnejše interpretacije romana z diskusijo dveh premišljenih kritičnih esejev skozi analizo vsebine in zgodovinsko kritiko dogajanja. Z uporabo nekaterih pomembnih zgodovinskih dokumentov in z relevantnimi dokazi so bili odkriti nekateri dogodki in osebe tistega časa. Glavni cilj članka je pokazati, da je Bartol dobro poznal zgodovino Bližnjega vzhoda, kar je bila osnova za osrednji del tega romana, prav tako pa je upošteval svoj narod in nesrečne dogodke v lastni državi. Pravzaprav je prek svojega Hasana Sabaha podal kruto sporočilo, ne ozirajoč se na ...