the comparison of the reasons of ismailis’s blind obedience from hassan sabbah through analytical hierarchy process (ahp) and fuzzy analytical hierarchy process (fahp)

the specific leadership style of hassan sabbah and the specific obedience style of followers, because of voluntary blind obedience of followers from hassan sabbah, is one of the most prominent samples for methodologies leadership studies and blind obedience process. in this study, we have used two different approaches towards the analysis of ismailis’s blind obedience from hassan sabbah. in one of them we used aristotelian logic, and first with the use of historical action research approach, the reasons of this blind obedience were identified, and also through maxqda, 4 main indexes and 46 sub-indexes were found among all the data. in the other approach we used fuzzy logic, and through descriptive-analytical method (the content analysis type) and maxqda, 4 main indexes and 18 sub-indexes were found among all the data. finally, through asking the experts and using analytical hierarchy process (ahp) and also fuzzy analytical hierarchy process (fahp), we attempted to prioritize, compare and analyze the reasons of ismailis’s blind obedience from hassan sabbah in these two approaches.