Suppose the intention of Clairvaux was to create a permanent, securely defended,
corridor, from Europe, through
the Semitic Near East, to Aryan Persia and India, for the gold and silver
exchange which was the lifeblood of
the world trade system. This would explain the liaison of the Templars with the
Isma'ilis, who were Shi'ites and
thus, he would have hoped, allied to Persia.
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