What the records say
- When
- 1517
- Kind
- Massacre
- Deaths
- 9,400
- Coordinates
- 36.20° N, 37.16° E
- Description
- 1517 massacre
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Massacre of the Telal
1517 massacre
Massacre of the Telal occurred in 1517 when Ottoman Turks fully took control of Syria at the end of the Ottoman-Mamluk war. The massacre began when the Ottoman Sultan Selim I summoned some Sunnite religious leaders and obtained from them a fatwa to fight "infidel" Alawis. The ensuing massacre resulted in the deaths of 9,400 Shiite men assembled in Aleppo.
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