Massacre of the Telal

Massacre of the Telal occurred in 1517 when Ottoman Turks fully took control of Syria at the end of the Ottoman-Mamluk war.^[1] 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.^[2]

Telal massacre
Location	Ottoman Syria
Date	1516
Target	Alawis and Shiites
Deaths	9,400
Perpetrator	Ottoman Empire and Sunnis
Motive	Anti-Alawism Anti-Shi'ism