Draft:Nineveh massacre (1528)
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| Nineveh Massacre (1528) | |
|---|---|
| Part of Safavid-Assyrian conflicts | |
| Location | Nineveh, modern-day Iraq |
| Date | 1528 |
| Target | Assyrian civilians |
Attack type | Massacre |
| Deaths | 8,000+ |
| Perpetrator |  Safavid Empire and Kurdish tribes |
| Motive | Suppression of Assyrian Christian population |
References
[edit]The Nineveh Massacre of 1528 was a violent assault carried out by the Safavid Empire in the region of Nineveh, resulting in the deaths of more than 8,000 Assyrian civilians.[1]
- ^ David Wilmshurst, The Ecclesiastical Organisation of the Church of the East, 1318–1913, Peeters Publishers, 2000, pp. 254–257.