Shekhan Massacre

In 1832, Bedir Khan Beg and his troops committed a massacre against the Yazidis in Shekhan. His men almost killed the whole Yazidi population of Shekhan. Some Yazidis tried to escape to Sinjar. When they attempted to escape towards Sinjar, many of them drowned in the Tigris river. Those who could not swim were killed.^[1][2][3][4]

Shekhan Massacre
Part of Persecution of Yazidis
Location	Shekhan,Iraq
Date	1832 (1832)
Target	Yazidis
Deaths	12,000
Perpetrator	Bohtan Emirate

About 12,000 Yazidis were killed on the bank of the Tigris river by Bedir Khan Beg's men. Yazidi women and children were also kidnapped.

References

1. Tagay, Sefik; Ortac, Serhat. "Die Eziden und das Ezidentum – Geschichte und Gegenwart einer vom Untergang bedrohten Religion" (PDF) (in German). pp. 49–50.
2. Acikyildiz, Birgul (2014-08-20). The Yezidis: The History of a Community, Culture and Religion. I.B.Tauris. p. 52. ISBN 9781784532161.
3. Lescot, Roger (1938). Enquête sur les Yezidis de Syrie et du Djebel Sindjār [microform] (in French). Internet Archive. Beyrouth : [Institut français de Damas]. p. 125.
4. Barbara Henning (2018). Narratives of the History of the Ottoman-Kurdish Bedirhani Family. University of Bamberg Press. p. 99. ISBN 978-3863095512.