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Capture of Aleppo
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<h2 id="campaign-and-establishment-of-ottoman-administration-in-aleppo">Campaign and establishment of Ottoman administration in Aleppo</h2> <p>Following the Ottoman victory at the <a href="/facts/Battle_of_Marj_Dabiq/TVnw67Rp">Battle of Marj Dabiq</a>, the people of <a href="/facts/Aleppo/uFT6K2rS">Aleppo</a> opened the gates of the <a href="/facts/Citadel_of_Aleppo/IMKy4K4q">Citadel of Aleppo</a> and greeted <a href="/facts/Selim_I/aVcgQv8C">Selim I</a> outside the city, pledging their allegiance.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a> </p><p>The Ottomans seized one million Egyptian <a href="/facts/Ashrafi/1Nyzw0X8">ashrafi</a> gold coins from the treasury in <a href="/facts/Aleppo/uFT6K2rS">Aleppo</a>, along with over 200 okkas of gold bullion, and equivalent quantities of jewels, precious fabrics, and furs. <a href="/facts/Selim_I/aVcgQv8C">Selim I</a> stayed in <a href="/facts/Aleppo/uFT6K2rS">Aleppo</a> for 19 days, overseeing the establishment of Ottoman administration. As part of this, Karaca Ahmed Pasha [tr] was appointed as the governor (Beylerbeyi) of <a href="/facts/Aleppo_Eyalet/gvuIIV0q">Aleppo Eyalet</a>, and Çömlekçizâde Kemal Çelebi was appointed as <a href="/facts/Qadi/A4L7m5ca">qadi</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a> </p><p>On Friday, 29 August, <a href="/facts/Selim_I/aVcgQv8C">Selim I</a> attended Friday prayers at the <a href="/facts/Great_Mosque_of_Aleppo/Qrh5VUtL">Great Mosque of Aleppo</a>, where the preacher referred to him in the sermon as "Servant of the Two Holy Sanctuaries" (<i>Khādim al-Ḥaramayn al-Sharīfayn</i>). In response, Selim took off his robe, worth a thousand gold coins, and gifted it to the preacher. (<i>Some sources claim this event took place in <a href="/facts/Damascus/IL0Qwt6R">Damascus</a>.</i>)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a> Following the <a href="/facts/Ottoman_Empire/6QvfTRsg">Ottoman</a> victory at <a href="/facts/Battle_of_Marj_Dabiq/TVnw67Rp">Marj Dabiq</a> and the incorporation of <a href="/facts/Aleppo/uFT6K2rS">Aleppo</a> into Ottoman territory, other <a href="/facts/Mamluk_Sultanate/laIxgFRS">Mamluk</a> strongholds in the region, including <a href="/facts/Malatya/kDh7B5Gh">Malatya</a>, <a href="/facts/Divri%25C4%259Fi/EHwYw6dJ">Divriği</a>, <a href="/facts/Darende/beKGeFgw">Darende</a>, <a href="/facts/Antioch/Evq0VtjE">Antioch</a>, and <a href="/facts/Rumkale/caw5C1J5">Rumkale</a>, surrendered without resistance.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a> </p><p>While still in <a href="/facts/Aleppo/uFT6K2rS">Aleppo</a>, <a href="/facts/Selim_I/aVcgQv8C">Selim I</a> dispatched <a href="/facts/B%25C4%25B1y%25C4%25B1kl%25C4%25B1_Mehmed_Pasha/zSX9hHMA">Bıyıklı Mehmed Pasha</a>, who had joined the Ottoman army before the <a href="/facts/Battle_of_Marj_Dabiq/TVnw67Rp">Battle of Marj Dabiq</a>, to <a href="/facts/Mardin/Td8jSDpx">Mardin</a>, which had been resisting a siege by <a href="/facts/Deli_Husrev_Pasha/33NeuuAf">Deli Husrev Pasha</a> since June. Selim himself departed from <a href="/facts/Aleppo/uFT6K2rS">Aleppo</a> on 15 September 1516 and advanced toward <a href="/facts/Damascus/IL0Qwt6R">Damascus</a> with the Ottoman army. On 19 September, the Ottomans took <a href="/facts/Hama/DszK2BrI">Hama</a>, followed by <a href="/facts/Homs/dC0Mf5Nz">Homs</a> on 21 September, and finally entered <a href="/facts/Damascus/IL0Qwt6R">Damascus</a> on 27 September 1516. </p> <h2 id="aftermath-and-massacre-of-alawites">Aftermath and massacre of Alawites</h2> <p class="note">Main article: <a href="/facts/Massacre_of_the_Telal/mIc7sTj3">Massacre of the Telal</a></p> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Sir William Muir (1896). The Mameluke; or, Slave dynasty of Egypt, 1260-1517, A. D. Duquesne University Gumberg Library. Smith, Elder. p. 200. <a href="http://archive.org/details/mamelukeorslaved00sirw" target="_blank">http://archive.org/details/mamelukeorslaved00sirw</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Taş, Kenan Ziya (2015). "The Administrative Structure of Syria (Damascus) under Ottoman Rule". Tarih İncelemeleri Dergisi. 15 (1). Ege University: 78. ISSN 0257-4152. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 April 2018. Retrieved 23 May 2018. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180413171818/http://dergipark.gov.tr/download/article-file/58450" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20180413171818/http://dergipark.gov.tr/download/article-file/58450</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>"İzahlı Osmanlı Tarihi Kronolojisi", İsmail Hami Danişmend, vol. 2, p. 29 <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>"İzahlı Osmanlı Tarihi Kronolojisi", İsmail Hami Danişmend, vol. 2, p. 29 <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>