Massacre of Rabban Hormizd

Massacre (1838)
In 1838, Kurdish forces from the Soran Emirate attacked the Rabban Hormizd Monastery and the nearby town of Alqosh. The attack was led by Mîr Muhammad Pasha of Rawanduz. During the attack, **hundreds of Assyrian Chaldean Christians were killed**. The monastery and local Christian community were badly damaged.

Massacre (1843)
In 1843, Kurdish forces began to demand money from Christian villages in the region. People who refused to pay were killed. During this time, Rabban Hormizd Monastery was attacked again, and its religious icons were damaged.

There is no exact number of people killed at the monastery in 1843. However, historians say that **more than 10,000 Christians were killed** across the region during this period.

the Rabban Hormizd Monastery was attacked by the Kurds, and 1000 manuscripts may have been destroyed.Wilmhurst, David (2000). The Ecclesiastical Organization of the Church of the East, 1318–1913. p. 205.

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