Massacre of Ganja(1606)
According to the early 17th century Armenian historian Arak'el Davrizhetsi, the Sunni Kurdish tribe of Jekirlu inhabited the region of Ganja. In 1606, when Shah Abbas reconquered Ganja, he ordered a general massacre of the Jekirlu. Even infants were slaughtered with sharp swords.
| Ganja Massacre | |
|---|---|
| Part of and Persecution of Kurds | |
| Location | Ganja |
| Date | 1610 |
| Target |  Sunni Kurdish tribe of Jekirlu |
| Deaths | Shah Abbas massacre of the Kurdish Jekirlu [1] |
| Perpetrator |  Safavid EmpireAbbas the Great |