In 1832, Muhammad Pasha with his troops committed a massacre on the Yazidis in Khatarah. Subsequently, he attacked the Yazidis in Shekhan and killed many of them.[20] In another attempt he and his troops occupied over 300 Yazidi villages. The emir kidnapped over 10,000 Yazidis to Rawandiz and gave them the ultimated of converting to Islam or be killed.