In 1832, thousands of Yazidis were killed in the Shekhan area by Bedir Khan Beg in cooperation with the Kurdish Soran prince Mohammed Pasha Rawanduz.[6] And also in 1844 in the Tur Abdin mountains, Yazidis were targeted by him.[7] Bedir Khan Beg's goal was to force the Yazidis to convert to Islam.[8]