massacre was inflicted by Badr Khan in 1846. This massacre received international attention through western press; it also woke European politicians and public opinion to the plight of Christians. This led the European countries to pressure the Porte to intervene and stop the massacres. Aftermath More than 10,000 Assyrians perished during the massacres. The Kurdish massacres were a precursor to the later incursions which ended both the autonomous status which the Assyrian tribes enjoyed in the mountainous areas, and that which the Kurds had as well. The government saw the communal conflict as an opportunity to overthrow the last Kurdish Emirates in 1847, establishing direct control of the entire region. A battalion was sent to the region in 1847, and clashed with the Kurds in several battles that ended with the arrest of both Badr Khan and Nurullah, and their exile in 1850. Later on, the Hakkari province was established and governed from Başkale. Due to the massacres of 1843-1846 committed by the troops of the Kurdish leader Bedr Khan Beg against the independent Assyrian tribes, "the long-Iasting existence of the Assyrian people as an independent body" was ended. See also 1860 Lebanon conflict Hamidian massacres Assyrian genocide List of conflicts in the Near East References Literature . . . ' Massacres in 1843 Massacres in 1846 History of the Kurdish people Badr Khan Badr Khan 1840s in the Ottoman Empire Persecution of Assyrians in the Ottoman Empire Massacres of Christians Genocides in Asia 1843 murders in the Ottoman Empire 1846 murders in the Ottoman Empire