The massacre took place during the An Shi Rebellion . Arab and Persian merchants in the city were massacred in the thousands when Tian Shengong 's ( T'ien Shen-kung ) 田神功 rebel soldiers entered the city . The merchants were targeted for being foreign and for their wealth . ( 大食波斯賈胡死者數千人 ; 殺商胡波斯數千人 ) In the Guangzhou massacre in 879 , 120,000 Muslim Arabs , Persians , Jews , Zoroastrians , and Christians were killed by the Chinese rebel leader Huang Chao
Guangzhou massacre
Guangzhou massacre
Yangzhou massacre (760)