Back مذبحة خيوس Arabic Xios qətliamı Azerbaijani Massaker von Chios German Σφαγή της Χίου Greek Masacre de Quíos Spanish Massacre de Chios French טבח כיוס HE Քիոսյան կոտորած Armenian Massacro de Chios Interlingua Massacro di Chio Italian
| Chios massacre | |
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| Part of Massacres during the Greek War of Independence | |
 The Massacre at Chios (1824) by Eugène Delacroix | |
| Location | Chios, Ottoman Empire |
| Coordinates | 38°21′50″N 26°03′47″E / 38.3640°N 26.0630°E |
| Date | April–August 1822 |
| Target | Greeks on the island of Chios |
| Victims | Up to 100,000 killed or enslaved. At least:
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| Perpetrators |  Ottoman Empire
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No. of participants | 30,000 |
The Chios massacre (in Greek: Η σφαγή της Χίου, Greek pronunciation: [i sfaˈʝi tis ˈçi.u]) was a catastrophe that resulted in the death, enslavement, and flight of about four-fifths of the total population of Greeks on the island of Chios by Ottoman troops, during the Greek War of Independence in 1822.[1][2][3] It is estimated that up to 100,000 people were killed or enslaved during the massacre, while up to 20,000 escaped as refugees.[4] Greeks from neighboring islands had arrived on Chios and encouraged the Chiotes (the native inhabitants of the island) to join their revolt. In response, Ottoman troops landed on the island and killed thousands. The massacre of Christians provoked international outrage across the Western world, and led to increasing support for the Greek cause worldwide.
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As many as 100,000 inhabitants were either killed or enslaved, while 20,000 escaped as refugees. ... The exact number of Chiots enslaved or massacred remains generally unknown, with different estimations given. Argenti stated that "before the massacre the total resident population of Chios was 120,000, after the massacre it was but 30,000." Long cited 41,000 Chiots being exported as slaves, which can be seen from the customs authority records, as well as 15,000 escapees from the island prior to the Kapudan Pasha's arrival. The historians St Clair and Brewer relatively echoed Long's number of slaves being brought to Anatolia, as did the Philhellene Thomas Gordon, who estimated 45,000. Brandt suggested "those slaughtered ran upward of 50,000, with an equal number enslaved." Rodogno reasoned that "Before the massacre between 100,000 and 120,000 Greeks had been living on Chios; by the end of it there were 20,000; many had perished, others fled or became slaves."The Times asked rhetorically: "Who can, without shuddering, read of the total ruin, the universal desolation of our famed and once happy isle (Scio); the destruction of all its inhabitants, nearly one hundred thousand"?
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