 Additionally, Aleppo had a large Janissary faction, which had been growing increasingly discontented with the Ottoman government since their official abolishment in 1826.The jannisaries largely resided in the eastern quarters of Aleppo, and were thus particularly affected by these economic hardships.When the Greek Catholic patriarch Maximos III Mazloum was carried in a procession through the city with much extravagance, Muslims saw this as a sign of increasing Christian domination of the city.