 The Turks seized all they could lay hold of, and threatened death unless on payment of large ransom.The Circassian were everywhere pursued and mercilessly slaughtered, their heads being hung up around the battle field.It was not till some days had passed, that Selim I with Caliph Al-Mutawakkil III, whose influence for mercy began now to be felt, having entered the city stopped these wild hostilities, and the inhabitants began again to feel some measure of security.