He then had the leaders of Aleppo's Christian communities arrested and ordered them to wear special clothing, only reversing this upon receiving a heavy fee from them.
[2] The local Janissaries began to fight back and barricaded Abdi Pasha in the governor's palace, which he was only able to leave through the mediation of his kadı (judge).
While waiting for the emirs to appear in order to engage them in battle on 24 October 1786, the news reached Abdi Pasha that the sultan had appointed him to be the governor of Egypt.
[8] Abdi Pasha, angry over his dismissal and this turn of events, sent agents to Istanbul to persuade the sultan to reappoint him as governor.
[11] Abdi Pasha left Egypt on 30 March 1789, headed for Diyarbekir (modern Diyarbakır), in order to gather troops to fight against the Russian Empire in the Russo-Turkish War (1787–92).