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== Disappearance and accusations ==
[[File:Tommasoetamarah.jpg|thumb|150px|Contemporary drawing of Father Thomas and his servant Ibrahim Amara]]
On February 5, 1840, Father Thomas, an Italian monk belonging to a [[Order of Friars Minor Capuchin|Franciscan Capuchin friar]] from the [[Sardinia|Island of Sardinia]], and his Muslim servant, Ibrahim Amrah, disappeared in Damascus.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|last=|title=The Damascus Blood Libel|url=https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/the-damascus-blood-libel|url-status=live|access-date=2021-03-26|website=www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170129002300/http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org:80/the-damascus-blood-libel |archive-date=2017-01-29 }}</ref> Soon after their disappearance the Jewish community was accused by the Christians of murdering Father Thomas and his servant, and to have extracted their blood in order to bake [[
Under torture a confession was extracted from a Jewish barber called Negrin who told the persecutors that he, together with seven other notable Jewish men (including members of the influential Farḥī family), had killed Father Thomas on the night of his disappearance. These other men were interrogated under torture as well, during which five of the seven prisoners confessed to the murder of the Father and his servant.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":0" /> Although there is no consensus among scholars about the number, it is certain that some prisoners died during their interrogation.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3">{{Cite web|last=Deutsch, Gotthard and Franco, M. (1901-1906)|title=DAMASCUS AFFAIR - JewishEncyclopedia.com|url=https://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/4862-damascus-affair|url-status=live|access-date=2021-04-01|website=www.jewishencyclopedia.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120107044720/http://jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/4862-damascus-affair |archive-date=2012-01-07 }}</ref> When bones were discovered in a Jewish quarter, Ratti-Menton and Sharif Pasha considered this discovery as a confirmation of the confession extracted from the imprisoned Jews.<ref name=":1" /> More Jews were accused and arrested on charges of involvement in the murder of Father Thomas.<ref>Green, Abigail (2012), "Chapter 7. The Damascus Affair". in: ''Moses Montefiore'', ed. Green, Abigail, Cambridge, MA and London, England: Harvard University Press, pp.133-157. p.136.</ref> In the direct aftermath of the blood libel and the arrests, the Christians and Muslims of Damascus committed violence against the Jewish population.<ref name=":0" /> According to the [[The Jewish Encyclopedia|Jewish Encyclopedia]] (1901-1906) [[Jobar Synagogue|the synagogue in the suburb Jobar]] was pillaged by a mob in a reaction to the blood libel and the [[Torah|scrolls of the Law]] were destroyed.<ref name=":3" />
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