On 13 Adar, five hundred people who attacked the Jews and Haman's ten sons are killed in Shushan. Mordechai assumes a prominent position in Ahasuerus' court, and institutes an annual commemoration of the delivery of the Jewish people from annihilation.
People: Ahasuerus - Mordecai - Parshandatha - Dalphon - Aspatha - Poratha - Adalia - Aridatha - Parmashta - Arisai - Aridai - Vajezatha - Esther
Places: Shushan
Related articles: Adar - Jew - Haman - Hammedatha - Agagite - Purim - Abihail
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