History of the Wars, Volume III by Procopius

The Ottoman sultan Selim II tried to squeeze the Russians out of the lower Volga by sending a military expedition to Astrakhan in 1569. The first Russo-Turkish War (1568–1570) occurred after the conquest of Kazan and Astrakhan by the Russian tsar Ivan the Terrible. Thus the inhabitants of Antioch were visited with every form of misfortune.See also: Crimean–Nogai slave raids in Eastern Europe At that time they say that two women of those who were illustrious in Antioch got outside the fortifications, but perceiving that they would fall into the hands of the enemy (for they were already plainly seen going about everywhere), went running to the River Orontes, and, fearing lest the Persians should do them some insult, they covered their faces with their veils and threw themselves into the river’s current and were carried out of sight. For the Persians did not spare persons of any age and were slaying all whom they met, old and young alike.

For already the Persians had forced back the citizens by their numbers and turned them to flight, and a great slaughter took place there. Meanwhile these men have set an ambush in a captured city and are destroying the victors by means of snares, although all the soldiers have long since fled from them.” When Chosroes heard this, he sent a large number of the best troops against them, and these not long afterwards returned and announced that nothing untoward had come to pass.

Persians irreparable harm, as if fearing lest some reason for shewing them humanity should be left in thee but thou art wishing to pity those who do not ask to be saved, and hast shewn zeal to spare those who by no means wish it.

History of the Wars, Volume III by Procopius