Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Ottomans ne suka gina dandalin a ƙarshen karni na sha tara. An gina sabon ofishin gidan waya da birni a can ta amfani da karafa da siminti, sabbin kayan aiki ga Damascus a wancan lokacin. Ottomans sun kashe 'yan gwagwarmayar Siriya guda bakwai a fili a dandalin a ranar shahidai, 6 ga Mayu, 1916, kuma saboda wannan dalili an san shi da "Tsarkin Shahidai". Bayan Faransawa sun mallaki Siriya sun ci gaba da amfani da dandalin don wannan dalili. Fakhri Hassan al-Kharrat, ɗan
Babban shugaban tawayen Siriya Hasan al-Kharrat, an rataye shi a can a 1925 <unk> 26. A ranar 18 ga Mayu, 1965, an rataye ɗan leƙen asirin Isra'ila Eli Cohen a bainar jama'a a dandalin Marjeh.