The Babylonian King wanted all the male children born to be killed, with the idea that they would dethrone him. Thereupon, after Daniel was born, he was left in a cave by his parents and raised there by lions. He was invited to Tarsus because of the drought in his time, and after his arrival, abundance came. After his death, he was buried under the Makam Mosque on the border of Mersin province.
