Battle of Murjakheti
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 Map of Kingdom of Imereti after the Battle of Murjakheti | |||||||||
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 Kingdom of ImeretiFile:Flag of Georgia (1879).svg Principality of Mingrelia  Principality of Guria |
 Template:Country data Principality of Samtskhe | ||||||||
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Bagrat III Rostom Gurieli | Template:Country data Principality of Samtskhe Qvarqvare II (POW) | ||||||||
The Battle of Murjakheti was fought between the armies of the Kingdom of Imereti and the Principality of Samtskhe at Murjakheti, near Akhalkalaki, on 12 August 1535.[1]
Background
During Qvarqvare III's reign, Persian influence on Samtskhe was growing. Because of that, Ottomans greatly damaged the country and especially its southwestern region. Meskhetian lords had recognized that under Qvarqvare's rule, Samtskhe would finally fall into the Enemy's hands. They made an alliance with the Georgian kings, Bagrat III and Luarsab I of Kartli to end up Jaqelian rule and protect Samtskhe from dominant Muslim empires (Ottomans and Safavids).[2]
Battle
In 1535, King Bagrat III with the help of prince Rostom Gurieli and Mingrelian allies invaded Samtskhe. He defeated and captured Qvarqvare III, who was captured by Gurieli's cup-bearer Isak Artumeladze, and eventually delivered to Bagrat. Georgians annexed the Principality of Samtskhe. Qvarqvare died in prison, while Rostom of Guria was awarded Adjara and Lazeti.[3]
Aftermath
A few years later, Qvarqvare's surviving youngest son Kaikhosro II requested Ottomans to expel Imeretian and Kartlian forces from Samtskhe. The Ottomans retaliated with a major invasion: Bagrat and Rostom were victorious at Karagak in 1543, but decisively defeated at Sokhoista in 1545, where Rostom's son Kaikhosro was killed.[4][5] And Samtskhe became a vassal of the Ottoman Empire.
References
- ↑ Lortkiphanidze, Mariam (2012). History of Georgia in four volumes, volume III (2012) - p.161. Magti koms. ISBN 9789941194078. Search this book on
- ↑ Georgian Soviet encyclopedia. 10. Tbilisi. 1986. p. 638. Search this book on
- ↑ Rayfield, Donald (2012). London: Reaktion Books. ISBN 978-1-78023-070-2. Missing or empty
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- ↑ Bagrationi, Vakhushti (1976). Nakashidze, N.T., ed. История Царства Грузинского [History of the Kingdom of Georgia] (PDF) (in русский). Tbilisi: Metsniereba. pp. 133–135. Search this book on
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- Rayfield, Donald (2012). Edge of Empires, a History of Georgia. London: Reaktion Books. ISBN 978-1-78023-070-2. Search this book on
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