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The siege of Tbilisi was the successful siege of the city of Tbilisi, capital of the Kingdom of Georgia, by the Turco-Mongol conqueror Timur, which ended on 22 November 1386. The official history of his reign, Zafarnama , represents this invasion in Georgia as a jihad .
The death of thousands of soldiers in battle with Georgian troops led to the start of Timur’s new invasion of Georgia in the spring of 1387. The enemy's numbers significantly outnumbered the Georgian forces hastily assembled by the prince. Timur personally led the participants in the invasion.
The Timurid conquests and invasions started in the seventh decade of the 14th century with Timur's control over Chagatai Khanate and ended at the start of the 15th century with the death of Timur. Due to the sheer scale of Timur's wars, and the fact that he was generally undefeated in battle, he has been regarded as one of the most successful ...
Siege of Tbilisi (1386), successful Timurid attack on the capital of Kingdom of Georgia; Siege of Tbilisi (1476), part of Turkoman invasions of Georgia; Battle of Krtsanisi, in 1795, part of Persian invasion of Kingdom of Kartli-Kakheti; Siege of Tbilisi (1921), see List of Georgian battles
Recapture of Tbilisi [76] Tbilisi, Georgia: Timurid invasions of Georgia Kingdom of Georgia Timurid Empire: Victory 1400 Battle of Sagim River [79] Kvemo Kartli, Georgia: Timurid invasions of Georgia Kingdom of Georgia Timurid Empire: Victory 1401 Siege of Alinja [79] Alinja, Azerbaijan: Timurid invasions of Georgia Kingdom of Georgia Timurid ...
In the first of at least seven invasions, Timur sacked Tbilisi and captured King Bagrat V in 1386. Georgian resistance prompted a renewed attack by the Turco-Mongol armies. Bagrat's son and successor, George VII, put up a stiff resistance and had to spend much of his reign (1395–1405) fighting the Timurid invasions. Timur led most of these ...
Siege of Tbilisi (1386) Battle of the Terek River; Timurid conquests and invasions; Timurid invasion of Simsim; U. Battle of Ushkudzhe;
In the winter of 1399 during the Timurid invasions of Georgia, [4] Timur breached the borders of Kingdom of Georgia with 100,000 specially chosen soldiers, under Timur, and Ibrahim I of Shirvan. They then crossed Kura on a patoon bridge, and hacked the path with machetes to avoid Georgian sentries. They caught Kakheti, and Hereti by surprise ...