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The Battle of Didgori (Georgian: დიდგორის ბრძოლა, romanized: didgoris brdzola) was fought between the armies of the Kingdom of Georgia and the Seljuk Empire at the narrow place of Didgori, 40 km west of Tbilisi, on August 12, 1121.
Mount Didgori (Georgian: დიდგორი), 1647 m, is situated some 40 km west of Georgia’s capital Tbilisi in the eastern part of the Trialeti Range, which is part of the Lesser Caucasus. It was a site of the celebrated victory won by the Georgian king David IV over the Seljuk armies on August 12, 1121.
1121 Battle of Didgori: Didgori Valley Ilghazi: David IV of Georgia: David IV [23] 1141 Battle of Qatwan: north Samarkand: Ahmad Sanjar, Sultan of the Seljuk Empire Yelü Dashi, Emperor of the Qara Khitai Qara Khitai [24] 1152 Battle of Nab Near Herat: Ala al-Din Husayn(Ghurid) Ahmad Sanjar, Sultan of the Seljuk Empire Ahmad Sanjar [25] 1176 ...
1121 Battle of Didgori: Tbilisi, Georgia: Georgian–Seljuk wars Kingdom of Georgia. Kipchaks Armenian English Frankish Alan mercenaries. Seljuk Empire Sultanate of Rum Artuqids Beylik of Dilmaç Banu Mazyad Shaddadids Emirate of Tbilisi: Victory Beginning of the Georgian Golden Age; 1122 Siege of Tbilisi: Tbilisi, Georgia: Georgian Crusade ...
The Battle of Didgori was fought between the kingdom of Georgia (about 55,600 troops) and the Seljuk Empire (over 300,000 troops) on the fields of Didgori, 40 km west of the present-day Georgian capital of Tbilisi, on 12 August 1121. The battle resulted in King David's decisive victory over the Seljuk force (under Ilghazi) and the reconquest of ...
However, on 12 August 1121, King David routed the enemy army on the field of Didgori, achieving what is often considered the greatest military success in Georgian history. The victory at Didgori signaled the emergence of Georgia as a great military power and shifted the regional balance in favor of Georgian cultural and political supremacy.
Year 1121 was a common year ... August 12 – Battle of Didgori: ... Emperor Emperor Huizong of Song sends an expedition to crush the rebellion at Hangzhou ...
Set in Kingdom of Georgia in the early 12th century, the film centers on the Battle of Didgori (1121), in which the Kingdom of Georgia was victorious against the Great Seljuk Empire, allowing the Georgians to cease paying tributes and reclaim Tbilisi.