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The Didgori battle helped the Crusader states, which had been under the pressure of Ilghazi's armies. The weakening of the main enemy of the Latin principalities was beneficial for the Kingdom of Jerusalem under King Baldwin II. According to A. Mikaberidze, "The triumphant victory at Didgori captured the imagination of future Georgian generations.
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.
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.
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Sultan Mahmud II soon resumed the war against Georgia, despite his defeat at the Battle of Didgori a year earlier. In November 1122, he began his invasion of Shirvan and captured Tabriz, before reaching the local capital, Shamakhi, the following spring. [96]
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 Battle ...
The Georgian–Seljuk wars (Georgian: საქართველო-სელჩუკთა ომები, romanized: sakartvelo-selchuk'ta omebi), also known as Georgian Crusade, [1] is a long series of battles and military clashes that took place from 1064 until 1213, between the Kingdom of Georgia and the different Seljukid states that occupied most of South Caucasus.
Didgori generally refers to: Battle of Didgori , a conflict between the Kingdom of Georgia and a Muslim coalition at Didgori near Tbilisi in August 1121 Mount Didgori , Mount Didgori, mountain situated west of Tbilisi