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Name: guria

Type: Cluster

Start: 1492 AD

End: 1829 AD

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The cluster includes all the forms of the country.

The cluster includes the following incarnations of the same nation:

  • Principality of Guria
  • Principality of Guria (Russia)
  • Establishment


  • January 1492: In 1491, Giorgi I Gurieli (1483-1512) was recognized as a sovereign prince.
  • Chronology


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    1. Conquests of Suleiman I (Ottoman)


    Conquests and wars with Ottoman involvement during the rule of Suleiman I.

  • January 1551: In 1550, the Ottoman Empire imposed a naval blockade on Guria and annexed its southern provinces of Adjara, Northern Chaneti, and Machakheli.

  • 2. Ottoman invasion of western Georgia (1703)


    Was a military expedition undertaken by the Ottoman Empire against its tributary states in western Georgia.

  • August 1703: In June-July 1703, Halil Pasha, an Ottoman military commander, led an attack on western Georgia. His troops crossed the Çoruh River on pontoons and invaded Guria, a historical region in Georgia.
  • October 1703: On 22 August, Ottoman Sultan Mustafa was forced to abdicate in a coup, which come to be known as the Edirne event. The new sultan, Ahmed III, refused to continue the war in Georgia and left the area.
  • January 1704: In 1703, the Imeretians, led by King George XI, were unable to defend Baghdati against the Ottoman Empire's artillery. This defeat resulted in the territory of Baghdati falling under Ottoman control.
  • January 1705: The cost of the Ottoman invasion of western Georgia contributed to the fall of Sultan Mustafa II. The new Ottoman government ordered the withdraw from much of western Georgia's interior.

  • 3. Russo-Turkish War (1806-1812)


    Was a war between the Russian Empire and the Ottoman Empire.

  • June 1810: During the Russo-Turkish War, on June 19, 1810, Mamia V Gurieli accepted Russian suzerainty.

  • 3.1.Treaty of Bucharest

    The Treaty of Bucharest between the Ottoman Empire and the Russian Empire, was signed on 28 May 1812 at the end of the Russo-Turkish War of 1806-12. The eastern half of the Principality of Moldavia was ceded by the Ottoman Empire to Russia.

  • July 1812: The Ottoman Empire regained Poti, Anapa and Akhalkalali. Russia retained Sukhum-Kale on the Abkhazian coast.

  • 4. Further events (Unrelated to Any War)


  • February 1533: In January 1533, there was a disastrous expedition of Guria against the piratical tribe of Zygii in the north of Abkhazia. This setback enabled the king of Imereti to reassert his hegemony over Guria, but for a short time.

  • January 1541: From the mid-16th century, the princes of Guria enjoyed a de facto independence from Imereti.

  • January 1610: Mamia II Gurieli (1600-1625) managed to reconquer Adjara.

  • December 1614: End of Gurieli's reign and beginning of Ottoman rule in Adjara.

  • September 1829: The Russian authorities deposed David and forced Sophia into exile to Turkey. Guria was annexed to the Russian Empire.

  • Disestablishment


  • September 1829: The Russian authorities deposed David and forced Sophia into exile to Turkey. Guria was annexed to the Russian Empire.
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