Kingdom of Imereti (Ottoman Empire)

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Imereti was a polity in the Caucasus that emerged from the fragmentation of the Kingdom of Georgia. Imereti fell under the influence of the Ottomans during the Ottoman-Safavid War (1578-1590).

Establishment

September 1576: The Ottomans took Akhaltsikhe in August 1576.

Chronology

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1. Ottoman-Persian Wars

Were a series of wars between Ottoman Empire and the Safavid, Afsharid, Zand, and Qajar dynasties of Iran (Persia) through the 16th-20th centuries.

1.1.Ottoman-Safavid War (1578-1590)

Was a war between the Ottoman Empire and the Safavid Empire. The war was won by the Ottomans that gained various territories, in particular western Iran.

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: The troops of Ishak Pasha of Çildir, fought their way through the Zekari Pass into Imereti.

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 1704: In 1703, the heavily fortified towers of Chalatqe in the canton of Argveti were destroyed by soldiers led by Ishak Pasha of the Ottoman Empire. This event marked the Ottoman Empire's expansion into the region and the defeat of local resistance forces.

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-Persian Wars

Were a series of wars between Persia and Russia in the period 1651-1828.

3.1.Russo-Persian War (1722-23)

Was a war between the Russian Empire and Safavid Iran, triggered by the Tsar's attempt to expand Russian influence in the Caspian and Caucasus regions.

June 1724: The Treaty of Constantinople (1724) concluded between the Ottoman Empire and the Russian Empire, dividing large portions of the Safavid Iran between them. Iranian lands located on the east of the conjunction of the rivers Kurosh (Kur) and Aras were given to the Russians. These comprised the provinces in northern mainland Iran (Gilan, Mazandaran and Astrabad), the territories in Dagestan (amongst which Derbent), as well as Baku and the territory surrounding it in the Shirvan province.