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Name: Ani

Type: Polity

Start: 1131 AD

End: 1174 AD

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Was a Muslim Principality located in the modern-day Turkish province of Kars that detached from Georgia.

Establishment


  • January 1131: In 1130 Georgia was attacked by the Sultan of Ahlat, Shah-Armen Sökmen II. This war was started by the passage of Ani into the hands of the Georgians. Demetrius I of Georgia had to compromise and give up Ani to Fadl ibn Mahmud.
  • Chronology


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    1. Georgian-Seljuk wars


    Were a series of military conflicts between the Seljuk Empire and its vassals against the Kingdom of Georgia.

    1.1.Georgian Reconquista

    Were a series of military campaigns by the Kingdom of Georgia to reconquer lands controlled by the Seljukids and their vassals.

  • January 1162: The town of Ani was offered to the George III, who appointed his general Ivane Orbeli as its ruler in 1161.
  • January 1165: A coalition of Muslim rulers led by Shams al-Din Eldiguz, ruler of Adarbadagan and some other regions, embarked upon a campaign against Georgia in early 1163. George had no choice but to make peace. He restored Ani to its former rulers, the Shaddadids, who became his vassals. .
  • January 1175: The Shaddadids, ruled the town of Ani for about 10 years, but in 1174 King George took the Shahanshah ibn Mahmud as a prisoner and occupied Ani once again.

  • Disestablishment


  • January 1175: The Shaddadids, ruled the town of Ani for about 10 years, but in 1174 King George took the Shahanshah ibn Mahmud as a prisoner and occupied Ani once again.
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