Eldiguzids
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A Turkic dynasty that controlled territories in northern Persia and Caucasus.
Establishment
January 1144: The sultan of Eldiguzids attacked Ganja several times, and in 1143 the town fell to the sultan.
Chronology
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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 1157: According to Mkhitar Gosh, Demetrius ultimately gained possession of Ganja, but, when he gave his daughter in marriage to the sultan, he presented the latter with the town as dowry, and the sultain appointed his own emir to rule it.
June 1195: The Eldiguzid atabeg Abu Bakr attempted to stem the Georgian advance, but suffered a defeat at the hands of David Soslan at the Battle of Shamkor and lost his capital to the Georgians.
January 1201: The question of liberation of Armenia remained of prime importance in Georgia's foreign policy. Tamar's armies led by two Armenian generals, Zakare and Ivane Mkhargrdzeli overran fortresses and cities towards the Ararat Plain, reclaiming one after another fortresses and districts from local Muslim rulers.
Georgia's king Tamar the Great invaded and conquered the cities of Tabriz, Ardabil, Khoy, Qazvin.
January 1208: Georgian King Tamar the Great invaded and conquered the cities of Tabriz, Ardabil, Khoy, Qazvin.
January 1209: Georgian King Tamar the Great invaded and conquered the cities of Tabriz, Ardabil, Khoy, Qazvin.
January 1210: Georgian King Tamar the Great invaded and conquered the cities of Tabriz, Ardabil, Khoy, Qazvin.
January 1211: Georgian King Tamar the Great invaded and conquered the cities of Tabriz, Ardabil, Khoy, Qazvin.
January 1158: In 1136, Seljuk Sultan Ghiyath ad-Din Mas'ud (c.1134-1152) appointed Shams ad-Din Eldiguz (c.1135/36-1175) to be an atabeg of Azerbaijan to his possession as iqta. He made himself virtually independent ruler of Azerbaijan by 1146.
January 1158: The Beylik of Dilmac was established in the areas of Bitlis and Erzen after the death of the last Seljuk sultan, Ahmad Sanjar.
January 1161: During his reign, Eldiguz could subdue a spacious territory between the Caucasus and Persian Gulf.
January 1167: Georgian king George III marched into Arran at the beginning of 1166 and occupied a region extending to faraway cities as Nakhchivan and Beylagan.
February 1167: After devastating a region including Arran, Nakhchivan and Beylagan the Georgian army left the area.
January 1192: Qizil Arslan invaded Shirvan in 1191, reached to Derbent and subordinated the whole Shirvan to his authority.
January 1197: Abu Bakr was able to return to his capital, from where he had his brother Amir Mihran poisoned.
January 1201: In the 13th century, the Caucasian Avars formed a new Muslim state, traditionally known as Avaristan.
January 1205: Isfahan conquered by Salghurids.
December 1225: In 1225, Khwarazm Shah Jalal-ad-din dethroned the Ildegizid Uzbek Muzaffar al-Din and set himself up in the capital of Tabriz on the 25 of July in 1225.
Disestablishment
December 1225: In 1225, Khwarazm Shah Jalal-ad-din dethroned the Ildegizid Uzbek Muzaffar al-Din and set himself up in the capital of Tabriz on the 25 of July in 1225.
