Kingdom of Imereti

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Imereti was a polity in the Caucasus that emerged from the fragmentation of the Kingdom of Georgia.

Establishment

January 1261: Imereti was considered a separate kingdom within the Kingdom of Georgia, to which a cadet branch of the Bagrationi royal family held the crown. This started in 1260 after David VI revolted against Mongolian rule and fled to Abkhazia.

Chronology

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1. Mongol Civil Wars

Were a series of wars between the successor states of the Mongol Empire.

1.1.Toluid Civil War

Was a war of succession over the Mongol Empire fought between Kublai Khan and his younger brother, Ariq Böke, from 1260 to 1264.

1.1.1.Division of the Mongol Empire

The Mongol Empire fragmented into four successor states at the beginning of the Toluid Civil War.

2. 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.

2.1.Ottoman-Safavid War (1532-1555)

Was a war between the Ottoman Empire led by Suleiman the Magnificent, and the Safavid Empire led by Tahmasp I.

2.1.1.Peace of Amasya

Was the treaty that ended the Ottoman-Safavid War of 1532-1555.

May 1555: Between 1555 and 1804 it was a vassal state of the Ottoman Empire.

3. Further events (Unrelated to Any War)

January 1331: Imereti was conquered by Giorgi the Brilliant, who was subject to the Mongols, and united Imereti with the east Kingdom of Georgia.

January 1388: Taking advantage of this Timurid invasions, the royal vassal Duke Alexander of Imereti proclaimed himself an independent ruler and was crowned king of Imereti at the Gelati Monastery in 1387.

January 1413: The Kingdom of Imereti becomes part of the Kingdom of Georgia.

January 1447: The Kingdom of Imereti separates from the Kingdom of Georgia.

January 1454: The Kingdom of Imereti becomes part of the Kingdom of Georgia.

January 1456: The Kingdom of Imereti was a Georgian monarchy established in 1455 by a member of the house of Bagrationi when the Kingdom of Georgia was dissolved into rival kingdoms.

January 1466: The Kingdom of Imereti becomes part of the Kingdom of Georgia.

January 1479: The Kingdom of Imereti separates from the Kingdom of Georgia.

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.