Principality of Abkhazia

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A feudal entity that emerged from the dissolution of the Georgian monarch in the 15th century.

Establishment

January 1464: It emerged as a separate feudal entity in the 15th-16th centuries, amid the civil wars in the Kingdom of Georgia.

Chronology

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1. Conquests of Murad III

Expansion during the rule of Murad III in the Ottoman Empire.

January 1581: In the 1570s, the Ottoman navy occupied the fort of Tskhumi, turning it into the Turkish fortress of Suhum-Kale. Abkhazia came under the influence of Turkey.

Disestablishment

January 1581: In the 1570s, the Ottoman navy occupied the fort of Tskhumi, turning it into the Turkish fortress of Suhum-Kale. Abkhazia came under the influence of Turkey.