Siege of Ani (1173)

Siege of Ani (1173) was a siege led by George III against the Shaddadids. He captured the Emir of Ani, Shahanshah ibn Mahmud and handed over the city to Ivan Orbel again. The siege resulted in Georgia's victory, and Ani became Georgian again.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]

Siege of Ani
Part of Georgian-Shaddadids wars
Date1173
Location
Ani
Result Georgian Victory
Territorial
changes		 Georgians Annexed Ani
Belligerents
Kingdom Of Georgia Shaddadids
Commanders and leaders
George III of Georgia Shahanshah ibn Mahmud

Battle

Sadly, the battle is still unknown because there aren't any historical sources about this.

After the Battle

In 1174, Ildegiz Atabag and son of Arslan Muhammad again attacked Ani. They raided the entire Shirak Valley and demanded Ivan's Amirspasalar[8] to leave Ani, to which Orbel refused and kept the city until the king's harvest. Finally, the Georgians defeated the Turks and turned them back. In the fight for Ani, the king of Georgia was supported by the Armenian clergy and personally by the bishop of Ani, Barseghi. George III also provided great help to Barsegh: he ransomed his brother Apirat from captivity and appointed him as the Amir of Ani. After that, the Seljuks no longer dared to march on Georgia. The chronicler thus describes the mood of the Muslims at that time: "There is not a man today who will confront George's and his armies on the surface of the earth: let us avoid ourselves and take cover." And therefore these last steps of King George remained unanswered.

Map Of Caucasus during Shaddadids

References
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  2. Արեւելց, Վարդան (2002). համաշխարհային պատմություն (in Armenian).
  3. Пайчадзе, Давид (1989). ევროპის ქვეყნების ასტიოსმალური კოალიცია და საქართველო (in Georgian). Georgia, Tbilisi: მეცნიერება. ISBN 5520004269.
  4. Palakʻean, Grigoris (2019). The Ruins of Ani: A Journey to Armenia's Medieval Capital and Its Legacy. Rutgers University Press. p. 22. ISBN 978-1-9788-0291-9.
  5. Salia, Kalistrat (1983). History of the Georgian Nation. N. Salia.
  6. Villari, Luigi (1906). Fire and Sword in the Caucasus. T. F. Unwin.
  7. Lynch, H. F. B. (2020-08-04). Armenia, Travels and Studies Vol 1: Volume 1. BoD – Books on Demand. ISBN 978-3-7524-1017-4.
  8. საქართველოს ისტორიის ნარკვევები ტ. 3. Tbilisi. 1979. pp. 270–274.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
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