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Name: samtskhe-saatabago

Type: Cluster

Start: 1267 AD

End: 1628 AD

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The cluster includes the following incarnations of the same nation:

  • Samtskhe-Saatabago
  • Samtskhe-Saatabago (Ottoman Empire)
  • Establishment


  • January 1267: As a result of a dispute with the royal court, the province of Samtskhe seceded from Georgia and submitted directly to the Ilkhan rule in 1266.
  • Chronology


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    1. Wars of Mehmed II


    Wars during the rule of Mehmed II in the Ottoman Sultanate.

  • February 1480: The forces of Samtskhe-Saatabago leave Erzurum after a raid.

  • 2. Conquests of Suleiman I (Ottoman)


    Conquests and wars with Ottoman involvement during the rule of Suleiman I.

  • January 1546: Samtskhe became a vassal of the Ottoman Empire.

  • 3. 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.

    3.1.Ottoman-Safavid War (1578-1590)

    Was a war between the Ottoman Empire and the Safavid Empire. The war was won by the Ottomans that gained various territories, in particular western Iran.

    3.1.1.Lala Mustafa Pasha's Caucasian campaign

    Was a military Ottoman expedition launched in 1578 by grand-vizier Lala Mustafa Pasha against Persia.

  • January 1578: Samtskhe-Saatabago revolted against Ottoman rule.
  • August 1578: Turkish armies defeated the coalition of Irano-Georgian forces in the Battle of Çıldır.
  • August 1578: Some Samtskhian nobles, including the brother of the ruler, accepted Ottoman vassalage.

  • 3.2.Ottoman-Safavid War (1603-1618)

    Was a war between the Ottoman Empire and the Safavid Empire. Persia regained and reestablished its suzerainty over the Caucasus and Western Iran, which had been lost at the Treaty of Constantinople in 1590.

    3.2.1.Safavid Invasion (1603)

    Was the Safavid invasion of the Ottoman Empire.

  • December 1604: The Safavids advanced towards Kars before being stopped in Akhaltsikhe.

  • 3.2.2.Treaty of Nasuh Pasha

    The Treaty of Nasuh Pasha was signed on 20 November 1612 and ended the first phase of the Ottoman-Safavid War (1603-1618).

  • November 1612: The Treaty of Nasuh Pasha was signed by the Persians and by the Ottomans. It restored the border of 1555 established by the Peace of Amasya.

  • 4. Further events (Unrelated to Any War)


  • January 1335: In 1334 George V of Georgia reasserted royal authority over the virtually independent principality of Samtskhe, ruled by his cousin Qvarqvare I Jaqeli.

  • January 1466: Samtskhe-Saatabago became an independent principality.

  • January 1480: Qvarqvare II Jaqeli, the Atabeg of Samtskhe-Saatabago, ravaged the land around Erzurum, reducing the city to tributary status.

  • February 1480: The forces of Samtskhe-Saatabago leave Erzurum after a raid.

  • Disestablishment


  • January 1629: The Samtskhi statehood was finally liquidated by the Sultan in 1628.
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