Georgian campaign (1508)

The Georgian Campaign (1508) was an attack against Georgia led by Selim I who was then the governor of Trabzon.

Georgian Campaign (1508)
Date1508
Location
Georgia
Result

Ottoman victory

Belligerents
Ottoman Empire Kingdom of Imereti
Commanders and leaders
Selim I Unknown
Casualties and losses
Unknown More than 10,000 enslaved[4]

In 1507 Selim successfully defeated the Safavid army at Erzincan. The following year, in 1508, he organised an attack against Georgia. He invaded and captured western Georgia bringing Imereti and Guria under Ottoman rule.[3][1][2] During his campaign he enslaved a large amount of women, girls and boys, reportedly more than 10,000 Georgians.[4][5]

References
  1. Page 211509 nolu Rize şeriyye sicili ışığında Rizede sosyal hayat. Ü Erkan.
  2. Page 19Gürcistanın yeni jeopolitiği. C Küçükali.
  3. From Dynastic Principality to Imperial District: The Incorporation of Guria Into the Russian Empire to 1856. Kenneth Church. University of Michigan., 2001.
  4. The Making of Selim: Succession, Legitimacy, and Memory in the Early Modern Ottoman World. H. Erdem Cipa. Indiana University Press.
  5. The Ottomans: Khans, Caesars and Caliphs. Marc David Baer. UK.
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