12 Aug
Battle of Didgori 900
By: BRAMS | Published On: 12/08/21 5:47 am
Today marks the 900 anniversary of the Battle of Didgori in 1121.
Both Georgian and Islamic sources testify that on the complaints of the Muslim merchants of Tbilisi, Ganja, and Dmanisi, Sultan Mahmud II of Baghdad (r. 1118–1131) sent a punitive military expedition against Georgia under the command of Ilghazi ibn Artuq of Mardin.
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