Abbas I's Kakhetian and Kartlian campaigns

Abbas I's Kakhetian and Kartlian campaigns refers to the four campaigns Safavid king Abbas I led between 1614 and 1617, in his East Georgian vassal kingdoms of Kartli and Kakheti during the Ottoman–Safavid War (1603–18). The campaigns were initiated as a response to the shown disobedience and subsequently staged rebellion by Abbas' formerly most loyal Georgian ghulams, namely Luarsab II of Kartli and Teimuraz I of Kahketi (Tahmuras Khan). After the complete devastation of Tbilisi, the quelling of the uprising, the massacre of up to 100,000 Georgians, and the deportation of between 130,000 and 200,000 more to mainland Iran, Kakheti, and Kartli were temporarily brought back under the Iranian sway.

Abbas I's Kakhetian and Kartlian campaigns
Part of Ottoman–Safavid War (1603–1618)
Date1614-1617
Location
Kartli, Tbilisi, Kakheti
Result

Safavid victory

  • Safavids suppress the uprising by Luarsab II and Taimuraz I
  • Tbilisi recaptured and sacked
  • Kartli and Kakheti temporarily brought under the Persian sway
  • Mass deportation and massacre of Georgians
Belligerents
Safavid Empire Kingdom of Kartli
 Kingdom of Kakheti
Commanders and leaders
Shah Abbas I
Giorgi Saakadze (Mūrāv-Beg)
Ganj Ali Khan
Luarsab II 
Teimuraz I
Casualties and losses
Unknown

100,000 Georgians killed.

130,000 - 160,000 - 200,000

Georgian captives moved to mainland Persia.
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