Abbas I's Kakhetian and Kartlian campaigns

Abbas I's Kakhetian and Kartlian campaigns
	Part of Ottoman–Safavid War (1603–1618)
Date	1614-1617
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.

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.

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