Georgian–Seljuk wars

Georgian–Seljuk wars
	; A miniature depicting a battle with the Georgian king David IV the Builder. Le Roman de Troie by Benoît de Sainte-Maure. King David is shown in purple robe on the right, wearing crown-helmet.
Date	1048–1213
Location	Caucasus, eastern Anatolia
Result	Georgian victory
Belligerents
Kingdom of Georgia; Kipchaks; Alania;	Seljuk Empire; Eldiguzids; Emirate of Tbilisi; Shaddadids; Shah-Armens; Artuqids; Saltukids; Sultanate of Rum Mengujekids;
Commanders and leaders
Bagrat IV; George II; David IV; George of Chqondidi; Barami; Sumbat Orbelian; Ivane Orbelian; Demetrius I; George III; Ivane II Orbeli; Sargis Mkhargrdzeli; Tamar; Qubasar; David Soslan; Zakaria II Mkhargrdzeli; Ivane I Mkhargrdzeli; Shalva Akhaltsikheli; George IV	Alp Arslan; Malik-Shah I; Nizam al-Mulk; Sarang of Ganja; Muhammad I Tapar; Mahmud II; Ahmad Sanjar; Mesud I; Kilij Arslan II; Kaykhusraw I; Suleiman II of Rûm; Eldiguz;

The Georgian–Seljuk wars (Georgian: საქართველო-სელჩუკთა ომები, romanized: sakartvelo-selchuk'ta omebi), also known as Georgian Crusade, is a long series of battles and military clashes that took place from c. 1048 until 1213, between the Kingdom of Georgia and the different Seljuqid states that occupied most of Transcaucasia. The conflict is preceded by deadly raids in the Caucasus by the Turks in the 11th century, known in Georgian historiography as the Great Turkish Invasion.

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