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    The Emirate of Tbilisi (Georgian: თბილისის საამირო Tbilisis saamiro, Arabic: إمارة تفليسي Imārah Tiflīsī) was a Muslim emirate in Transcaucasia. The Emirs...
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    armies of Arab leader Bugha al-Kabir ("Bugha the Turk" in Georgian sources) invaded Tbilisi in order to bring the emirate back under the control of the Abbasid...
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  • Siege of Tbilisi (Georgian: თბილისის შემოერთება, Tbilisis ts'emoerteba) in February 1122 was led by David IV, who successfully conquered the Emirate of Tbilisi...
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    Arab rule in Georgia (category Spread of Islam)
    incursions in the mid-7th century until the final defeat of the Emirate of Tbilisi at the hands of King David IV in 1122. Compared with other regions which...
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  • Emirate under the leadership of Timur Transjordan The Emirate of Armenia, Caucasus 637–884 Emirate of Darband, Dagestan 869–1075 Emirate of Tbilisi,...
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    of Baghdad or, occasionally, by the ostikan of Armīniya. After the formation of the Emirate of Tbilisi, Arabic historical sources provide evidence of...
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    The Emirate of Nekor or Şālihid Emirate (Arabic: إمارة بني صالح, romanized: ʾImārat Banī Ṣāliḥ) was an Arab emirate centered in the Rīf area of present-day...
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    Kingdom of Iberia 450s–530s Sasanian Empire (Sasanian Iberia) 530s–570s Principality of Iberia 570s–730s  Emirate of Tbilisi 730s–1122 Kingdom of Georgia...
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    remaining domains. Bagrat I allied himself with Caliph against Emirate of Tbilisi and Principality of Kakheti. In 853, now supporting Bugha al-Kabir, Bagrat regained...
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  • successful siege of the city of Tbilisi, capital of the Emirate of Tbilisi, by the Georgians under King David IV Siege of Tbilisi (1386), successful...
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    crown and the integrity of his kingdom. He aided Bagrat in his expeditions against the Emirate of Tbilisi, but when the king of Georgia attempted to take...
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    armies during the Battle of Didgori and abolished the Emirate of Tbilisi. The 29-year reign of Tamar, the first female ruler of Georgia, is considered the...
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    The Emirate of Córdoba, and from 929, the Caliphate of Córdoba, was an Arab Islamic state ruled by the Umayyad dynasty from 756 to 1031. Its territory...
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    Georgian Civil War (category Conflicts in territory of the former Soviet Union)
    forces. On September 24 a state of emergency was declared in Tbilisi. By late October 1991, most of the leadership of the opposition National Democratic...
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    Empire at the narrow place of Didgori, 40 km west of Tbilisi, on August 12, 1121. The large Muslim army, under the command of Ilghazi, was unable to maneuver...
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    Sassanid-dominated parts at the town of Tbilisi. Thus, the establishment of the principate marked the ascendancy of the dynastic aristocracy in Iberia and...
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  • Iberia gains land from Klarjeti to Ksani Tbilisi is burnt down and its emir Sahak is executed, while Kouropalates of Tao-Klarjeti Bagrat I briefly gains Kartli...
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    The Wedding Palace or Palace of Rituals (Georgian: რიტუალების სასახლე) is a building in Tbilisi designed by architects Victor Djorbenadze and Vazha Orbeladze...
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    a century of previous conquests. They established the Emirate of Tbilisi to exert direct control over Iberia, even though the Principate of Iberia was...
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  • 583 km of 1,520 mm (4 ft 11+27⁄32 in) gauge (1993) narrow gauge: 100 km of 914 mm (3 ft) gauge. City with metro system: Tbilisi (see Tbilisi Metro)....
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    The Emirate of Granada, also known as the Nasrid Kingdom of Granada, was an Islamic polity in the southern Iberian Peninsula during the Late Middle Ages...
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    Encyclopedia (in Georgian). Vol. 6. Tbilisi: Metsniereba. p. 396. David Marshall Lang. Russia and the Armenians of Transcaucasia, 1797–1889: a documentary...
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    Although Arab rule did not allow them a foothold in the ancient capital of Tbilisi and eastern Kartli, the Bagratids successfully maintained their initial...
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    Umayyad Emirate of Cordoba, the Muslims of al-Andalus (in the Iberian Peninsula) also sent a fleet under Asba' ibn Wakil to aid the Aghlabid conquest of Sicily...
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    on the history of Georgia: In eight volumes: Volume II". Tbilisi Metsniereba: 76. Braund, David (2003). Georgia in Antiquity A History of Colchis and Transcaucasian...
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    Tbilisi from the Emirate of Tbilisi after a 1-year siege. David makes it his capital and unifies the Georgian State. September 23 – The Concordat of Worms:...
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    Metreveli, Kings of Georgia, Tbilisi, 2007, p. 41 ISBN 99928-58-36-2 David Muskhelishvili (2003). Georgia in the 4th-8th cent, Matiane, Tbilisi, p. 246. აბაშიძე...
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    an Arab dynasty that ruled much of Sindh, as a semi-independent emirate from 854 to 1024. Beginning with the rule of 'Umar bin Abdul Aziz al-Habbari in...
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    restoration of the autocephaly of the Georgian Orthodox Church (12 March 1917) and the establishment of a national university in Tbilisi (1918). In contrast...
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    and the Kakhetians over the possession of central Iberia (Shida Kartli) and especially the Emirate of Tbilisi. In 842, he joined the Arab expedition led...
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