Georgian campaign (1508) explained

Conflict:Georgian Campaign (1508)
Date:1508
Place:Georgia
Result:Ottoman victory
Combatant1: Ottoman Empire
Combatant2: Kingdom of Imereti
Commander1:Selim I
Commander2:Unknown
Casualties1:Unknown
Casualties2:More than 10,000 enslaved

The Georgian Campaign (1508) was an attack against Georgia led by Selim I who was then the governor of Trabzon.

In 1507 Selim successfully defeated the Safavid army at Erzincan. The following year, in 1508, he organised an attack against Georgia. He invaded and captured western Georgia bringing Imereti and Guria under Ottoman rule.[1] [2] [3] During his campaign he enslaved a large amount of women, girls and boys, reportedly more than 10,000 Georgians.[4] [5]

Notes and References

  1. https://books.google.com/books?id=H8MfAQAAMAAJ&q=Selim+Georgia+tributaries From Dynastic Principality to Imperial District: The Incorporation of Guria Into the Russian Empire to 1856
  2. https://acikbilim.yok.gov.tr/bitstream/handle/20.500.12812/490939/yokAcikBilim_9007716.pdf?sequence=-1&isAllowed=y Page 21
  3. https://acikbilim.yok.gov.tr/bitstream/handle/20.500.12812/702234/yokAcikBilim_10107651.pdf?sequence=-1&isAllowed=y Page 19
  4. https://books.google.com/books?id=hK4cDgAAQBAJ&pg=PA36 The Making of Selim: Succession, Legitimacy, and Memory in the Early Modern Ottoman World
  5. https://books.google.com/books?id=X0YDEAAAQBAJ&pg=PT146 The Ottomans: Khans, Caesars and Caliphs