Battle of Didgori

When

19 Aug 1121

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

41.68° N, 44.52° E

Description

1121 battle fought between the armies of the Kingdom of Georgia and the Great Seljuq Empire

Part of the Georgian–Seljuk wars in 1121

The Battle of Didgori was fought between the armies of the Kingdom of Georgia and the Seljuk 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 and suffered a devastating defeat due to King David IV's effective military tactics.

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• Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Battle of Didgori: King David IV ("the Builder") of Georgia with a Georgian army of 55,600 men) defeats the 300,000-strong Seljuk coalition forces at Mount…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Ein georgisches Heer unter König David dem Erbauer und seinem Sohn Demetre vernichtet ein zahlenmäßig weit überlegenes Heer der Seldschuken unter Ilghazi”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “le roi David IV de Géorgie et ses alliés écrasent une armée seldjoukides menée par Il Ghazi à la bataille de Didgori”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “в Дидгорском сражении грузинские войска под предводительством Давида IV Строителя разбили многочисленное войско коалиции мусульманских правителей”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page