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Siege of Ani
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The medieval city of Ani was a center of confrontation in the 12th and 13th centuries. It was captured fives times by the Kingdom of Georgia, and recaptured three times by Shaddadids,[1] until it came under the Mongol rule in 1239:
- Siege of Ani (1064), when a large Seljuk army under Alp Arslan attacked.
- Siege of Ani (1124), a siege led by David IV of Georgia against the Shaddadids during the Georgian–Seljuk wars.
- Siege of Ani (1161), a siege led by the George III of Georgia against the Shaddadids,[2] and a subsequent siege by the Muslim coalition of Shah-Armens, Saltukids, Artuqids and Emirate of Kars against the Kingdom of Georgia in an attempt to recapture the city.[3]
- Siege of Ani (1174), a siege led by George III of Georgia against the Shaddadids.[4]
- Siege of Ani (1199), a siege led by Tamar of Georgia against the Shaddadids.
- Siege of Ani (1226), a siege led by the Mongol Empire against the Zakarid ruler of Ani.
- Siege of Ani (1239), a sack of the city by the Mongols.
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Part of Byzantine–Seljuq wars, Georgian–Seljuk wars and Mongol invasions of Georgia | |||||||||
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Armenians |
Seljuk Empire Shaddadids Eldiguzids Artuqids Saltukids Shah-Armens Emirate of Kars | Mongol Empire | Byzantine Empire | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
David IV George III Tamar Ivane I Zakarian Rusudan Zakare II Zakarian Shahnshah Zakarian |
Alp Arslan Nizam al-Mulk Abu'l-Aswar Fadl ibn Mahmud Shahanshah ibn Mahmud Eldiguz Sultan ibn Mahmud Sökmen II Saltuk II |
Chagatai Toghta |
Constantine X Doukas Duke Bagrat Gregory |
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