Bakhtrioni uprising

Bakhtrioni uprising
	; Alaverdi Monastery, one of the crucial battlefields during the uprising.
Date	September 1659
Location	Bakhtrioni fortress, Alaverdi Monastery
Result	Kakhetian victory
Belligerents
Kingdom of Kakheti aided by Tushetians, Pshavs, Khevsurs	Safavid Empire; Turcoman tribes
Commanders and leaders
Bidzina Cholokashvili ; Zaal of Aragvi ; Shalva of Ksani ; Elizbar of Ksani	Shah Abbas II
Strength
Unknown	Unknown
Casualties and losses
Unknown	80,000 Turcomans killed or expelled from Kakheti

The Bakhtrioni uprising (Georgian: ბახტრიონის აჯანყება) was a general revolt in the eastern Georgian Kingdom of Kakheti against the political domination of Safavid Persia, in 1659.^[1] It was named after the main battle, which took place at the fortress of Bakhtrioni.

^ Hitchins, Keith (2001). "GEORGIA ii. History of Iranian-Georgian Relations". Encyclopaedia Iranica, Vol. X, Fasc. 4. pp. 464–470. In order to end resistance in Kakheti once and for all, the shah revived ʿAbbās I's plan to populate the country with Turkmen nomads, a measure that incited a general uprising of nobles in 1659. Although they halted the settlement of Turkmens, they failed to shake Persian control of their country (Berdzenishvili et al., I, pp. 369-72).

[1] Hitchins, Keith (2001). "GEORGIA ii. History of Iranian-Georgian Relations". Encyclopaedia Iranica, Vol. X, Fasc. 4. pp. 464–470. In order to end resistance in Kakheti once and for all, the shah revived ʿAbbās I's plan to populate the country with Turkmen nomads, a measure that incited a general uprising of nobles in 1659. Although they halted the settlement of Turkmens, they failed to shake Persian control of their country (Berdzenishvili et al., I, pp. 369-72).

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