| Battle of Sokhoista | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Ottoman Empire |
 Kingdom of Imereti Kingdom of Kartli Principality of Guria | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Rustem Pasha |
Bagrat III Luarsab I | ||||||
The Battle of Sokhoista (Georgian: სოხოისტის ბრძოლა, Turkish: Sohoista Savaşı) was fought between the Ottoman and Georgian armies at the Sokhoista field in what is now northeastern Turkey in 1545. It was the last attempt of the separate Georgian dynasts to fight as one unit against the Ottoman expansion, but ended in their decisive defeat.[1] This might be the same battle as mentioned by Rüstem Pasha to have been fought at nearby Zivin.[2]
- ^ C. Max Kortepeter (1991), The Ottoman Turks: Nomad Kingdom to World Empire, p. 76. Isis Press, ISBN 975-428-030-4.
- ^ Pitcher, Donald Edgar (1972), An Historical Geography of the Ottoman Empire from Earliest Times to the End of the Sixteenth Century, p. 139. Brill