1757 battle between the Ottoman Empire and the Kingdom of Imereti
Battle of Khresili
The general representation of the positions.
Date
December 14, 1757
Location
Near Khresili
Result
Georgian victory[1]
Belligerents
Kingdom of Imereti
Principality of Mingrelia
Principality of Guria
Principality of Abkhazia (Samurzakano)
Ottoman Empire
Commanders and leaders
Solomon I of Imereti
Katsia II Dadiani
Mamia IV Gurieli
Khutunia Sharvashidze †
Papuna Tsereteli
Beri Tsulukidze
Beso Lortkipanidze
Kaikhosro Agiashvili
Giorgi Abashidze
Zurab Mikeladze
Archil Batonishvili
Ali Pasha of Ioannina
Gola Pasha †
Kemkha Pasha †
Levan Abashidze †
Rostom, Duke of Racha
Pasha of Poti
Pasha of Kutaisi
Barons of Tsutskvati, Baghdati and Shorapani.
Strength
11,000 main troops
5,000 additional forces
Total: 16,000 men[2]
30,000 Turkish army
15,000 Turkish soldiers garrisoned in Imereti
10,000 pro-Ottoman Georgian rebels
Total: 55,000 men[2]
Casualties and losses
Fewer casualties[3]
38,000–45,000[3]
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Georgian–Ottoman Wars
1508 campaign
Karagak
Sokhoista
1547 invasion
Caucasian campaign
Battle of Çıldır
Gori
Nakhiduri
Tashiskari
1703 invasion
Khresili
Aspindza
Chkheri
The Battle of Khresili (Georgian: ხრესილის ბრძოლა, Turkish: Hresili Muharebesi) was fought on December 14, 1757, between the armies of the Kingdom of Imereti and the Ottoman Empire. King Solomon I of Imereti established a strong monarchy and unified western Georgia. His actions strained the relations between him and the Ottoman Empire. The Ottomans, in particular, sought to stop Solomon's struggle against slavery. They were in an alliance with rebellious Georgian nobles who opposed their monarch. One of them was Levan Abashidze, who lead an Ottoman army to the Kingdom of Imereti. Solomon enticed his enemies into a strategically adroit place near Khresili where his forces would gather to engage them.[4]
^Šotʻa Mesxia, An Outline of Georgian History, (Tbilisi University Press, 1968), 32.
^ abJavakhishvili, Book 2, p. 127
^ ab Battle of Khresili
^Iobashvili g. Georgian Soviet History; tome 11, page 508, Tbilisi., 1987.
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