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Siege of Tbilisi

Siege of Tbilisi was a siege conducted in 1386 at Tbilisi, in what is now Georgia. It was part of Timurid conquests and invasions, which ran from 1369 to 1426. The recorded result: Timurid victory. Recorded strength: Unknown against 20,000–30,000.

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Timur receiving Mutahartan, Emir of Erzinjan
Timur receiving Mutahartan, Emir of Erzinjan. by Tulsi with faces painted by Mahdu, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
Fought1386
WhereTbilisi, Georgia41.694N, 44.834E
OutcomeTimurid victory
BelligerentsKingdom of GeorgiaagainstTimurid Empire
Casualties and lossesHeavyandUnknown
Part ofTimurid conquests and invasions1369 to 1426

Where it sits in Timurid conquests and invasions

Battle of the Stone Bridge, 1363Battle of the Mire, 1365Siege of Balkh, 1370Siege of Urgench, 1379Siege of Herat, 1381Siege of Tbilisi, 1386Battle of Chapakchur, 1387Battle of Muş, 1387Siege of Isfahan, 1387Siege of Alinja, 1388Siege of Sirjan, 1393Battle of Qara-Derrah Pass, 1395Battle of Ushkudzhe, 1395Siege of Multan, 1398Siege of Bhatner, 1398Battle of Aleppo, 1400Siege of Damascus, 1400Siege of Baghdad, 1401Battle of Algami Canal, 1402Siege of Smyrna, 1402Siege of Birtvisi, 1403Battle of Nakhchivan, 1406Battle of Alashkert, 142113631421Siege of Tbilisi, 1386
23 placed engagements of Timurid conquests and invasions in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date1386 (year precision)
to 22 November 1386
PlaceTbilisi, Georgia
41.694N, 44.834E
KindSiege, medieval
StrengthUnknown20,000–30,000
Casualties and lossesHeavyUnknown
Commanders
  • Bagrat V of Georgia
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The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Contested ground: this site was fought over 4 times between 1121 and 1914.

In the same war

Elsewhere in 1386

Siege of Tbilisi is one of 566 engagements of the 14th century in the atlas and one of 103 in present-day Georgia.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q21481366, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Tbilisi (1386), revision 1370745712, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.