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词条 Battle of Khresili
释义

  1. Background

  2. Purpose

  3. Battle

  4. References

{{refimprove|date=September 2014}}{{Infobox military conflict
|image=Khresilis brdzola.png
|caption=The general representation of the positions.
|conflict=Battle of Khresili
|date=December 14, 1757
|place=Near Khresili
|result= Decisive Georgian victory[1]
|combatant1={{flagicon|Georgia}} Kingdom of Imereti
|combatant2={{flagicon|Ottoman Empire}} Ottoman Empire
|commander1={{flagicon|Georgia}}Solomon I of Imereti
{{flagicon|Georgia}}Papuna Tsereteli
{{flagicon|Georgia}}Khutunia Shervashidze {{KIA}}
{{flagicon|Georgia}}Katsia Dadiani
{{flagicon|Georgia}}Beri Tsulukidze
{{flagicon|Georgia}}Beso Lortkipanidze
{{flagicon|Georgia}}Kaikhosro Agiashvili
{{flagicon|Georgia}}Giorgi Abashidze
{{flagicon|Georgia}}Zurab Mikeladze
{{flagicon|Georgia}}Archil Batonishvili
|commander2={{flagicon|Ottoman Empire}}Ali Pasha
{{flagicon|Ottoman Empire}}Gola Pasha {{KIA}}
{{flagicon|Ottoman Empire}}Kemkha Pasha {{KIA}}
{{flagicon|Georgia}}Levan Abashidze
{{flagicon|Georgia}}Rostom, Duke of Racha
{{flagicon|Ottoman Empire}}Pasha of Poti
{{flagicon|Ottoman Empire}}Pasha of Qutaisi

Barons of Tsutskvati, Baghdati and Shorapani.


|strength1=11 000 main troops
5 000 additional forces
Total: 16,000 men[2]
|strength2=30 000 Turkish army
15 000 soldiers garrisoned in Imereti
10 000 Georgian rebels
Total: 55,000 men[2]
|casualties1=Unknown
|casualties2=c. 38,000–45,000
}}{{Campaignbox Georgian-Ottoman Wars}}

The Battle of Khresili (Georgian: ხრესილის ბრძოლა) was fought in 1757, between the armies of the Kingdom of Imereti and the Ottoman Empire. The king of Imereti Solomon I defeated the Turkish army. The battle took place on December 14, 1757. Solomon I was trying to establish a strong monarchy and unify western Georgia. His actions stained the relations between the Georgian King and Ottoman Empire. The Ottomans, in particular, wanted to stop Solomon's struggle against slavery. The Ottomans were in an alliance with rebellious Georgian nobles, one such example was Levan Abashidze, who was fighting against the King of Imereti. Abashidze arrived in Akhaltsikhe and led an Ottoman army to the Kingdom of Imereti. Solomon enticed them into a strategically adroit place near Khresili and decisively defeated them.[3]

Background

In the 17th century, western Georgia was a vassal of the Ottoman Empire. Ottoman garrisons were dispatched to Tsutskvati, Poti and Shorapani fortresses. 12,000 slaves were sold in the Ottoman Empire every year from Mengrelia alone. Realizing that Georgia was facing the threat of heavy depopulation, the King of Imereti, Solomon I prohibited slavery, opposing turncoat Lords and wanted independence from the Ottoman Empire. Sultan sent Gola Pasha with a large army to punish Solomon I and re-establish Ottoman rule over the Kingdom of Imereti.

Purpose

The Ottomans wanted to destroy Solomon I and his supporters, and to finally conquer western Georgia {{Citation needed|date=July 2015}} The aim of the Georgians was to clear Imereti of Turks.{{Citation needed|date=July 2015}}

Battle

Early in the morning, the Georgians started the attack. King Solomon himself reached Ali Pasha and killed him.{{Citation needed|date=July 2015}} Ottomans became confused after death of their leader. The Georgians decisively defeated the Ottoman army.{{Citation needed|date=July 2015}}

References

1. ^Šotʻa Mesxia, An Outline of Georgian History, (Tbilisi University Press, 1968), 32.
2. ^Javakhishvili, Book 2, p. 127
3. ^Iobashvili g. Georgian Soviet History; tome 11, page 508, Tbilisi., 1987.
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4 : Battles involving the Kingdom of Imereti|Conflicts in 1757|1757 in the Ottoman Empire|18th century in Georgia (country)

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