Sieges of Ani | |||||||||
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Part of Byzantine–Seljuq wars, Georgian–Seljuk wars and Mongol invasions of Georgia | |||||||||
Plan of the city | |||||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||||
Armenians |
Seljuk Empire Shaddadids Eldiguzids Artuqids Saltukids Shah-Armens Emirate of Kars | Mongol Empire | Byzantine Empire | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
David IV George III Tamar Ivane I Zakarian Rusudan Zakare II Zakarian Shahnshah Zakarian |
Alp Arslan Nizam al-Mulk Abu'l-Aswar Fadl ibn Mahmud Shahanshah ibn Mahmud Eldiguz Sultan ibn Mahmud Sökmen II Saltuk II |
Chagatai Toghta |
Constantine X Doukas Duke Bagrat Gregory |
The medieval city of Ani was a center of confrontation in the 12th and 13th centuries. It was captured fives times by the Kingdom of Georgia, and recaptured three times by Shaddadids, [1] until it came under the Mongol rule in 1239:
Sieges of Ani | |||||||||
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Part of Byzantine–Seljuq wars, Georgian–Seljuk wars and Mongol invasions of Georgia | |||||||||
Plan of the city | |||||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||||
Armenians |
Seljuk Empire Shaddadids Eldiguzids Artuqids Saltukids Shah-Armens Emirate of Kars | Mongol Empire | Byzantine Empire | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
David IV George III Tamar Ivane I Zakarian Rusudan Zakare II Zakarian Shahnshah Zakarian |
Alp Arslan Nizam al-Mulk Abu'l-Aswar Fadl ibn Mahmud Shahanshah ibn Mahmud Eldiguz Sultan ibn Mahmud Sökmen II Saltuk II |
Chagatai Toghta |
Constantine X Doukas Duke Bagrat Gregory |
The medieval city of Ani was a center of confrontation in the 12th and 13th centuries. It was captured fives times by the Kingdom of Georgia, and recaptured three times by Shaddadids, [1] until it came under the Mongol rule in 1239: