List of wars involving Georgia (country)

This is a list of wars involving Georgia and its predecessor states. The list gives the name, the date, the combatants, and the result of these conflicts following this legend:

 Georgian victory
 Georgian defeat
 Another result (e.g. a treaty or peace without a clear result,
status quo ante bellum, result of civil or internal conflict, result unknown or indecisive)
 Ongoing conflict

Colchis and Iberia

Date Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Result
750 BC Colchian absorbs Diauehi[failed verification] Colchis Diauehi The Colchians absorbed part of Diauehi
65 BC Pompey's First Caucasian Campaign Kingdom of Iberia Roman Republic Defeat
65 BC Pompey's Second Caucasian Campaign Roman Republic
Kingdom of Iberia
Caucasian Albania
Colchis
Roman–Iberian Victory
73-63 BC Third Mithridatic War Kingdom of Pontus
Kingdom of Armenia
Kingdom of Iberia
Caucasian Albania
Sarmatians
Roman Republic Defeat
35 Pharasmanes I of Iberia invasion of Armenia[citation needed] Kingdom of Iberia Kingdom of Armenia
Parthian Empire
Victory
50-53 Iberian–Armenian War[citation needed] Kingdom of Iberia Kingdom of Armenia
Parthian Empire
Defeat
58-63 Roman–Parthian War[citation needed] Roman Empire
Kingdom of Iberia
Parthian Empire
Kingdom of Armenia
Compromise
113-117 Roman-Parthian War[citation needed] Roman Empire
Kingdom of Iberia
Caucasian Albania
Parthian Empire
Kingdom of Armenia
Victory

Early Medieval fragmentation

Date Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Result
526-532 Iberian War Byzantine Empire
Iberia
Ghassanids
Huns
Heruli
Aksumites
Kinda
Sasanian Empire
Lakhmids
Sabirs
Inconclusive
541-562 Lazic War Byzantine Empire
Sasanian Empire
Inconclusive
602-628 Byzantine–Sasanian War of 602–628[citation needed] Sasanian Empire
Avars (and Slavic allies)
Sasanian Iberia
Jewish and Samaritan rebels (c. 614)
Lakhmids
Lombards
Visigoths
 Byzantine Empire
Western Turkic Khaganate
Ghassanids
Pro-Byzantine Iberians
Byzantine victory
627-629 Perso-Turkic war of 627–629 Sasanian Iberia
Sasanian Empire
 Byzantine Empire
Western Turkic Khaganate
Pro-Byzantine Iberians
Byzantine-Turkic victory
642-645 The first invasion of the Arabs in Georgia Principality of Iberia
Lazica
Rashidun Caliphate Defeat
722-732 Second Arab–Khazar War[citation needed] Umayyad Caliphate Khazar Khaganate Indecisive
735-737 Umayyad invasion of Iberia Principality of Iberia
Lazica
Umayyad Caliphate Defeat
914 Sajid invasion of Georgia Tao-Klarjeti
Kingdom of Kakheti
Kingdom of Abkhazia
Sajid dynasty The Sajids withdraw from Georgia
993-998 David III's campaigns against the Muslims Kingdom of the Iberians
Bagratid Armenia
Marwanids (Diyar Bakr)
Rawadid dynasty
Victory

Kingdom of Georgia

Date Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Result
1011-1012 Bagrat III's invasion of Shaddadids Kingdom of Georgia
Bagratid Armenia
Shaddadids Victory
1014-1022 Byzantine–Georgian war (1014-1022)  Kingdom of Georgia
Bagratid Armenia
Kingdom of Kakheti-Hereti
 Byzantine Empire Defeat
1028 Byzantine–Georgian war (1028) Kingdom of Georgia Byzantine Empire Byzantine–Georgian treaty of 1031
1029 The invasion of the Alans in Kakheti Kingdom of Kakheti-Hereti Alania Victory
1033-1058 Georgian civil war
Battle of Sasireti
Kingdom of Georgia
Vikings
Demetrius of Anacopia (1033-1042)
Liparit IV, Duke of Kldekari (1039-1060)
Byzantine Empire
Kingdom of Kakheti
Kingdom of Tashir-Dzoraget
Bagrat IV was recognized as king
1068 Fadl ibn Shavur's invasion of Georgia  Kingdom of Georgia Shaddadids Victory
1014-1204 Byzantine–Georgian wars  Kingdom of Georgia
Kingdom of Kakheti-Hereti
Bagratid Armenia
Empire of Trebizond
 Byzantine Empire
Duchy of Kldekari
Victory
  • Initial Byzantine gains. Georgia loses a number of dominions, but later reconquers them and expands under Queen Tamar
1208-1210 Ayyubid–Georgian wars [ka]  Kingdom of Georgia Ayyubid Empire Inconclusive
1210-1211 Georgian campaign against the Eldiguzids[citation needed]  Kingdom of Georgia Eldiguzids Victory
1048-1213 Georgian–Seljuk wars Kingdom of Georgia Seljuk Empire Victory
1225-1228 Jalal al-Din's invasions of Georgia [ka]  Kingdom of Georgia Khwarazmian Empire Defeat
1235-1236 Mongol invasions of Georgia Kingdom of Georgia Mongol Empire Defeat
1282-1284 David VI's campaign of Trebizond Kingdom of Imereti
Theodora of Trebizond
Empire of Trebizond Victory
1302-1303 Azat Mousa's invasion of Georgia  Principality of Samtskhe Sultanate of Rum Victory
14th century Vameq's invasion of Jiketi Duchy of Mingrelia Kingdom of Zichia Victory
1386-1403 Timurid invasions of Georgia  Kingdom of Georgia Timurid Empire Defeat
1405 George VII's campaign against the Timurids  Kingdom of Georgia Timurid Empire Victory
1407-1412 Qara Yusuf's invasions of Georgia  Kingdom of Georgia
Shirvanshah
Simsim
Qara Koyunlu Defeat
1431-1435 Alexander's reconquests  Kingdom of Georgia Qara Koyunlu Victory
  • The Georgians re-conquered Lori
  • The Georgians re-conquered Syunik
1440 Jahan Shah's first invasion of Georgia  Kingdom of Georgia Qara Koyunlu Defeat
1444 Jahan Shah's second invasion of Georgia  Kingdom of Georgia Qara Koyunlu Victory
  • Jahan Shah and his troops escaped to Tabriz, putting an end to the Turkoman incursion.
1466-1477 Uzun Hasan's invasions of Georgia  Kingdom of Georgia Aq Qoyunlu Defeat
1488-1489 Sufi Khalil's invasion of Kartli  Kingdom of Georgia Aq Qoyunlu Defeat
1407-1502 Turkoman invasions of Georgia Kingdom of Georgia
Shirvanshah
Safavid Empire (1502)
Kara Koyunlu (1407-1468)
Aq Qoyunlu (1468-1502)
Victory
  • End of invasions against Georgia and consolidation of Safavids in Persia
1463-1493 Georgian civil war of 1463–1491  Kingdom of Georgia
Duchy of Mingrelia
border=no Kingdom of Imereti
 Principality of Samtskhe
Principality of Mingrelia
Principality of Guria
Principality of Svaneti
Principality of Abkhazia

 Kingdom of Kakheti

Fall of Kingdom of Georgia

Kingdoms and principalities

Date Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Result
1533 Mamia's invasion of Jiketi Principality of Mingrelia
Principality of Guria
Kingdom of Zichia Defeat
  • The allies won the first battle, but the Circassians defeated the allies in the second battle
1532-1555 Ottoman–Safavid War (1532–1555)[citation needed]  Safavid Empire
Kingdom of Imereti
Kingdom of Kartli (1545)
Principality of Guria
Mamluk Sultanate
Ottoman Empire
 Principality of Samtskhe
Kingdom of Kartli (1541-1555)
 Kingdom of Kakheti
Shaybanids
Peace of Amasya
1547 Ottoman invasion of Guria[citation needed] Principality of Guria Ottoman Empire Defeat
1578-1590 Ottoman–Safavid War (1578–90)[citation needed]  Safavid Empire
Kingdom of Kartli (1578-1588)
 Kingdom of Kakheti (1578)
 Principality of Samtskhe (1578, 1582-1587)
Principality of Guria (1583-1587)
Ottoman Empire
Autonomous Republic of Crimea Crimean Khanate
Kingdom of Imereti
Principality of Guria (1578-1583, after 1587)
Principality of Mingrelia
 Principality of Samtskhe (1578-1582)
Shaybanids
Ottoman victory
1603-1612 Ottoman–Safavid War (1603–1612)[citation needed]  Safavid Empire Ottoman Empire Victory
1614-1617 Shah Abbas' invasions of Georgia  Kingdom of Kakheti
Kingdom of Kartli
Supported by:

Kingdom of Imereti
Ottoman Empire (from 1616)

 Safavid Empire Defeat
1703 Ottoman invasion of western Georgia Ottoman Empire Kingdom of Imereti
Principality of Guria
Principality of Mingrelia
Victory
1722-1723 Russo-Persian War (1722–1723)[citation needed]  Russian Empire
Ukrainian Cossacks
Kingdom of Kartli
Safavid Empire Victory
1730-1735 Ottoman–Persian War (1730–1735)  Safavid Empire

Shamkhalate of Tarki (from 1734)

Ottoman Empire Victory
1738-40 Nader Shah's invasion of India[citation needed] Afsharid Empire
 Kingdom of Kakheti
Mughal Empire
Hyderabad State
Oudh
Victory
1768-1774 Russo-Turkish War (1768–74)  Russian Empire

Greek insurgents
Kingdom of Kartli-Kakheti
Kingdom of Imereti

Ottoman Empire Victory
1796 Russo-Persian War of 1796  Russian Empire
Kingdom of Kartli-Kakheti
Karabakh Khanate
Shamkhalate of Tarki
Tabasaran Principality
Kaitag Utsmiate
Qajar Iran
Ganja Khanate
Erivan Khanate
Quba Khanate
Gazikumukh Khanate
  • Tactical Russian victory
  • Strategic Persian victory
1806-1812 Russo-Turkish War (1806–12) Russia Russian Empire
Principality of Mingrelia
Principality of Guria
Principality of Abkhazia (1810-1812)
Wallachia
Ottoman Empire
Autonomous Republic of Crimea Crimean Khanate
Principality of Abkhazia (1808-1810)
Victory
1828-1829 Russo-Turkish War (1828–1829) Russian Empire Russian Empire

Principality of Mingrelia
Principality of Guria
Principality of Svaneti
Principality of Abkhazia
Supported by:
Kingdom of France France
United Kingdom United Kingdom

Ottoman Empire Victory
1853-1856 The Caucasus front of the Crimean War Russia Russian Empire

Principality of Mingrelia
Principality of Abkhazia (1853-1855)

Ottoman Empire Ottoman Empire
Principality of Abkhazia (1855-1856)
The victory at the front, but the defeat of Russia in the war
1817-1864 Caucasian War Russia Russian Empire Caucasian Imamate
Circassia
Avar Khanate (1818–1823)
Big Kabarda (to 1825)
Khanate of Kazi-Kumukh
Dagestan free
Caucasus annexed into Russia.
1877-1878 Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878) Russian Empire Ottoman Empire Victory

The Social-Democratic Georgia

Date Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Result
1914-1918 World War I Allied Powers Central Powers Allied victory
1914-1918 Caucasus Campaign  Russian Empire (1914–17)

 United Kingdom (1918)
Armenia Armenia
(1918)

Central Caspian Dictatorship (1918)


 Russian SFSR (1918)
Baku Commune (1918)

 Ottoman Empire

Azerbaijan Azerbaijan (1918)
Mountainous Republic of the Northern Caucasus (1918)
 German Empire (1914–17)


 German Empire (1918)
 Democratic Republic of Georgia (1918)

Compromise
1918 German Caucasus Expedition[citation needed] German Empire German Empire
 Democratic Republic of Georgia

Ottoman Empire

 Russian SFSR Indecisive
1918 Armeno-Georgian War  Democratic Republic of Georgia Armenia First Republic of Armenia Inconclusive
  • With the intervention of Great Britain, a truce was concluded between Armenia and Georgia.
1918-1920 Georgian–Ossetian conflict (1918–1920)  Democratic Republic of Georgia Ossetians
Supported by:
 Russian SFSR
Victory
  • All Ossetian uprisings were suppressed by Georgians
1921 Red Army invasion of Georgia  Democratic Republic of Georgia  Russian SFSR

Ankara Government

Defeat

Georgian SSR

Date Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Result
1941-1945 World War II Allies Axis Allied victory
1979-1989 Soviet–Afghan War  Soviet Union

Afghanistan Afghanistan

Peshawar Seven
Tehran Eight
Defeat


Republic of Georgia

Date Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Result
1991-1993 Georgian Civil War Georgia (country) Pro-Gamsakhurdia forces

Supported by:
 Chechen Republic of Ichkeria

Georgia (country) Pro-Shevardnadze forces

 Russia (since October 1993)

Eduard Shevardnadze ascends to power
1991-1992 South Ossetian war  Georgia  South Ossetia
 Russia
Defeat
1992-1993 War in Abkhazia  Georgia

UNA-UNSO "Argo"

 Abkhazia

Confederation of Mountain Peoples of the Caucasus
 Russia

Defeat
1998 War in Abkhazia (1998) Georgia (country) White Legion
Georgia (country) Forest Brotherhood
 Abkhazia Defeat
2008 Russo-Georgian War  Georgia  Russia
 South Ossetia
 Abkhazia
Defeat
2003-2011 Iraq War  United States
 Iraq
 United Kingdom
 South Korea
 Italy
 Poland
 Australia
 Georgia
 Ukraine
 Estonia
 Netherlands
 Spain
 Denmark
MNF–I INC
Iraq New Iraqi Army
KDP
PUK
 Turkey (Political Support)
Iraq Iraq
Ba'ath Loyalists
SCJL
Naqshbandi Army
Islamic State of Iraq
Al-Qaeda
Mahdi Army
Special Groups
Badr Brigades
Victory
2001–2021 War in Afghanistan Afghanistan Islamic Republic of Afghanistan

Advisers, Non-combat support, & Counter-terrorism operations:

Resolute Support

Afghanistan Taliban

al-Qaeda
Haqqani network
Hezb-e-Islami Gulbuddin
United Tajik Opposition

Defeat

See also


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