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| 1050 births | |
| 1112 deaths | |
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In 1073 , several powerful feudal lords rose against the royal authority. Niania, son of Kvabuli, captured Georgia’s capital Kutaisi ; Ioane Bagvashi and his son Liparit supported by the secessionist Kakheti ans took control over the Ksani gorge, while Vardan, eristavi (duke) of Svan s attacked Saegro (Egrisi) . King Giorgi managed to quell the rebellion using force and compromise. He agreed to extend fiefdoms of the rebels in exchange of their submission. In 1074 , Ioane and his son Liparit revolted again, but were defeated by Giorgi supported by King Aghsartan I Of Kakhs and the Meskhetians . The year 1074 was marked by a powerful Seljuk attack. Sultan Malik Shah I took Samshvilde and ravaged Kartli . Despite Giorgi’s victory over the Sultan ’s lieutenant Sarang of Ganja at the Battle Of Partskisi , he could not repulse the next Seljuk attacks. Most of his kingdom had been devastated in a series of campaigns called the Great Turkish Invasions (''didi turkoba'' in Georgian ) of Georgia by 1082 , when Giorgi was forced to conclude a peace by which Georgia became a tributary of the Seljuk Sultanate. According to the agreement, Giorgi II received a Seljuk auxiliary force to reassert his supremacy in the Kakhet - Hereti . He advanced into the province and laid siege to the local stronghold Vezhini in the winter of 1082 - 1083 , but failed to take the fortress and left Kakheti . The situation in the kingdom was further deteriorated by a disastrous earthquake of 1083 . Unable to deal with the difficulties of defending his kingdom, he stepped down from the throne in 1089 , allowing his son to David to become King David IV . SEE ALSO EXTERNAL LINK |
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