Siege of Ani
| 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 | |||||||||
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Kingdom of Georgia Zakarid dynasty Armenians |
Seljuk Empire Shaddadids Eldiguzids Artuqids Saltukids Shah-Armens Emirate of Kars | Mongol Empire | Byzantine Empire | ||||||
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David IV George III TamarIvane 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, until it came under the Mongol rule in 1239:
- Siege of Ani (1064), when a large Seljuk army under Alp Arslan attacked.
- Siege of Ani (1124), a siege led by David IV of Georgia against the Shaddadids during the Georgian–Seljuk wars.
- Siege of Ani (1161), a siege led by the George III of Georgia against the Shaddadids, and a subsequent siege by the Muslim coalition of Shah-Armens, Saltukids, Artuqids and Emirate of Kars against the Kingdom of Georgia in an attempt to recapture the city.
- Siege of Ani (1174), a siege led by George III of Georgia against the Shaddadids.
- Siege of Ani (1199), a siege led by Tamar of Georgia against the Shaddadids.
- Siege of Ani (1226), a siege led by the Mongol Empire against the Zakarid ruler of Ani.
- Siege of Ani (1239), a sack of the city by the Mongols.