Battle of Didgori 1121 - Georgian-Seljuk War DOCUMENTARY

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Kings and Generals animated historical documentary series on the First Crusade and Medieval Era continues with a video on the battle of Didgori, as we see how the rising king (mepe) of Georgia David IV fights the Seljuk Artuqid leader Ilghazi in 1121.
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[@DaaronIrwing]

Can you make less videos? where do you get so much time for it, don't you sleep? Thank you for videos, but it a little bit to much.

[@sanojoticreje8577]

Amazing

[@jesseberg3271]

I think we need an origins video on the Kipchaks. They appear in a lot of your work, without explanation.

[@woman_life_freedom__]

Seljuk Empire's map is absolutely wrong! Seljuk Empire's territory was much greater than roman empire!!! But you europeans have to say your own bullshits!!! and the most foolish fact about KZbin pages is that non of them have valid historical references!

[@giorgichikvaidze9594]

Amazing job! Great!

[@nenenindonu]

Considering the whole post High Medieval history of the Middle East and Caucasus regions, Georgia was the only nation that had managed to mostly retain its autonomy from Turkish and Mongol dominance

[@johnwicksfoknpencil]

And it’s Christianity along with it

[@emrenuriyev9132]

@@johnwicksfoknpencil Armenians also retained their religion though despite being subjects or ruled by Romans,Greeks,Persians,Turks and Russians

[@nenenindonu]

@@emrenuriyev9132 Yes, you don't really need autonomy for that Assyrians, Armenians, and few other Caucasian - Middle Eastern ethnicities affiliated with Christianity kept their religion despite being under millennia long foreign suzerainty

[@jaythompson5102]

Turns out mountain fortresses are super effective against horse armies.

[@johnwicksfoknpencil]

@@emrenuriyev9132 And suffered a genocide at the hands of the Turks which many parts of the world still do not even acknowledge

[@Underdad1d]

Such an underrated country Georgia really is. We need more content on their History.

[@davexorus9836]

In history chronicles is written from 300 000 to 800000 allthough the number are high than reality 30 000 are very few

[@nenenindonu]

Dont worry pal, Kvaratskhelia will surely spread the countrys popularity

[@GioMezvri]

​@@davexorus9836 but if you see site of the battle.. no way to settle there even army like 100 K .. so 30 000 seems really reasonable number...

[@stevenwallace5456]

Free Abkhazia and South Ossetia!

[@giorgijioshvili9713]

@@stevenwallace5456 Troll Moment

[@georgekolev9832]

Writer here! This has been one of the most requested videos on the channel and it was such a pleasure to finally piece this puzzle together. A big reason why this video came to be in the first place was the great sources I was provided with by the amazing Georgian Institute of Public Affairs! A special thanks to their team and especially Nika Khoperia who translated new findings on this often misrepresented period of history. Didgori is not a clear cut battle and cannot be described without the context of the crusades/ERE and Seljuk Empire. We hope you enjoy this story as it fills the void and represents what we consider the most likely scenario of these events!

[@sidp5381]

Once Aagin Gerogi Kills thank you so much youre awesome cant wait to see more of the mongol europe series

[@ohNojames]

I like how you guys provide context of the entire region and aren’t just focused solely on one area

[@guramtskhelishvili6998]

I would like to see your "NEW FACTS" about seljuk army numbers

[@theawesomeman9821]

Congrats on your writing. I'm sure it was difficult finding historical sources on little known countries like Georgia.

[@grindos]

@georgekolev9832 Do you happen to have a book to recommend about Georgian history in English? Is has been a bit tricky to find a good one so far

[@subutai999]

Georgian history is amazing, small Christian culture surrounded by empires, maintaining its identity and upsetting enemies much outnumbering them. Also, an interesting topic to explore is Georgian involvement in Mamluk, Persian, and Russian empires. where they were represented as an elite army caste very often.

[@pharaongaming8617]

Mongols (Mostly Ilkhanate) took a lot of Troops from Georgia too, On Many Maps you will see how Out of All the Massive Mongol Empire only independent region is Georgia, Georgia chose to become Vassals instead and Had to Rally just incredible Amount of Troops to Mongols, Ain Jalut for example had like 50k Georgian Troops

[@gioarada4365]

​@@pharaongaming8617You are not providing information correctly - there was a joint military campaign against Muslims, Mongols, Christians, yes there were such, and Georgians, Christians. Some even call it a crusade.

[@noworldfortheweak]

​@@pharaongaming8617we was a vassal state of Mongolia 150 years in this year's we always planed something to be gain independence. And king George v managed this very good. He used mongols troops to united divided Georgia and after this he killed mongols who helped them

[@stanilhristov6728]

Love to our Georgian brothers from Bulgaria who are on the other side of the Black Sea and with similar fate

[@crowrider199]

Old bulgars are turks

[@crowrider199]

And kipcak also turks who helped Georgia

[@ninolomidze1021]

​@@crowrider199 ყიმჩაღები მონღოლოიდურჯ ტომები იყვნენ

[@crowrider199]

iyi araştır kardeş moğollar da bir türk kabilesidir ayrıca kıpçakalar türkçe konuşur sen seoviyet etkisinde kalmışşın @@ninolomidze1021

[@kobakareli]

As a Georgian myself, and a long time subscriber, I’m so happy to see the video, and of course I would love more videos related to Georgia on the channel. One detail about King David IV, he is known in Georgia as King David the Builder, and he’s one of the greatest, if not the greatest, rulers of Georgia. He was a fine poet too.

[@utkusubay7674]

Dude respect from TR to Georgia

[@kobakareli]

@dimensional X nope, no one. It was almost a thousand years ago so they’re completely assimilated

[@KarachayTulpar]

@dimensional X It is said the Karachay Balkarian people are of Alanian kipchak descent, they even speak a dialect of kipchak turkic language. I should know I am one of them 😉

[@jfarmerswatermelon6061]

​@@dimensionalx2284 They got assimilated into Georgian community very soon. Many of them actually left and migrated to Hungary and Golden herd

[@houby1632]

@dimensional X the way they were settled were scattered along the southern border meaning they were settled in a way to maximize assimilation

[@michaelsinger4638]

David IV was one of the greatest Medieval rulers. The title “The Builder” was much deserved.

[@leo7325]

this is just a tip of the iceberg of his achievements.he is objectively one of the best rulers of all time.

[@gigachaduneli1121]

Video dont really mentioned about his reign aside battles, but he was actually far better administrator. During his reign many churches and fortresses were built. What is most important he founded several academy which was almost equal of universities. Thats why he is called builder.

[@pharaongaming8617]

And his name Sounds much much Better in Georgian, Builder is a very simple translation because an accurate one doesn't exist in English

[@enrifarsenadze9300]

well, there is no right translation for "Aghmashenebeli" in English. It's more like "The builder from the scratch".

[@sabaqristesiashvili4212]

As Georgian confirmed

[@GEO-mania]

I am speaking on behalf of all Georgians when i tell you how much we appreciate this video. Thank you 🇬🇪

[@parvuspeach]

Never been to georgia, never met a georgian, but for some strange reason i find it a very attractive visiting destination. The lands, its people and culture seem very interesting. On my bucket list.

[@njnikusha]

U will have a blast

[@JoeyDediashvili]

a magical place indeed. Most the people I know that have went there wanted to stay permanently.

[@tea1424]

@@JoeyDediashvili are you half Georgian?your last name seems Georgian to me.😅

[@JoeyDediashvili]

@@tea1424 Well, I identify as full Georgian 🤣 born in Tbilisi, but my father's side is Georgian Jewish (Dediashvili) and mom's side is Georgian Orthodox from Imereti/Svaneti. We are in the wine business (Story Winery) here in California producing and bringing high quality Georgian and local California wine to the US.

[@tea1424]

@@JoeyDediashvili Georgian jews are Georgians for us so, you really are fully Georgian🤣i am from imereti/lechkhumi🙌.wish you good luck with your business.

[@TheChuckfuc]

What a wise king. The pressure to join in the expansion of a dying empire must have been great. But he kept his cool and played the long game and won.

[@Internettrolloftheyear]

It must have been so tempting to watch kings who were dying here and there. He was a pretty cool dude.

[@pharaongaming8617]

Maybe it would be Better if he expanded, It would be a more Interesting Story Anyways

[@TheChuckfuc]

@@pharaongaming8617 I don't think so. The same story repeats itself. An over ambitious king/emperor rapidly expanded. Only to over extend itself and strain the country's resources. Only to lose it eventually. Ultimately, Georgia is still here. While those kingdoms and empires are not.

[@Darkseidsolosfiction]

King tamar expanded and conquered half of Persia​@@pharaongaming8617

[@IND-JJ]

@@pharaongaming8617 No he couldnt expand by himself unless he had a very strong ally like the kipckaks of the north who were not that loyal but if they were it would have been a different story . He would have pushed down all the way to syria or iraq i think

[@StoicHistorian]

David the builder, one of my favorite kings, a true architect

[@N1ka]

🌹thank you sir! God bless you!

[@finrodfelagund8668]

As a Georgian, when I first heard his nickname in English (“the Builder”), I really disliked it, bc he was not a builder, he was not an architect. I prefer “the Restorer” for his nickname in English, but idk, maybe it’s only me.

[@StoicHistorian]

@@finrodfelagund8668 a rebuilder perhaps

[@finrodfelagund8668]

@@StoicHistorian Yeah, much better 👍

[@demeare-_-3360]

@@StoicHistorianif we translated it more correctly we get “David the Restorer”

[@stanbatakarata6081]

Greeting from 🇧🇬 Bulgaria.Great video .Thanks. Georgia 🇬🇪 and georgian brave knight Great respect brave Gerogians peoples

[@vectorstrike]

Georgia has the prettiest flag of them all and a great history!

[@mariamlomaia5384]

As a georgian I’m really proud that my favorite historical channel uploaded about one of the most important battle in our history❤️❤️❤️🥰 Thank you so much!!

[@KingGuillotine21]

kartli belongs back to georgia :)

[@justforrow]

Thankd for loving histoty

[@Mirko1913]

As a Bulgarian I'm glad K&G devote more attention to the Caucasus, an area as troubled as the Balkans.

[@RYD3R74]

as a Latvian it gives hope where smaller countries can withstand 2 larger powers

[@gnomuka]

Awesome indeed

[@akmalazim6185]

You're bulgarian? But why?

[@Mirko1913]

@@akmalazim6185 To remind you how bad it is to be someone like your sorry self.

[@Mirko1913]

@@RYD3R74 Good point. Greetings to Latvia.

[@nikolozmosidze4195]

One interesting fact: Medieval Arab historian Ibn al-Azraq al-Fariqi who arrived in Tbilisi in 1153, and spent several years in the service of the then King Demetrius I, was particularly interested in the battle of Didgori and even visited the battlefield. Al-Fariq wanted to meet with the participants of the battle so Here is what he writes in his anals: “I, myself saw the battlefield in 1153 as soon as I arrived in Tbilisi. By the order of King Demetrius of Georgia, we went to the inner districts of Tbilisi, then We passed an area that is a 70-day walk ... A few days later we reached a wide mountain with a wide field. At the foot of this mountain is erected a high fortress, and here the king encamped. The king told me: “Here is someone in prison from the Ilghazi army, as tomorrow comes, look and ask him where he is from." I decided to do the same. But that night the king received word that some districts had revolted. Immediately the hike fell and the king set off. God did not want us to meet him ." As we can read from his writings, the prisoner of war was still in prison after 22 years of the battle. According to Arab historian Ibn al-ʿAdīm (1192-1262), 4.000 Muslims were imprisoned in the battle, while other Christians sources mention numbers as high as 30.000 (which is most probably an exaggeration). The eyewitness of the battle of Didogri "Chronicler of David" writes that there were numerous casualties on the Seljuk Side: "And our troops - and not only them but the whole kingdom was overflowing with gold and silver, Arabian horses, Assyrian mules, tents and carpets, and countless military devices, diverse copper drums and catapults, refined vessels for feasts and ablutions, and kitchenware - how much paper or ink it would take to describe all that! You should have seen how peasants were driving the captured Arabian kings, how could you tell now that they had been great fighters!” P.S. As a Georgian, thank you very much Kings and Generals for this video!

[@Youngybelly]

რატოა გაზვიადებული 400K არა მაგრამ 250K Თავიფლად ᲨესაᲫლოა რომ ყოფილიყვნენ, ჯიჰადი გამოაცხადეს Ჩვენზე

[@nikolozmosidze4195]

@@Youngybelly მე 75.000-100.000 მგონია რომ იყო (მეომრები და თანმხლები პირები), თუმცა კომენტარში ვიგულისხმე ტყვეების რაოდენობა არის გაზვიადებული თქო, ვინაიდან არ მახსენდება არც ერთი ბრძოლა როდესაც 30 000 მუსლიმი ტყვე ჩაეგდოთ ხელში ან ჯვაროსნებს ან ბიზანტიელებს. ან 30 000 ტვყის გამოკვება ან სატუსაღოებში მოთავსება, ისე რომ წინააღმდეგობა აღარ გაგიწიონ როგორია? არარეალურია...

[@Youngybelly]

@@nikolozmosidze4195 30 000 ტყვე სისულელეა მაგაზე გეᲗანხმები მევ

[@Youngybelly]

@@nikolozmosidze4195 ნუ ყოველᲨემᲗხვევაᲨი იმის Თქმა მინდოდა რომ Ჩვენზე მეტნი იყვნენ, Თურქები ამბობენ რომ Თქვენ 55.6K იყავით და Ჩვენ 30K-ო რაც დიდი სისულელე მგონია მე პირადად

[@ferdasancar7554]

@@Youngybelly There were 30k Seljuk soldiers there that day.

[@neonwasabi8017]

To those who do not know, even after Mongol invasions Georgians had king not lesser than David the IV, His name was George the V ''The Brilliant'' he too brought back the former glory, but it was after the invasions of Tamerlane who devastated the kingdom completely and it broke to small self governed parts and kingdoms

[@georgefenrirbitadze4757]

And he was called brilliant because of his diplomacy, he united Georgia with minimal wars and battles, by talking with his enemies

[@miqela1121]

As many George's already said we highly appreciate your content especially about our country. Thank you very much for such a honor and we had many other battles which deserve your attention. 🥰🥰

[@uffhhd.h.a.b3123]

Legendary victory, proud for Georgia ☦🥂

[@christian78478]

“If not Tbilisi, there might be standing a mosque in stead of church in Vienna, as Jalal Ad-Dins, Genghis Khans and other Eastern Sultans and Shahs were crashed exactly on Tbilisi Citadel. Tbilisi stood, as European fortress from where enemies of the whole Christianity could only reach Europe weakened and emptied from blood.” Tbilisi has fallen a hundred times and it is amazing !!! Resurrected for the hundredth time! The conquering invaders - the armies of Rome and Byzantium, the Arabs, the Persians and the Turks, the Mongols or any other barbarian tribes - were destroying the capital and it would rise again from the ashes as a buffer that would slow down, weaken the mightiest darts! "This is how Tbilisi fought, this is how it was beaten, even for Vienna, even for Western Europe ... Even after Giorgi Saakadze - this People's Greatest Duke, under the command of 300 Aragvians, who guarded the gates of Georgia like lions, until they were exalted by the shout of the barbarians - Allahu Akbar! ..." Karl Hugo Huppert (1902-1982). Russian Geographer about Georgians: "Europe, and especially Russia, has not yet realized how important historical mission Georgia has fulfilled in the face of European Christianity, through its centuries-long suffering, its devotional battles. The Georgian nation is a truly crusader nation. In a bloody war against the Muslims, this nation has not lost a sword for more than a thousand years, and if the Christian cross had not been embroidered on the clothes of many of them, it would have been embroidered in the heart of every Georgian. Thus, Georgia became a stronghold of Christianity for Europe, receiving the first and most terrible blows. This little ally of Europe has done a great historical service to the security of the continent. In spite of everything, this nation has retained its beauty, language, customs, traditions and of course, faith. The great Islamic states of the East have repeatedly turned their energy and fanaticism to the unshakable chest of little Georgia, and although their claws still reached the Caucasian peoples of northern Caucasus and managed to convert most of them to Islam, the Georgians themselves remained Christians and did not convert to Islam. The crosses of the temples of Christian Georgia were rising higher and higher, hiding in the middle, fortifying themselves stronger in the mountains, but still they continued to shine. "And still the Islamic Golden Crescent remained at the foot of the Georgian temples, but it was always proudly overlooked by the Christian cross." "Crusader Nation" - from the book by Russian geographer Yevgeny Markov - "Essays on the Caucasus". Crusader Historian about Georgians "Every year, the depths of Persia overwhelm these horrible people in great numbers, and they cover almost the entire surface of the world. but our torment moved even the heart of The God and he have risen a competitor Kingdom of Iberians. dei gratia, they grew and strengthened as they broke and overthrew the arrogance of the Persians! Earlier the Iberians themselves feared these people and shunned them, but now they far surpass the Persians in strength and military experience. Thus the Persians, who for a long time feared even the most distant kingdoms, are now content with whether they will have at least temporary peace within their dominions. The Kingdom of Iberia is located in the north. It is also known as Abkhazia. Its inhabitants are distinguished by high stature, supreme strength and their military qualities. With frequent wars and incessant attacks, they broke the forces of the Persians, so that the latter no longer considered themselves equal to them. Therefore, those who are concerned about their own situation have stopped looting and robbing other countries." Willelmus Tyrensis (1130-1186 AD).

[@Stateira-Persia-Iran]

You, that Russian Yevgeny Markov, and most of the people of Georgia should go and learn some history and then write nonsense comments about Persia/Iran. The Persians didn't care about Georgia, the Safavids and Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar were Turks, not Persians. They were the Turks who ruled Iran, not Persians. Even Tamar the Great, the queen you are proud of and who is the most powerful and famous queen in the history of your country was a half-Iranian woman. Her mother was an Iranic Ossetian woman, not a Georgian woman. Today, you betray Armenia and united with the Republic of Azerbaijan and Turkey. Your ally, the Republic of Azerbaijan, considers the Safavids as its history. You Georgians should go and make these cries for your allied countries, the Republic of Azerbaijan and Turkey. I am an Iranian and I don't like the Safavids and they are not our history.

[@christian78478]

@@Stateira-Persia-Iran We betray No one. especially Armenia.

[@giorgijioshvili9713]

@@Stateira-Persia-Iran bot

[@Stateira-Persia-Iran]

@@giorgijioshvili9713 Stop writing nonsense comments instead of calling others bot.

[@giorgijioshvili9713]

@@Stateira-Persia-Iran well you axt like a bot Lol

[@Knjazat]

i have seen memorial in Didgori - majestic. I. come back to Sakartvelo any day, so amazing. Greetings from Plovdiv and brothers acros the Black Sea

[@MrDididevi]

All the best! Bulgaria forever!

[@androtchitchinadze3450]

Finally! A video On Georgia! Thank you Kings and Generals!

[@MDM679]

I'm more than happy to see the greatest Georgian leader and commander getting the recognition and the spotlight he deserves on platforms like yours. Best regards from Georgia.

[@Akaki1999]

Damn I wasn't expecting it, thanks a lot for covering this. David 4th was the man who began "Georgian golden age" that lasted all the way till Mongol invasion in 1230s. We regard this victory as one of the biggest in our history, so it's cool to see it being animated by none other than K&G. Big fan of yours, love your "documentary" style video series, so this one having documentary in title is very nice to see

[@Akaki1999]

@@user-cg2tw8pw7j When? Aftermath of that battle was that David went on to free couple more cities from Seljuks and then conquered whole Shirvan in 1124 before his death

[@giorgijioshvili9713]

@@user-cg2tw8pw7j no lol

[@giorgijioshvili9713]

@@user-cg2tw8pw7j those city's became Vessel state's of Georgia for 100+ year's, David Didn't lost anything stop making dumb claims to cope its just cringe

[@GEO-mania]

@علي ياسر you really need to brush up on your knowledge of Georgian history

[@grigolgiorgadze2670]

@@user-cg2tw8pw7j Dear, Ab Basr, ( Hope, read it correctly from what I remember from my studies of Arabic scripture), King David never lost not a single battle. You and all muslims must know how tolerant he was to all Muslims, especially to those living in capital Tbilisi. He would, on many occasions, have disputes with local muslim ulammas on the interpretation of Koran, such an intelligent, shrewd, pious and apt warrior was our beloved Siant David the Builder.

[@theawesomeman9821]

I remember when I was in grade school, my teacher offered a treat for the first student who could name a country starting with the letter "G". I had just watched the news the night before about Russia invading a country called Georgia, so naturally I said "Georgia". My teacher thought I was referring to the southern American state State Georgia, and said, "just because Georgia has people who talk with a southern accent and fly the Confederate flag, doesn't mean that Georgia is a real country".

[@EvHateisForbidden]

She should have been fired for lack of knowledge lol

[@theawesomeman9821]

@@EvHateisForbidden I don't blame her for being ignorant, most people don't know that Georgia is a country.

[@renimaruuu9220]

@@theawesomeman9821 thats just americans being ignorant. Most europeans know that georgia is country too. Basic geography

[@theawesomeman9821]

@@renimaruuu9220 Georgia has only become a country torwards the end of 20th century, so cut those who don't know some slack.

[@renimaruuu9220]

@@theawesomeman9821 georgia existed way before 20 century.

[@mikemodugno5879]

I've been requesting this video for a long time. I can't express how grateful I am that you are covering this forgotten corner of Christendom. Can't wait to see more about Georgia. Thank you.

[@iliaaronia7025]

As a Georgian I have to say, for me this is like a dream come true l, thank you K&G for an amazing video and to GIPA for facilitating creation of this content!

[@dumnylach]

Georgians, warriors of Christ! I salute You from Poland.

[@MrDididevi]

All the best! Poland forever!

[@Solomon44444]

❤Salute my friend

[@TheVarskvlavtbichuna]

🇵🇱🇺🇦🇬🇪✌️

[@Ihavpickle]

That's kinda cringe my friend

[@zurabkuchava7759]

God bless Poland! 🇬🇪 🇵🇱

[@aliksanon6491]

Damn i never expected yall to actually make this, mad respect

[@tylers.2596]

Thank you so much for doing this video! I love Georgia and her history so much ❤️

[@darthveatay]

Finally someone does a video on the legendary battle of Didgori

[@panggahmadhiko8271]

As a Muslims, I'm really glad to knew this historical Figure, He was capable King, Charismatic Enemy and Brave Warrior. In my study in Islamic History, I think the Georgian's States was one of the hardest state to faced by our ancestors, The territory itself was natural defense and the warrior culture was making it worse to face against them

[@giorgitavartkiladze4829]

Your comment is very much appriciated. Good luck to you.

[@YourLocalMuslim]

The king litteraly called Muslim (devil worshippers)

[@giorgitavartkiladze4829]

@@YourLocalMuslim For your information, that same king, after regaining Capital Tbilisi in 1122, prohibited to kill pigs in those districts in which muslim people lived. Also, he attended muslim mosques and had peaceful conversation with muslims in his realm, though he killed the invaders. He gave her doughter to a muslim vasal ruler. Though, of course he killed the invaders, who were muslims evidently.

[@tkdchampion1166]

my respect for u

[@YourLocalMuslim]

@@giorgitavartkiladze4829 so he called Muslims devil worshippers? While "attending" in mosques also i wouldnt mind him killing the invaders but calling the people following the religion "devil worshippers" also i dont really think he can have peacefull conversations with what he calls "devil worshippers"

[@irakligrigalashvili8662]

Very interesting , It would be great to see more videos about medieval Georgia's history and this region.

[@GeoBeorn]

Thank you K&G and GIPA for covering the battle of Didgori.

[@nikolaigobliani9014]

Thank you for this video... David IV the Builder was not only an excellent warrior and strategist, but also an educator. He considered the education segment a priority. David IV founded the Gelati and Ikaltoy academies, which became the most important center of philosophy and theology of that time.

[@VakhoBLT]

This video is a masterpiece. I've been fan of your channel for years and I'm so happy to see this video about my great countrry that I'm proud of! Thank you from the bottom of my heart ❤️🇬🇪

[@Tigerofthemountain]

As a turkish i respect georgians ❤

[@giorgitavartkiladze4829]

Respect to you too.

[@grigolgiorgadze2670]

Gürcü olarak, bidzeden selamlar gönderiyorum

[@Schmusbek21898]

I dont believe it

[@pinkzero281]

​@@Schmusbek21898 we don't care

[@N1ka]

Turkler bizim kardismizdir 🇬🇪❤🇹🇷

[@revanius2213]

Georgia is an interesting Medieval State, a Christian Kingdom in the far east that was not subjugated by the Romans, the Muslims, or the Mongols and managed to outlast them all.

[@MrDididevi]

In historical times it started with Assirian Imperia 3300 years ago. They conquered ancient Georgian kingdom of Diaokhi. Now it is a time for Russia to leave the Caucasus. All the best from Georgia!

[@thunders1801]

It's not a medieval state tho, it had existed 7000 years before the medieval

[@davidchkheidze6004]

Amazing work . As a Georgian i am happy to see this great work :)

[@datagunjua1717]

რისთვის უხდი მადლობას, რომ დიდგორის ასეთი დაფასება საბჭოთა პროპაგანდა ყოფილა თუ იმისთვის რომ 30 ათასიანი არმია შეუკრებია თურმე კოალიციას. მადლობა კი არაა საგინებლები არიან რეალურად, გულწრფელად რომ ვთქვათ!

[@davidchkheidze6004]

@@datagunjua1717 ვერ ვხვდები რატომ უნდა აგიხსნა რას ვწერ ვის ვწერ და რატომ ვწერ ?! მერე ვინ ხარ რომ საერთოდ ერევი ჩემს საქმეში . და ბოლოს თუ შენ გგონია რომ თურქებმა მაგ ომში მართლა 500 000 მეომარი შეკრიბეს და დავით მა 40 000 კაცით დაამარცხა - მე შემიძლია გითხრა რომ არც ისტორიის გაგეგება რამე არც სტრატეგიის არც ტაქტიქის , არც შუა საუკუნეების ჯარში გაწვევაზე , მოსახლეობის აღწერაზე და ასე შემდეგ არაფერი გაგეგება . მოდი ჯერ ეს ყველაფერი გაიაზრე და როცა გადაწყვეტრო უკვე ერკვევი ამ ყველაფერში კიდევ მომწერედა ერთ ამდენ საგნებს კიდევ დაგიმატებ სასწავლებლად

[@datagunjua1717]

@@davidchkheidze6004 პირველი ჯერ ჩემი ერთ -ერთი პროფესია ისტორიკოსი, მეორე შეურაცყოფენ შენი ქვეყნის უმნიშვნელოვანეს მომენტს და მაგაზე დაგიწერე რომ რას აქებთქო და ახლაც იმაცე აზრზე ვარ, ვიდეო კი არაა მარაზმია. მეორე აი ასეთ სისულეებს რომ არ უსმედნე და კითხულობდე ბევრს, გაიგებდი რას ნიშნავს სიტყვა ჯიხადი მუსლიმური სამყაროსთვის, თუ რამხელა მაშტაბის კოლიაცია იყო, ოთრარიდან ყაზახეთში, სუდანის ჩათვლით აფრიკაში , გაიგებდი რომ უცხოელები რომლებსაც არანაირი სენტიმენტები არ გააჩნდათ საქართველოს მიმართ წერდნენ მის გრანდიოზულობაზე!

[@datagunjua1717]

@@davidchkheidze6004 მეტიც თვითონ თურქები და სპარსელები აღიარებდნდენ მის უნიკალურობას, ივანე ჯავახიშვილიც "დებილი" ყოფილა და ა.შ. მაგრამ ახლა შენ თუ სიმართლე არ გინდა გაიგო და არაფერი წაიკითხო, მაშინ უყურე ასეთ იდიოტიზმებს და დაიჯერე რომ მუსლიმურმა სამყარომ შექმნა უზარმაზარი კოალიცია რათა 30 ათასი კაცი შეეკრიბა და დიდგორით აღფრთოვანება საბჭოთა პროპაგანდა ყოფილა!!!

[@davidchkheidze6004]

@@datagunjua1717 კარგია გასაგებია გატყობ ჰაიჰარალოზე არ ლაპარაკობ და წაკითხული გაქვს რაღაცეები . იგივე შემიძლია ჩემს თავზე ვთქვა (განათლება ნამდვილად არ მაკლია ) მაგრამ მაინც არ მესმის ვინ ხარ და რა შენი საქმეა მე რას ვწერ სად ვწერ და რატომ ვწერ . რაც შეეხება თავად ბრძოლის ფაქტს არ შემოვალ პოლემიკაში რადგანაც ვთვლი რომ უაზროდ დროის კარგვაა. შენ მაგ ყველაფერს უყურებ პატრიოტულ ასპექტში (რაც არ არის ცუდი) და მაქედან გამომდინარე ესა თუ ის ფაქტები გსურს დიდების ზენიტში აიყვანო . მე ყველაფერს ვუყურებ რეალურად ყოველგვარი პატრიოტიზმის და ფანატიზმის გარეშე. შენ როგორც ჩანს ვერ მიხვდი რაზე მოვუხადე ამ ვიდეოს ავტორებს მადლობა . მაგრამ ეს უაზრო და უადგილო დავა რომ დავამთავრო გეტყვი - მადლობა მოვუხადე რო ზოგადად ჩვენს ისტორიას შეეხნენ და მსოფლიოს ჩვენი უდიდესი ისტორიის პატარა მარცვალი დაანახეს . ამას ავტორიც ხაზს უსვამს ! დანარჩენი დეტალებია . არავინაა ვალდებული ჩვენი ისტორია ზედმიწევნით კარგად იცოდეს . აქვე კიდევ შეგახსენებთ რო არაა შენი საქმე რას და რატომ ვწერ ! რაც მალე გაიზრებ მით უკეთესი .

[@someguysomeone3543]

YEEEEEEHHHHSSSSSS finally a episode about the the Caucasus. Very underrated region, especially in medieval history.

[@fergaldalton3549]

Been watching the channel for a while now. Keep up the great work boss. This channel has not only inspired a love for history in myself but also my son. I thank all your team for driving his love of history and learning.

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thanks for watching!

[@shehansenanayaka3046]

Georgia one of the well rich country when it comes to history. also one of the first states adopt Christianity. brilliant , your channel is getting better an better . thanks for your all hard work and dedication towards these videos. I am fan of your channel since 2019. Fan from Sri Lanka .

[@archontus6905]

Thanks for covering that memorable moment. I hope you will continue creating content concerning Georgian history. Best wishes!

[@Kaiyanwang82]

Very nice to see Georgia in one of its best moments.

[@sabakegoshvili5216]

On behalf of Georgians, I am immensely grateful that you created this video and introduced the public to a short but important period of Georgian history 👍👍👍❤

[@antivirus444]

Thank you for covering the battle of Didgori. Looking forward to other videos about Georgia.

[@Tech-Nick-Que]

King David the builder was greatest Georgian ever lived. Thank you for this content. 😍

[@TheStrategos392]

This was an exceptional video. Well done Kings.

[@jewtubehatestruth7341]

Thank you very much my Christian Georgian Brothers from Athleta Christi Skanderbegs Albania ⚔

[@engsfilms9301]

Been subscriber for years, have watched all of your videos. As a Georgian I am so happy to finally see an episode about my country, I hope you will make more videos as Georgia has very rich history.

[@DavidNasaridzeChokha]

many thanks for the video. many thanks to everyone who took part in this work.

[@jabukasurmanidze3629]

Davut dördüncü. Gürcistan'ın kurucusu kral. Her Gürcünün gönlünde yer eden ismine hamd olsun❤🗡🇬🇪🇬🇪🇬🇪🇬🇪

[@4CelciusDegree]

Why are you talking Turkish?

[@DAVIDKATAMADZE1]

რატო წერ ძმაო თურქულად ან რას წერ ვერ გავიგე?

[@anakacharava4159]

​@@DAVIDKATAMADZE1თურქებს აჯავრებს.😂😂😂😂😂

[@JaBa23BatEverythingForYou]

Woos, finally you arrived to Georgia and it's most epic battle! ♥️🙏🏻😇

[@sandrobochorishvili1335]

Yes! At last! Great video, as a Georgian, it is a rare sight to see a good quality and unbiased video about my country! Thanks for the huge effort here!

[@davidpeterson5647]

Being an American, I gotta ask: Does the other Georgia in the US that gets more attention it seems than your own Georgia irk you in any way? I've known about Georgia the country, it's just that Georgia the US state is more of what I associate as "Georgia" and wondered what that would be like on the flip side?

[@khizani]

@@davidpeterson5647 Not really. More of a funny coincidence. Funny anecdote on this topic: I once complained that it is annoying when I try to google something about Georgia (the country) and most hits are about Georgia the state. One of the people there was Turkish and said to me: you think that’s bad? Try googling your country and getting 100 recipes for Thanksgiving dinner! 😂

[@sandrobochorishvili1335]

@@davidpeterson5647 nah, we got used to it and always have a laugh about it. Just recently couple of weeks ago, our rugby team defeated Wales for the first time and facebook page of your Georgia rugby team got blasted with congratulations (mainly by US citizens) and the whole country had a huge laugh :D

[@thunders1801]

​@@davidpeterson5647I sometimes cry a lot, because people just don't understand that the country exists and is older

[@thornikeseyferth3549]

Impressive how Georgia managed to expand with mostly enemies and kingdoms many times langer than them around them

[@armandotalampas4800]

Brilliant video! I'm from Southeast Asia so they never taught us history in the Caucasus. I never thought medieval Georgia is a regional powerhouse! It encompasses even the modern states of Armenia and Azerbaijan! As a Christian I'm so proud of their successful crusade against the Seljuks! I'm eagerly anticipating more videos from Georgian history especially about Queen Tamara the Great!👍

[@historynerdneiledits]

Are you Fililino? (ik that East Timor is a Christian Country in Southeast Asia, but just asking)

[@armandotalampas4800]

@@historynerdneiledits 👍 yup! The Philippines no longer is the sole predominantly Christian country in the Asian continent since the birth of Timor Leste. East Timor is actually more predominantly Christian than the Philippines. 97% of East Timorese are Christian. While 90% of Filipinos adhere to the Christian faith

[@historynerdneiledits]

@@armandotalampas4800 True, im also a Filipino, and im amazed that a Filipino studies Georgian History and other Countries History just like Me.

[@armandotalampas4800]

@@historynerdneiledits thanks to videos like this we can study the history of countries Filipinos rarely knew! It's a lot simpler to study world history than 20 years ago. In KZbin, there are hundreds of videos on world history.

[@historynerdneiledits]

@@armandotalampas4800 Yep, i agree.

[@enrifarsenadze9300]

I've been following your page for a while, but I felt goosebumps when I noticed that you had created a video of the Battle of Didgori. What a wonderful illustration! As a Georgian, I'm happy that you took the time to study about Georgia's historic battle. Thank you for sharing this video, and I can't wait to watch King Tamar's soon (I'll probably get even more goosebumps)! P.S. She was even powerful and strong than David and is totally worth the time to look at. Thank you once again!

[@davexorus9836]

Thanks for video which I was waiting for so long. Allthough in chronicles army number and army assembly coalition region was broader, Thanks to cover our history which full of many great generals, kings, sacrifices, tears and proudness!

[@ckaiborbor]

The intro explaining the ad/memberships makes me as big a fan of the channel as the actual content. Proud to support you guys. Keep up the great work friends. 💯

[@rezokiladze2334]

Thank you! Finally someone that gives due credit to my country; Honestly I'm baffled by how and why it isn't more well known

[@drsoxami]

IMHO is probably because it's focused on Western European and Anglo perspectives, as if no one else matters.

[@rezokiladze2334]

@@drsoxami not really, even historically inspired video games always include much lesser prominent countries but bypass us. Age of empires has like 50 civs (and several branches of same civs but doesn't have us)

[@JoeyDediashvili]

Well, I think our mind jumps to our Armenian cousins, but they have diaspora all over the world. We are more like Azerbaijan and are lesser known, but not for long. I grew up in California and I can tell you things are changing. More and more I have to explain less often where I was born.

[@giorgijioshvili9713]

​@@JoeyDediashvili we are not related to Armenian's they are Indo-European we are Caucasian

[@izunauchida5885]

It's nice to see K&G having partnerships. Idk why. Maybe I'm just happy to see the channel grow and get more love and recognition it deserves. Also, what's the name of the music at the end of the video? I'm guessing it's something georgian.

[@MrBero1]

ღმერთმა დალოცოს საქართველო!

[@toko125]

Thank you very much for this video

[@angusyang5917]

Caucasian history is very underrated, glad you guys are dipping the toe into the water by covering some

[@Another_opinion_]

Thanks. Please more extraeuropean history...

[@hayktrashyan5988]

Very excited watching this amazing video about our neighbours brothers. Thank you. With love from 🇦🇲 to 🇬🇪

[@Georgian1121]

@@user-cg2tw8pw7j 🤣🤣🤣🤣are you sure

[@lashamchedlidze7380]

Great Video, thanks Kings and Generals for a huge job. Please share more Videos about Georgian History 🙏

[@stever4128]

This channel is crazy the level of detail on everything blows me away with every video. Also I'm a huge total war fan have been since medieval total war. So I love to see it used as a key part of the videos. Just outstanding 👏 👌

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thanks for watching!

[@giorgicankashvili9632]

thank you for this video! i was waiting ages for this ❤

[@georgechkhaidze5339]

Great work by my favorite channel on KZbin. You guys are amazing. I’ve literally watched your every video and seeing a content on Georgia just made my day. God bless you!

[@guramtabidze2796]

same here ))

[@ari3903]

Thanks for covering this battle in an unbiased manner. As a Georgian, I can confirm the part about our nationalism and Didgori. My teachers and friends alike will kill me for saying this, but I agree with your estimation of the numbers. All schools teach the 300k figure like it's an empirical fact when it's not. I remember asking my teacher how and why Seljuks had 300k soldiers against David when they had less than 100k in Manzikert. She responded that it was a coalition of Muslim nations but refused to name anything more than the Seljuks themselves as if they were a centralized political entity. Knowing the Sunni and Shia divide, western battle numbers, the jihads and the failure of cooperation against the crusades, I always took this matter with a grain of salt. Despite my cynical stance, I was surprised to see that David had failed to take Ganja. They never teach that in schools. Thanks for this unbiased take on our history and brace yourselves for the angry Georgian comments that you may get, because I know them all too well.

[@scourgeofgodattila579]

You really are the smartest Georgian i have seen in these comments.

[@giorgijioshvili9713]

@@scourgeofgodattila579 and you are another Dumb Turkish bot I have seen in these Comment's

[@giorgikvernadze3766]

dude, I wouldn't go talking in absolutes. in my school and in the textbooks at the time it never flat out said that il gazi had 300k. it always just said here are the sources, they're most definitely wrong. Weird thing though, these bloated numbers usually came from muslim chronicles nor Christian ones, so I'm a bit confused why in the video they said it the other way around. also david did subjugate ganja in the end, so him not being able to take it a few years earlier isn't that big of a detail, although interesting.

[@ari3903]

@@giorgikvernadze3766 Yes, the books say that the number ranged from 150k to 300k depending on the source, but the teachers usually go for the bigger number. They often state that those numbers came from Muslim sources, but they're never mentioned. If they did exist, it's quite possible that the sources were written by Ilghazi's enemies to overexaggerate his defeat.

[@ari3903]

@@scourgeofgodattila579 Just because you are called out for your politically motivated statements and my comment just so happens to agree with one of them doesn't mean that I am "smart" and they're "dumb". For example, your post about the battle of Garni is completely unrelated to the topic of this video and only serves the purpose of saying that Turks returned the score like history is a list of soccer games.

[@ercoleborgiano]

David the Builder was a military, diplomatic, administrative and political genius, all at once. Perhaps one of the most talented men in all history. He, through a series of methodical and extremely well thought-out and executed moves and reforms, turned a seemingly hopeless, drained and devastated land in a condition of feudal anarchy into a regional powerhouse for the next one hundred years, and it only ended when the Mongols showed up.

[@famueduyou]

Beautiful. What a king he was, much respect. The fact that it the Rashiduns who captured Tbilisi to a point that is it their capital to this day is in and of itself an awe-inspiring fact. History is fascinating, isn't it? :)

[@serginadareisvhili]

Woow! Massive respect for this video! We are so proud of our king David the Builder 👑

[@mategziri928]

The battle of Didgory was 55,000🇬🇪 vs 300.000☪️ and not 15,000🇬🇪 vs 30,000☪️

[@hatman3445]

YES, I've suggested it like years ago, glad you've finally made it!

[@mariammaisuradze1408]

Wooow! The video about my country, from my favorite channel ever!!! One of the happiest days in my life!!! Thank you Kings and Generals!!!

[@GK-zi4je]

As a Georgian, I am proud to see this video on your channel. I consider that Kings David's contribution is great in the existence of modern Georgia. And, I would love to see more videos about Georgian history. Thank you very much.

[@twistedsteeltv6130]

Fantastically interesting Georgian King. Thanks for making this and sharing his story!

[@chetnek]

Been here since the year 1. Happy to finally see the Georgia video come through.

[@Mr_OogaBooga]

Another brilliant video. Good job!

[@Irakli_]

I found your channel just today and I liked is to much that subscribed immediately. I was curious to find out if you had made any videos about Georgia, but was a bit disappointed. It was surprising to see this video tho. As a georgian, I thank you from the bottom of my heart ❤ Edit: Even though I'm aware with the fact that the numbers are really exaggerated in history books, I didn't expect them to be that low. But, considering the countries' powers back then, 18k vs 30k is very highly probable. So thank you for covering that topic, you guys rock. ❤🤘

[@lucasnutsubidze6566]

Well the fact is that no matter the exact numbers, Seljuks definitely outnumbered Georgians.

[@davitsurguladze6643]

Omg yes, yes!!!! After 5 years of waiting for this video, it's finally here!!❤️ Thanks K&G, you made my day ❤️🤍

[@besokobakhia8490]

Great job, thank you for the video!

[@thelegend3680]

Long time subscriber here! I myself am Georgian and appreciate this video a lot! Even though our country is small, we have a very rich history and these types of videos help a lot to educate others who don't know much about our culture and history.

[@MrSedrack]

Finally!!! I've been asking for this for so long!!!

[@tamarkapanadze3485]

Nice work. Thanks for popularizing Georgian history :)

[@MrDatio]

Thank you for your work!

[@lashajamelashvili6116]

Thanks for your job guys. That was so epic!!!

[@GetRidOfCivilAssetForfeiture]

I love K & G. Covering lesser known, by the public at large, battles and wars is great. I’m learning so much it’s great. Other ones that aren’t well known are the Chaco War, which showed the ineffectiveness of the League of Nations, Khalkin Gal, as well as a host of ancient and Medieval battles and wars that had an outsized influence due to the domino effect.

[@KingsandGenerals]

Will do! Thanks!

[@dominicguye8058]

they already covered Khalkin Gol, other than that good suggestions

[@GetRidOfCivilAssetForfeiture]

@@dominicguye8058 thanks for the info. I can’t keep up which channel has covered what anymore.

[@bakarandguladze]

Thanks for covering this! Would be grand to see more about Georgia someday, such as George V the Brilliant, George Saakadze, etc.

[@gioshartava5350]

Long waited video. Thank you Kings and Generals♥

[@incognitomode7005]

Thank you for great video. All the history I have read, this is close interpretation of it :)

[@lexbor3511]

Thank every warrior who was in that battle securing Georgian identity and Christianity for us! დიდება ჩვენ წინაპრებს!

[@nikolozkiziria419]

I'm from Georgiaa, and im proud AF bruh for your channel to make video about our greatest victory

[@robbabcock_]

Truly wonderful work!⚔

[@tazobakuradze8241]

great video, thank you for your work

[@giod6266]

Thank you K&G!

[@user-cq1cw8xz7f]

Amazing video! I learned so much I didn't know about my homeland