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plain. As a result, events unfolded exactly as described in the treatise: the Georgian gained an obvious moral advantage and the Seljuk, exhausted by a long march, were forced to fight in an unfavorable position. Despite their numerical superiority, the Turks were unable to defeat David's detachment
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retreat. He chose the more aggressive course. All of his subsequent steps are brilliant illustrations of the implementation of the strategic maneuver proposed by the treatise: as soon as he received information about the
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then chased the Seljuks for a long time until they were sure that the enemy would not dare to come again.
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warriors, organized a forced march at night and managed to block the enemy's path in the
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the Seljuks did not organized a campaign against Georgia. In 1110-1114,
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felt this kind of defeat very hard and could not easily give up, so the
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Battle between The Kingdom of Georgia and the Seljuk Empire in 1110
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also did not conduct active military operations either. In 1115,
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of the opportunity to conduct a major military campaign against
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but they were defeated by 1,500 men under the command of
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for several years, and for the next 11 years, until the
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Index

Kingdom of Georgia
Seljuk Empire
Georgians
Samshvilde
Seljuks
Sultan
Georgia
David IV
Georgian–Seljuk wars
Trialeti
Kingdom of Georgia
Georgian
Kingdom of Georgia
Seljuk Empire
David IV
Malik Shah
Georgians
George of Chqondidi
Abuleti
Orbelian
Seljuk
Samshvilde
Dzerna
ka
Samshvilde
Sultan
Muhammad I Tapar
Georgia
Nacharmagevi
Turks

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