Ivane Akhaltsikheli

Ivane Akhaltsikheli
Ivane Akhaltsikheli; ივანე ახალციხელი
Amirtamira of Kars
	; In office; 1206–1226
Personal details
Born	Unknown
Died	1226; Garni
Children	David Akhaltsikheli
Military service
Battles/wars	Georgian–Seljuk wars Battle of Shamkor; Battle of Basiani; ; Jalal al-Din's invasions of Georgia [ka] Battle of Garni; ; Georgian campaigns of Ahlatshahs [ka] Siege of Kars (1206) [ka]; ;

Ivane Akhaltiskheli (Georgian language: ივანე ახალციხელი ) (died 1226) was a Georgian military commander and courtier, of the noble house of Toreli-Akhaltsikheli.^[1]

In 1206/1207, Shalva and Ivane Akhaltsikheli, together with Sargis Tmogveli, captured the city of Kars from the Seljuqs, for this he was kindly rewarded by Queen Tamar and was appointed as the governor of the Kars to secure Georgia's frontier boundaries. Along with his brother Ivane participated in battle of Basian (1203) and battle of Garni (1225), where he was killed while retreating to the mountains.

References[]

↑ Shoshiashvili N. History of the Feudal House of Toreli and Shota Rustaveli, Tbilisi 1966

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[1] Shoshiashvili N. History of the Feudal House of Toreli and Shota Rustaveli, Tbilisi 1966

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Ivane Akhaltsikheli ივანე ახალციხელი
Amirtamira of Kars
In office 1206–1226
Personal details
Born	Unknown
Died	1226 Garni
Children	David Akhaltsikheli
Military service
Battles/wars	Georgian–Seljuk wars Battle of Shamkor Battle of Basiani Jalal al-Din's invasions of Georgia [ka] Battle of Garni Georgian campaigns of Ahlatshahs [ka] Siege of Kars (1206) [ka]