Battle of Khresili

Battle of Khresili
The general representation of the positions.
Date December 14, 1757 Location Near Khresili, Ottoman Empire Result Georgian victory[1]
Belligerents
Kingdom of Imereti Principality of Mingrelia Principality of Guria Principality of Abkhazia (Samurzakano)	Ottoman Empire
Commanders and leaders
Solomon I of Imereti Katsia II Dadiani Mamia IV Gurieli Khutunia Sharvashidze † Papuna Tsereteli Beri Tsulukidze Beso Lortkipanidze Kaikhosro Agiashvili Giorgi Abashidze Zurab Mikeladze Archil Batonishvili	Ali Pasha of Ioannina Gola Pasha † Kemkha Pasha † Levan Abashidze † Rostom, Duke of Racha Pasha of Poti Pasha of Kutaisi Barons of Tsutskvati, Baghdati and Shorapani.
Strength
11,000 main troops 5,000 additional forces Total: 16,000 men[2]	30,000 Turkish army 15,000 Turkish soldiers garrisoned in Imereti 10,000 pro-Ottoman Georgian rebels Total: 55,000 men[2]
Casualties and losses
Fewer casualties[3]	38,000–45,000[3]

The Battle of Khresili (Georgian: ხრესილის ბრძოლა, Turkish: Hresili Muharebesi) was fought on December 14, 1757, between the armies of the Kingdom of Imereti and the Ottoman Empire. King Solomon I of Imereti established a strong monarchy and unified western Georgia. His actions strained the relations between him and the Ottoman Empire. The Ottomans, in particular, sought to stop Solomon's struggle against slavery. They were in an alliance with rebellious Georgian nobles who opposed their monarch. One of them was Levan Abashidze, who lead an Ottoman army to the Kingdom of Imereti. Solomon enticed his enemies into a strategically adroit place near Khresili where his forces would gather to engage them.^[4]