Kingdom of Kartli
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The Kingdom of Kartli was a late medieval and early modern monarchy in eastern Georgia, centred on the province of Kartli, with its capital at Tbilisi. It emerged in the process of a tripartite divisi
Capture of Tbilisi by the Ottomans in 21-24 August 1578, under Osman Pasha and Mustafa Pasha, following the departure of David XI ("Daud Khan") from the city, during the Ottoman–Safavid War (1578–1590). Secaatname (1586)
Simon I of Kartli (label Simun "سیمون" ) with his troops in a battle against Ottoman Erzurum troops in 1579-80. Secaatname (1586)
The collapse of the Georgian realm was a political and territorial fragmentation process that resulted in the dynastic triumvirate military conflict of the Bagrationi monarchs and war of succession in
Kingdom of Kartli
…medieval and early modern monarchy in eastern Georgia, centred on the province of Kartli, with its capital at Tbilisi. It emerged in the process of a tripartite division of the Kingdom of Georgia in 1478 and existed, with several brief intervals, until 1762 when Kartli and the neighbouring Georgian kingdom of Kakheti…
The decision of King Alexander I to divide the administration of the kingdom amongst his three sons is seen as the end of Georgian unity and the beginning of its collapse and the establishment of triarchy.