Emirate of Tbilisi إمارة تفليسي Imārat Tiflisi (in Arabic) ⴇⴁⴈⴊⴈⴑⴈⴑ ⴑⴀⴀⴋⴈⴐⴍ Tbilisis saamiro (in Georgian) | |||||||||
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736–1122 | |||||||||
![]() Emirate of Tbilisi in 1060. | |||||||||
Capital | al-Tefelis | ||||||||
Common languages | Classical Arabic, Georgian | ||||||||
Religion | Sunni Islam, Eastern Orthodox Church | ||||||||
Government | Emirate | ||||||||
History | |||||||||
• Established | 736 | ||||||||
1122 | |||||||||
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Today part of | Georgia |
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The Emirate of Tbilisi (Georgian: ⴇⴁⴈⴊⴈⴑⴈⴑ ⴑⴀⴀⴋⴈⴐⴍ Tbilisis saamiro, Arabic: إمارة تفليسي Imārat Tiflisi) was a Muslim emirate in Transcaucasia. The Emirs of Tbilisi ruled over the parts of today's eastern Georgia from their base in the city of Tbilisi, from 736 to 1080 (nominally to 1122). Established by the Arabs during their rule of Georgian lands, the emirate was an important outpost of the Muslim rule in the Caucasus until recaptured by the Georgians under King David IV in 1122.