Iberian Gates
The Iberian Gates (Georgian: იბერიის კარი, Turkish: Gürcü Boğazı) is situated in the westernmost extension of historical Georgia (Zemo Kartli), on the plateau of the Mescit Mountains (Mount Uzundere), known as the Meschic mountains in Greco-Roman geography. The place is recorded as Gurji-Boghazi (საქართველოს ყელი) in the Description of the Kingdom of Georgia by 18th century, Georgian geographer Vakhushti Batonishvili.[1]
In history
Iberian Gate
Blue dot =approximate location of Iberian Gate
Iberian Kingdom as noted by Strabo
.
It was at this pass that the general
Samtskhe, latter was annexed by Ottoman Empire
in 1550.
See also
References
- ^ Vakhushti Prince (Bagrationi). Geography Georgia., 1904, Tiflis.
- ^ Toumanoff, p. 9
- ^ Licini, Patrizia (2017). Surveying Georgia’s Past. p. 136.
- ^ Flynn, Thomas S. The Western Christian Presence in the Russias and Qajar Persia, C.1760-C.1870. Brill, 2016.
- ^ Smith, W., Grove, G. and Müller, K. (1872). An historical atlas of ancient geography, biblical and classical. London: John Murray.