Next year, Jalal ad-Din marched on to Tbilisi, forcing Queen Rusudan of Georgia and her court into flight.

The victorious Khwarazmian soldiers sacked Tbilisi and massacred its Christian population.

[2] Avag did not give up and assembled an army composed of Georgians, Kipchaks, Alans and Vainakhs.

[3][2] Jalal ad-Din's army included Kipchak banners, consisting of 20,000 men in the Georgian ranks and appealed to them, 'lending a certain Qoshqar to them with a loaf of bread and salt to remind them of their 'former obligations' to his house.

The battle ended with a Khwarezmid victory and is marked as a disastrous event in Georgian history due to betrayal.