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

As a result, the royal court of Georgian Queen Rusudan (1223–1245) moved to Kutaisi and the country was exposed to subsequent looting during the Mongol invasions of Georgia.

Instead, the nobility replied by sending a letter that reminded Jalal al-Din of his crushing defeat against the Mongols, while having no idea how strong his empire already was by then.

General Mkhargrdzeli with his more than 50,000 warriors arrived in time and initially kept himself in the background being expected by the other commanders to react on any attack against his vanguard while remaining unnoticed by the enemy.

The battle began with Jalal ad-Dins left wing attacking the Georgian vanguard and it did not take long for his main forces to be ordered into fight.

In 1226, as a result of the surrender, Jalal al-Din also captured Tbilisi, the city was sacked and a hundred thousand citizens were put to death for not renouncing Christianity.