Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: George I muduku uye ane chinzvimbo, akatanga mushandirapamwe wokudzorera dzinza raDavid Kuropalates<unk> kuGeorgia ndokutora Tao muna 1015<unk>1016. Akapindawo mubatanidzwa neFatimid Caliph weEgypt, Al-Hakim (996<unk>1021), iyo yakaisa Basil mumamiriro ezvinhu akaoma, achimumanikidza kuti arege kupindura zvakanyanya kurwisa kwaGeorge. Kunze kwaizvozvo, vaByzantium panguva iyoyo vakanga vari muhondo isingachinji neUmambo hweBulgaria, vachigumira zviito zvavo kumadokero. Asi nokukurumidza
Bulgaria yakakundwa muna 1018, uye Al-Hakim akanga asisiri mupenyu, Basil akatungamirira hondo yake kurwisa Georgia. Pashure pokunge kuedza kwokutanga kwakundikana, gadziriro dzehondo yakakura zvikuru yokurwisa Umambo hweGeorgia dzakatangwa, kutanga nokugadziridzazve mauto eTheodosiopolis. Mumatsutso a1021, Basil, achitungamirira hondo huru yakasimbiswa neVarangian Guards, akarwisa vaGeorgia nevabatsiri vavo veArmenian, achidzorera Phasiane uye achisundira kunze kwemiganhu yeTao kupinda mukati meGeorgia. Mambo George akapisa guta reOltisi kuti rirambe risiri mumaoko omuvengi uye akadzokera kuKola. Hondo yeropa yakarwiwa pedyo nemusha weShirimni paLake Palakazio (zvino Çildir, Turkey) musi waGunyana 11 uye mambo akawana kukunda kunodhura, achimanikidza George I kuti adzokere kuchamhembe muumambo hwake. Achipamba nyika munzira yake, Basil akadzokera kunogara muTrebizond munguva yechando.