The king made a bold sortie westward, but having failed to thwart the enemy’s advance at the fortresses of Dzami and Savaneti, fled to the inaccessible forests of western Georgia where the armies of the Islamic ruler could not penetrate.
Kralj hrabro izlazi ka zapadu, ali nije uspio spriječiti neprijateljev napredak prema tvrđavama Dzani i Svanetije, pa je pobjegao u nepristupačne šume zapadne Gruzije, gdje nisu mogle prodrijeti neprijateljske postrojbe islamskog vladara.