Timur was preparing for a major confrontation with the Ottoman dynasty and apparently wished to freeze the currently prevailing situation in Georgia, until he could return to deal with it more decisively and thoroughly at his leisure.
Timur se pripremao za veliki sukob s Osmanskom dinastijom, te je očigledno želio zamrznuti trenutnu preovladavajuću situaciju u Gruziji, dok se ne vrati i time temeljitije i odlučnije bavi.