Through most of its turbulent history, Kakheti was tributary to the Persians, whose efforts to keep the reluctant Georgian kingdom within its sphere of influence resulted in a series of military conflicts and deportations.
Kroz većinu svoje burne povijesti, Kahetija je bila podložna Perzijancima, čiji su napori da održe gruzijsko kraljevstvo pod njihovom sferom utjecaja, rezultirali nizom sukoba i deportacija.