sentences:  He visited Istanbul in the 1710s in order to seek Ottoman aid against the Gurieli usurpers of the crown of Imereti.In August 1719, he returned with a detachment of Turkish auxiliaries, deposed George VIII Gurieli in June 1720, and was crowned king of Imereti.However, from 1721 to 1728, the government was effectively run by Bezhan Dadiani, Prince of Mingrelia.