sentences:  Abashidze made himself king of Imereti and, thus, a suzerain of Guria and Mingrelia.In 1703, Guria as well as the rest of western Georgia faced a major invasion by the Ottoman Empire.Eager to tighten a loosening grip over their Caucasian subjects, the Ottomans mounted a large-scale invasion, with the intention to eliminate the sovereignty of Guria and limit that of Imereti.