within two years, bagrat assumed full ruling powers. he proved an able ruler and succeeded in restoring law and order in his kingdom. while he was in kutaisi, the aristocratic opposition of kartli led by kavtar tbeli disregarded gurandukht’s authority and ran their fiefdoms as semi-independent rulers. when bagrat returned to kartli to deal with this situation, the nobles offered him an armed resistance, but the king won the battle at moghrisi, and forced the rebels into submission. finally he directed his attention towards kldekari in lower kartli, whose duke rati continued to ignore the royal authority and ruled rather independently.