the new sovereign's young age was immediately exploited by the great nobles, who had been suppressed under the heavy hand of bagrat. around the same year, the easternmost provinces of kakheti and hereti, not easily acquired by bagrat, staged a revolt and reinstated their own government under kvirike iii (1010/1014–1029), who also incorporated a portion of the neighbouring arran (ran), allowing him to claim the title of "king of the kakhetians and ranians". giorgi was unable to prevent the move and sought an alliance with this kingdom, rather than attempting to reincorporate it into the georgian state, thus leaving a long-standing claim to kakheti and hereti to his successors.