 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Demetrius akatsiviwa nomwanakomana wake George III muna 1156, achitanga nhambo yemitemo yokunze inodenha zvikuru. Mugore raakakwira pachigaro, George akabudirira kurwisa Ahlat, umambo hwaSeljuq. Akasunungura guta reArmenian raikosha reDvin kubva kuvassalage yaEldiguzid uye nokudaro akagamuchirwa semusununguri munzvimbo iyi. Eldiguz akaumba mubatanidzwa nemamwe maSeljuqids mukutanga kwema1160 kuti varwe nemaGeorgia, uye muna 1163. vakabatana vakakanganisa mambo George III weGeorgia. Vatongi veSeljuqid vakafara, uye vakagadzirira kurwa kutsva. Zvisinei, panguva ino vakadziviswa naGeorge III, uyo akafamba achipinda muArran pakutanga kwa1166, akatora nzvimbo yakatambanukira kumaguta ari kure seNakhchivan neBeylagan, akaparadza nyika ndokudzoka nevasungwa nezvakapambwa. Hondo pakati paGeorge III naatabeg Eldiguz yairatidzika kuva isina mugumo. Asi varwi vakanga vaneta zvikuru zvokuti Eldiguz akakumbira kuti hondo ipere. George akanga asina imwe nzira kunze kwokuzvibvumira. Eldiguz akadzorera Ani kuvatongi vayo vekare, vaShaddadids. Muna 1167, George akafamba kuti adzivirire mutevedzeri wake Shah Akhsitan weShirvan pakurwiswa neRus neKipchakuye zvakasimbisa kutonga kweGeorgia munharaunda yacho. George akapa mwanasikana wake Rusudan, muchato, kuna Manuel Komnenos, mwanakomana waMambo Andronikos I Komnenos. Muna 1173, Atabeg Eldiguz akatanga kumwe kurwisa Georgia asi akakundwa. Mauto aAtabeg akadzokera shure uye Eldiguz akafa muna 1174 muNakhchivan. Muna 1177, vanhu vakakurumbira vakapanduka asi vakadzvinyirirwa. Gore rakatevera racho, Mambo George III akasiya chigaro choumambo kumwanasikana wake Tamar, asi akaramba ari mubati ushe kusvikira parufu rwake muna 1184. 