[pieceofthepuzzle]

“That night, however, a group of Persians who were living in Tbilisi secretly opened the gates and summoned the enemy army into the city.”

Key consideration with significant implications for immigration, legal or illegal.

[Kolokotronis]

““That night, however, a group of Persians who were living in Tbilisi secretly opened the gates and summoned the enemy army into the city.”

Key consideration with significant implications for immigration, legal or illegal.”

They were, apparently, merchants engaged in trade...and of course, Mohammedans.