Teimuraz I of Kakheti

Teimuraz I
Teimuraz I and his wife Khorashan. A sketch from the album of the contemporaneous Roman Catholic missionary Cristoforo Castelli
King of Kakheti
Reign1605–1616
1625–1633
1634–1648
PredecessorConstantine I of Kakheti
SuccessorArchil of Imereti
King of Kartli
Reign1625–1633
PredecessorSimon II of Kartli
SuccessorRostom of Kartli
Born1589
Iran[1]
Died1663 (aged 73–74)[2]
Gorgan, Iran
Burial
SpouseAnna Gurieli
Khorashan of Kartli
IssuePrince Levan
Prince Alexander
Princess Tinatin
Prince David of Kakheti
Darejan of Kakheti, Queen of Imereti
DynastyBagrationi dynasty
FatherDavid I of Kakheti
MotherKetevan the Martyr
ReligionGeorgian Orthodox Church
KhelrtvaTeimuraz I's signature

Teimuraz I (Georgian: თეიმურაზ I) (1589–1663), of the Bagrationi dynasty, was a Georgian monarch (mepe) who ruled, with intermissions, as King of Kakheti from 1605 to 1648 and also of Kartli from 1625 to 1633. The eldest son of David I and Ketevan, Teimuraz spent most of his childhood at the court of Shah of Iran, where he came to be known as Tahmuras Khan. He was made king of Kakheti following a revolt against his reigning uncle, Constantine I, in 1605. From 1614 on, he waged a five-decade long struggle against the Safavid Iranian domination of Georgia in the course of which he lost several members of his family and ended his life as the Shah's prisoner at Astarabad at the age of 74.

A versatile poet and admirer of Persian poetry, Teimuraz translated into Georgian several Persian love-stories and transformed the personal experiences of his long and difficult reign into a series of original poems influenced by the contemporary Persian tradition.[3]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Gvakharia was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Rayfield was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Rayfield, Donald (16 December 2013). The Literature of Georgia: A History. Routledge. ISBN 9781136825293. Retrieved 15 December 2014.

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