Abuletisdze
Abuletisdze (
eristavs – with its most prominent members in the 12th and 13th century. The family held appanages in the valleys of Aragvi and Tedzami in the eastern province of Kakheti
.
The dynastic name Abuletidze (literally, "sons/descendants of Abulet") is derived from a male name Abulet. A person with this name appears as a commander under the Georgian king
Seljuk Turks in 1110. Later, Abulet was a governor of Ani
in 1124. He is last heard of in 1130.
The Abuletisdze's loyalty to the crown was not permanent, however. In the early 12th century, they were among the most powerful vassals and rivals of the kings of Georgia. Thus, already in the reign of David IV, Dzagan Abuletisdze is reported to have defied the royal authority, but was eventually to take refuge at the
Shio-Mghvime Monastery which surrendered him to the king. Dzagan's brother Modistos was a catholicos of the Georgian Orthodox Church, and was removed from this position by the same king.[1]
We next hear of Abulet's son Ivane and grandson Kirkish (Tirkash) who served as the commanders of Georgian troops in
capture of Baghdad in 1258, and returned with a substantial wealth of booty through which he acquired the village of Angroini and donated it to the Shio-Mghvime Monastery. Later in the 13th century, the family went in decline. By 1405, their fiefdom in Kakheti had passed to a branch of the Abazasdze
.
References
- ^ Lordkipanidze, Mariam (1987; translated and edited by George B. Hewitt), Georgia in the XI-XII centuries, p. 81, Ganatleba (Online version). Archived 2007-12-13 at the Wayback Machine
- ISBN 0-684-16760-3.
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