Aghsartan II of Kakheti

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Aghsartan II
აღსართან II
King of Kakheti and Hereti
Reign1102 – 1105
Predecessor Kvirike IV
Dynasty Kvirikian
Religion Islam

Aghsartan II (Georgian :აღსართან II), was the last King of medieval Kakheti and Hereti in eastern Georgia from 1102 to 1105.

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He succeeded upon the death of his father Kvirike IV. The medieval Georgian chroniclers characterize him as a frivolous man whose ignorant rule drew many great nobles into opposition. In 1105, Aghsartan was arrested by his vassals, the princes Arishiani of Hereti, [1] and handed over to King David IV of Georgia who finally annexed the kingdom of Kakheti to the unified all-Georgian realm.

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Arishiani was a 12th-century Georgian noble (didebuli) of Hereti. Arishian alongside with other nobles, such as Baram and Kavtar, captured King Aghsartan II of Kakheti and delivered him to the King David IV of Georgia, the latter reincorporated kingdom of Kakheti and Hereti within his realm. For this he was granted duchy of Hereti.

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References

  1. ↑ QAUXČʻIŠVILI, S., VIVIAN, K., & BRYER, A. (1991). The Georgian chronicle: the period of Giorgi Lasha. Amsterdam, A.M. Hakkert.

Bibliography

Cyril Leo Heraclius, Prince Toumanoff was a Russian-born American historian and genealogist who mostly specialized in the history and genealogies of medieval Georgia, Armenia, Iran and the Byzantine Empire. His works have significantly influenced the Western scholarship of the medieval Caucasus.

Preceded by
Kvirike IV 		King of Kakheti and Hereti
1102-1105		Succeeded by
Annexation by the Kingdom of Georgia
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