P'adla I ( ka, ფადლა I) (died 893), of the Arevmaneli clan, was a
Prince
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and
chorepiscopus of
Kakheti
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in eastern
Georgia
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from 881 to 893. He attained to his office after suppressing the
Donauri family, which had ruled Kakheti from 839 to 881. During his rule, Padla succeeded in recovering the district of
Gardabani conquered by the Arab
emir of Tiflis from his predecessor
Gabriel
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.
Bibliography
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Toumanoff, Cyrille (1976, Rome). Manuel de Généalogie et de Chronologie pour le Caucase chrétien (Arménie, Géorgie, Albanie).
*
Вахушти Багратиони.
893 deaths
Princes of Kakheti
Year of birth unknown
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