Jesse ( ka, იესე) or Isā Khān (; ka, ისა-ხანი) (died September 15, 1615), of the

Bagrationi Dynasty The Bagrationi dynasty (; ) is a royal dynasty which reigned in Georgia from the Middle Ages until the early 19th century, being among the oldest extant Christian ruling dynasties in the world. In modern usage, the name of the dynasty is som ...

, was a Safavid-appointed

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of Kakheti in eastern

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from 1614 to 1615. Jesse was a son of Prince

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, himself a son of King

Alexander II of Kakheti Alexander II ( ka, ალექსანდრე II) (1527 – March 12, 1605) of the Bagrationi Dynasty, was a king of Kakheti in eastern Georgia from 1574 to 1605. In spite of a precarious international situation, he managed to retain relative ...

. Held as a political hostage by

Abbas I of Persia Abbas I ( fa, ; 27 January 157119 January 1629), commonly known as Abbas the Great (), was the 5th Safavid Shah (king) of Iran, and is generally considered one of the greatest rulers of Iranian history and the Safavid dynasty. He was the third s ...

, he was converted to Islam and brought up at the

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’s court in Isfahan.Colin P. Mitchell
''New Perspectives on Safavid Iran: Empire and Society''
Taylor & Francis, 3 mrt. 2011 p 69. In 1614, when Abbas I’s armies overrun Kakheti, the king Teimuraz I had to flee to western Georgia (

Kingdom of Imereti The Kingdom of Imereti ( ka, იმერეთის სამეფო, tr) was a Georgian monarchy established in 1455 by a member of the house of Bagrationi when the Kingdom of Georgia was dissolved into rival kingdoms. Before that time, Im ...

). Abbas appointed his loyal vassal, Isā Khān, as a governor of the region, but he failed to gain a foothold there. He was killed during an uprising against his rule. Jesse is not to be confused with his granduncle

Prince Jesse of Kakheti Jesse ( ka, იესე), also known as 'Isa Khan Gorji ( fa, عیسی خان گرجی, translit=Isā Xān e Gorji) ( 1527 – 1580) was a Georgian prince of the royal house of Kakheti, whose career flourished in the service of the Safavid dyna ...

, also known as Isā Khān.

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Suny, Ronald Grigor Ronald Grigor Suny (born September 25, 1940) is an American historian and political scientist. Suny is the William H. Sewell Jr. Distinguished University Professor of History at the University of Michigan and served as director of the Eisenberg In ...

(1994), ''The Making of the Georgian Nation: 2nd edition''. Indiana University Press, . *

David Marshall Lang David Marshall Lang (6 May 1924 – 20 March 1991), was a Professor of Caucasian Studies, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. He was one of the most productive British scholars who specialized in Georgian, Armenian and ...

, ''The Last Years of the Georgian Monarchy, 1658-1832''. New York: Columbia University Press, 1957. * Вахушти Багратиони (Vakhushti Bagrationi) (1745)
История царства грузинского. Возникновение и жизнь Кахети и Эрети. Ч.1.
Accessed on October 25, 2007. 1615 deaths Converts to Shia Islam from Eastern Orthodoxy Former Georgian Orthodox Christians Bagrationi dynasty of the Kingdom of Kakheti Safavid governors of Kakheti Shia Muslims from Georgia (country) Iranian people of Georgian descent People from Isfahan Year of birth unknown 17th-century people of Safavid Iran {{europe-royal-stub