The Abuserisdze family ( ka, აბუსერისძე) were a noble family in medieval
Georgia
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. The first known members of the family, Ioane and his son, Abuser, served loyally to King
Bagrat IV (reigned 1027–1072) as hereditary holders of
Artanuji (in
Klarjeti
Klarjeti ( ka, კლარჯეთი ) was a province of ancient and medieval Georgia, which is now part of Turkey's Artvin Province. Klarjeti, the neighboring province of Tao and several other smaller districts, constituted a larger region ...
) and
Khikhata (in
Adjara
Adjara ( ka, აჭარა ''Ach’ara'' ) or Achara, officially known as the Autonomous Republic of Adjara ( ka, აჭარის ავტონომიური რესპუბლიკა ''Ach’aris Avt’onomiuri Resp’ublik’a ...
). Abuser was also a commandant of
Atskuri and
Tsikhisjvari and the governor of the
Armenia
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n city of
Ani. His career, as well as that of his son, Grigol, was terminated when they were taken captive by the rival Georgian warlord
Liparit Baguashi in the 1040s. As a result of this setback, the family went into relative decline and was left with Khikhata only, but still remained active up to the 16th century when the Abuserisdzes are recorded for the last time in the list of
Samtskhe-Saatabago
The Samtskhe-Saatabago or Samtskhe Atabegate ( ka, სამცხე-საათაბაგო), also called the Principality of Samtskhe (სამცხის სამთავრო), was a Georgian feudal principality in Zemo Kartli, rul ...
nobility. A notable scholar
Tbeli Abuserisdze
Tbeli Abuserisdze ( ka, ტბელი აბუსერისძე) ( – 1240) was a medieval Georgia (country), Georgian scholar and religious writer.
Biography
A son of Abuserisdze, Ivane Abuserisdze, ''eristavi, eristavt-eristavi'' ( ...
(c. 1190–1240) and ''
amirspasalar
''Amirspasalar'' or ''amirspasalari'' ( ka, ამირსპასალარი, from , ) was the commander-in-chief of the medieval Georgian army and one of the highest officials of the Kingdom of Georgia, commonly rendered as "Lord High C ...
'' (commander-in-chief) Ivane (died 1355) also belonged to this family.
References
*Abuselidze, George (2004), ''South-Western Georgia of Tbel Abuserisdze Epoch (Economical Situation)''.
Tbilisi
Tbilisi ( ; ka, თბილისი, ), in some languages still known by its pre-1936 name Tiflis ( ), ( ka, ტფილისი, tr ) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Georgia (country), largest city of Georgia ( ...
: Metsniereba, .
History of Adjara
Noble families of Georgia (country)
Georgian-language surnames
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