The House of Bebutov (, ''bebutovi'', , ''Bebutovy'') was a Georgian and Russian noble family of

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ethnicity which played an important role in the economical and social life of the city of

Tiflis 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 ( ...

(Tbilisi) throughout the 17th and 18th century, and later served in the military of the

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in the 19th century.

History

The family is known from the early 17th century when they migrated from

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to Georgia, and settled down in Tiflis, where they were known as Bebutashvili. By the mid-17th century, they had emerged as one of the wealthiest mercantile families in the kingdom of

Kartli Kartli ( ka, ქართლი ) is a historical region in central-to-eastern Georgia traversed by the river Mtkvari (Kura), on which Georgia's capital, Tbilisi, is situated. Known to the Classical authors as Iberia, Kartli played a crucial rol ...

. In the 18th century, they served as ethnarchs of the Armenians of Tbilisi (with the title of ''

melik Мelik (, from ) was a hereditary Armenian noble title used in Eastern Armenia from the Late Middle Ages until the nineteenth century. The meliks represented some of the last remnants of the old Armenian nobility, as well as Persian nobility ...

- mamasakhlisi''), and later also as Grand Masters of the Hunt (''mishkarbash'') at the Georgian court. In 1783, King

Heraclius II of Georgia Heraclius II, also known as Erekle II ( ka, ერეკლე II) and The Little Kakhetian ( ka, პატარა კახი, link=no ; 7 November 1720 or 7 October 1721 Cyril_Toumanoff.html" ;"title="ccording to Cyril Toumanoff">C. Touman ...

elevated the family to the title of Princes Bebutov and included it in the list of Georgian nobility attached to the

Treaty of Georgievsk The Treaty of Georgievsk (; ka, გეორგიევსკის ტრაქტატი, tr) was a bilateral treaty concluded between the Russian Empire and the east Georgian kingdom of Kartli-Kakheti on July 24, 1783. The treaty establi ...

with the Russian Empire. After Russian annexation of Georgia (1801), the Bebutov family was received among the princely nobility (

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) of the empire in 1826. Bagrationi, Ioane (1768-1830)
Bebutov
''The Brief Description of the Georgian Noble Houses''. Retrieved on January 5, 2008.
''Russian Biographic Lexicon''. Retrieved on January 5, 2008.

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History

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