Beka II Jaqeli ( ka, ბექა II ჯაყელი) (1332 – 1391) was a Georgian

prince A prince is a male ruler (ranked below a king, grand prince, and grand duke) or a male member of a monarch's or former monarch's family. ''Prince'' is also a title of nobility (often highest), often hereditary, in some European states. The ...

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mtavari ''Mtavari'' ( ka, მთავარი) was a feudal title in Georgia usually translated into English as Prince or Duke. History The earliest instances of the use of ''mtavari'' are in the early Georgian hagiographic texts dated to the 5th cent ...

'') and ruler of

Samtskhe Meskheti ( ka, მესხეთი ) or Samtskhe ( ka, სამცხე ), also known as Moschia in ancient sources, is a mountainous area in southwestern Georgia. History Ancient tribes known as the Mushki (or Moschi) and Mosiniks (or Mo ...

from 1361 to 1391. He was appointed as

Atabeg Atabeg, Atabek, or Atabey is a hereditary title of nobility of Turkic language, Turkic origin, indicating a governor of a nation or province who was subordinate to a monarch and charged with raising the crown prince. The first instance of the ti ...

by his paternal relative, Georgian king Bagrat V. From 1372 he ruled

Meskheti Meskheti ( ka, მესხეთი ) or Samtskhe ( ka, სამცხე ), also known as Moschia in ancient sources, is a mountainous area in southwestern Georgia. History Ancient tribes known as the Mushki (or Moschi) and Mosiniks (or Mo ...

with his brother Shalva. Shalva died in 1389 and was replaced by his son, Aghbugha I. Beka II's authority in

was lost during

Timur's invasion of Georgia The Timurid invasions of Georgia ( ka, თემურლენგის ლაშქრობები საქართველოში, tr) were eight invasions between 1386 and 1403 of the Kingdom of Georgia in the Caucasus by the Timurid ...

. After Timur's devastating campaigns, Beka II turned away from king

Bagrat Bagrat (, in Western Armenian pronounced as Pakrad, ka, wikt:ბაგრატ, ბაგრატ) is a male name popular in Armenia. It is derived from the Old Persian ''Bagadāta'', "gift of God". The names of the Armenian Bagratuni dynasty, ...

and surrendered to the enemy.

Georgian Soviet Encyclopedia The ''Georgian Soviet Encyclopedia'' ( ka, ქართული საბჭოთა ენციკლოპედია, tr, ქსე) is the first universal encyclopedia in the Georgian language, printed in Tbilisi from 1965, the editor ...

, Volume 2, page 346, Tbilisi, 1977 He died in 1391, leaving Atabeg's throne to his son,

Ivane Ivane ( ka, ივანე) is a masculine Georgian given name. It is a cognate of the name John. Notable people with the name include: *Ivane Abazasdze, Georgian feudal lord, a duke of Kartli under King Bagrat IV of Georgia *Ivane Amilakhvari (18 ...

, who shared power with Aghbugha until 1395. The

Jaqeli The House of Jaqeli ( ka, ჯაყელი) was an old Georgian princely family ('' mtavari'') and a ruling dynasty of the Principality of Samtskhe, an offshoot of the House of Chorchaneli. History "Jaqeli", literally meaning "of/from Jaqi ...

dynasty lasted via Beka II's descendants.

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{{Atabegs of Samtskhe House of Jaqeli Atabegs of Samtskhe 14th-century people from Georgia (country) 1391 deaths 1332 births