Gligvi ( ka, ღლიღვი, tr) is a medieval

ethnonym An ethnonym () is a name applied to a given ethnic group. Ethnonyms can be divided into two categories: exonyms (whose name of the ethnic group has been created by another group of people) and autonyms, or endonyms (whose name is created and used ...

used in Georgian,

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and

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sources in the 11-19 centuries. The ethnonym corresponds to the self-name of the Ingush,

Ghalghaï Ghalghai (, , sg. ГIалгIа, ) is the self-name (endonym) of the Ingush people. There's no consensus among scholars on the etymology of the ethnonym as there exists different theories and speculations on its etymology. However, it is most of ...

History

Gligvi are mentioned in Georgian sources as an ethnonym that existed during the reign of

Mirian I Mirian I ( ka, მირიან I) was a king (''mepe'') of Iberia who reigned in the 2nd century BC. An adopted son of his father-in-law King Sauromaces I, he was a Persian-born prince but governed over Iberia as a member of the Pharnavazid dyn ...

in II century BC, as well as the ruler of Kakheti

Kvirike III Kvirike III the Great ( ka, კვირიკე III დიდი, ''Kvirike III Didi'') (died 1037/39) was a ruler of Kakheti and Hereti in eastern Georgia from 1010 (effectively from 1014) to 1037 or 1039. Reign Kvirike succeeded upon the ...

i.e. in XI century. Gligvi were also mentioned in a document of

Vakhtang VI Vakhtang VI ( ka, ვახტანგ VI), also known as Vakhtang the Scholar, Vakhtang the Lawgiver and Ḥosaynqolī Khan (; 15 September 1675 – 26 March 1737), was a Georgian monarch (''mepe'') of the royal Bagrationi dynasty. He ru ...

in 1729.

Vakhushti Bagrationi Vakhushti ( ka, ვახუშტი; 1696 – 1757) was a Georgian royal prince ('' batonishvili''), geographer, historian and cartographer. His principal historical and geographic works, ''Description of the Kingdom of Georgia'' and the ''Geo ...

wrote that the country of Dzurdzuketi (Durdzuketi) consists of Kisti, Dzurdzuki and Gligvi, of which the latter are located the more east of the three, i.e. north of

Tusheti Tusheti ( ka, თუშეთი, tr; Bats: თუშითა, romanized: tushita) is a historic region in northeast Georgia. A mountainous area, it is home to the Tusheti National Park. By the conventional definition of the Europe-Asia boundar ...

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