The House of Sharvashidze or Shervashidze ( ka, შარვაშიძე-შერვაშიძე}) was a Georgian- Abkhazian ruling family of the

Principality of Abkhazia The Principality of Abkhazia ( ka, აფხაზეთის სამთავრო, tr) emerged as a separate feudal entity in the 15th-16th centuries, amid the civil wars in the Kingdom of Georgia that concluded with the dissolution of th ...

. The family was later recognized as one of the princely families of the

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at the request of 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 ...

in accordance with the list of Georgian noblemen presented in 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 ...

History

Although the surname is given in a standard Georgian form (particularly, the typical –''dze'' suffix meaning "a son"), in the 12th century the family is said to have derived its original name from

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s, a dynasty of

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. Anchabadze disputes this genealogy and argues that Sharvashidze was a local dynasty (they had another purely Abkhazian name Chachba or Çaçba) that had invented a foreign ancestry which is not unusual in feudal genealogies. The first representative of the dynasty assumed the princely powers under the authority of the Georgian kings circa 1325. It was not, however, until the final decomposition of the unified Georgian feudal state in the late 15th century, when the Abkhazian princes obtained their full independence, only to soon become vassals of the

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In the late 18th century, the Sharvashidze princes embraced

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, but shifted back and forth across the religious divide, as the

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and Ottomans struggled for controlling the area. The pro-Russian orientation prevailed, and Abkhazia joined

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in 1810 while the Sharvashidzes () were confirmed in the Russian princely rank in accordance with the Russo-Georgian

. According to Nikoloz Sharvashidze (Head of the House of Sharvashidze) the elder descendants of the Aslan-Bey branch of the family live in Georgia, while the junior branch is said to have gone extinct in Turkey. Nikoloz is currently a student at the

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in the

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Abkhazia Abkhazia, officially the Republic of Abkhazia, is a List of states with limited recognition, partially recognised state in the South Caucasus, on the eastern coast of the Black Sea, at the intersection of Eastern Europe and West Asia. It cover ...

# Otagho I Sharvashidze #

Otagho II Sharvashidze Otagho II Sharvashidze () (d. 1213) was a 12–13th century Georgians, Georgian noble. Biography Otagho Sharvashidze was born during the second half of the 12th century to duke Otagho I and his unknown wife. During his youth, he was titled as a " ...

(circa 1213) # Dardin Sharvashidze (circa 1213–1243) # Arghunai Sharvashidze # Rabia Sharvashidze # Solomon Sharvashidze # Arazkhan Sharvashidze # Beslak Sharvashidze # Karabey Sharvashidze # Putu Sharvashidze (circa 1580–1620) # Seteman Sharvashidze (circa 1620–1640) # Sustar Sharvashidze (circa 1640–1665) # Zegnak Sharvashidze (circa 1665–1700) # Rostom Sharvashidze (circa 1700–1730) # Manuchar Sharvashidze (circa 1730–1750) # Zurab Sharvashidze (circa 1750–1780) #

Kelesh Ahmed-Bey Sharvashidze Kelesh Ahmed-Bey (Kelesh-Bey) Sharvashidze (1747–1808) was the head of state of the Principality of Abkhazia from the 1780s to 1808. Biography Kelesh-Bey was born in 1747 in the Principality of Abkhazia, the son of Manuchar I Sharvashidze, P ...

(circa 1780–1808) # Aslan-Bey Sharvashidze(1808–1810) # Sefer Ali-Bey (George) (1810–1821) # Umar-Bey (Demetreus) (1821–1822) # Mikhail Sharvashidze (1822–1864) ''Abkhazia incorporated into the Russian Empire (1864)'' 22. Giorgi Sharvashidze (George) (1866–1918) 23. Aleksandr Sharvashidze (Alexander) (1918–1968) Direct descendants through the elder line of Aslan Bey Sharvashidze 24. George Konstantinovich Sharvashidze (1973–2010) 25.

Teimuraz Georgievitch Sharvashidze Teimuraz may refer to: * Teimuraz (name), a Georgian male given name * Teimuraz I of Kakheti (1589–1663), Georgian king * Teimuraz II of Kakheti Teimuraz II ( ka, თეიმურაზ II) (1680/1700–1762) of the Bagrationi dynasty, was a ...

(2010-) 26. Nikoloz Teimurazevich Sharvashidze

Notable members of the family

* Dardin Sharvashidze - Anti-Mongol Warrior. * Otagho Sharvashidze - Georgian noble *

Kelesh Ahmed-Bey Shervashidze Kelesh Ahmed-Bey (Kelesh-Bey) Sharvashidze (1747–1808) was the head of state of the Principality of Abkhazia from the 1780s to 1808. Biography Kelesh-Bey was born in 1747 in the Principality of Abkhazia, the son of Manuchar I Sharvashidze, P ...

- One of the greatest rulers of Abkhazia who heralded its peak expansion and diplomatic communication with Napoleon's Ambassador

Horace François Bastien Sébastiani de La Porta Horace François Bastien Sébastiani de La Porta (; 11 November 1771 – 20 July 1851) was a French general, diplomat, and politician, who served as Naval Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Minister of State under the July Monarchy. Ha ...

in Costantinople. * Aslan-Bey Sharvashidze - prince of the Principality of Abkhazia from 1808 to 1810 *

Gülistu Kadın Gülistü Kadin, called also Gülüstü Kadin, Gülistu Hanim or Gülüstu Hanim (; ; "''garden'' ''rose''"; born Princess Fatma Chachba; 1830 - 1861) was a consort of Sultan Abdulmejid I, and the mother of Sultan Mehmed VI, the last Sultan of ...

- biological mother of Ottoman Sultan Mehmed VI Vahidettin

References

Sources

* Georgi M. Derluguian, ''The Tale of Two Resorts: Abkhazia and Ajaria Before and Since and the Soviet Collapse''. In:
The Myth of "Ethnic Conflict"
Politics, Economics, and "Cultural" Violence'', edited by Beverly Crawford and Ronnie D. Lipschutz.

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Press/University of California International and Area Studies Digital Collection, Edited Volume #98, pp. 261–292, 1998
"მემორია" ასლან ბეგ შარვაშიძის 17 წლის შთამომავალი". YouTube.
Interview with the Head Descendant of Aslan-Bey Sharvashidze, Nikoloz Sharvashidze, a student at the University of Texas at Austin in the McCombs School of Business.

* ttp://www.rulex.ru/01250041.htm Russian Biographical Dictionary*{{in lang, ru Stanislav Vladimirovich Dumin. Pyotr Grebelsky. ''The Noble Houses of the Russian Empire''.

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, Russia: 1994. Думин С. В., Гребельский П. Х. Дворянские роды Российской Империи. — Москва, 1994 Noble families of Georgia (country) Russian noble families Georgian-language surnames Abkhazian nobility

History

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Notable members of the family

See also

References

Sources

Princes of
Abkhazia Abkhazia, officially the Republic of Abkhazia, is a List of states with limited recognition, partially recognised state in the South Caucasus, on the eastern coast of the Black Sea, at the intersection of Eastern Europe and West Asia. It cover ...