Ivane II Zakarian or Ivane II Mkhargrdzeli (; ) was a 13th-century member of the Armenian
Zakarid dynasty, and a
Court official of the Kingdom of Georgia, holding the office of ''
mandaturtukhutsesi'' (
Mandator The ''mandatōr'' (), deriving from the Latin word for "messenger", was a subaltern official in the middle Byzantine Empire.
History and functions
The ''mandatores'' were a corps of messengers for special duties attached to the bureaux of all senio ...
) of
Georgia
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.
Biography
In 1260,
David VII Ulu rebelled against its
Mongol overlord. Some of the nobles supported him, while most of them (Ivane Mkhargrdzeli,
Grigol Surameli,
Kakha Toreli etc.) went to the Khan. In 1262, David VII had to make peace with the Mongols and returned to
Tbilisi
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, effectively splitting the country into two parts. After death of David, Georgian nobles took son of the King,
Demetrius II and they came to Ivane, who went with them to the
Ilkhanate
The Ilkhanate or Il-khanate was a Mongol khanate founded in the southwestern territories of the Mongol Empire. It was ruled by the Il-Khans or Ilkhanids (), and known to the Mongols as ''Hülegü Ulus'' (). The Ilkhanid realm was officially known ...
around 1271-1272, to attend coronation of Demetrius. In 1288, Ivane fought campaign against
Arghun Khan alongside Demetrius II.
Sources
*Shoshiashvili, N., Georgian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 7, p. 271. Tbilisi, 1984
References
House of Mkhargrdzeli
Nobility of Georgia (country)
Military personnel from Georgia (country)
13th-century people from Georgia (country)
Year of birth unknown
Politicians from Georgia (country)
Georgian people of Armenian descent
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