Mose Khoneli ( ka, მოსე ხონელი) or Moses of
Khoni
Khoni ( ka, ხონი ) is a town in the Western Georgia (country), Georgian region (mkhare) of Imereti with a population of 7,756 as of January 2024. It is situated on the left bank of the Tskhenistsqali, Tskhenistsqali River in the north-we ...
was a 12th-century
Georgian writer active during the reign of
Queen Tamar
Tamar the Great ( ka, თამარ მეფე, tr , ; 1160 – 18 January 1213) reigned as the Queen of Georgia from 1184 to 1213, presiding over the apex of the Georgian Golden Age. A member of the Bagrationi dynasty, her position ...
( 1184-1213). He is believed to be author of one of the most important works of medieval
Georgian romance
Romance may refer to:
Common meanings
* Romance (love), emotional attraction towards another person and the courtship behaviors undertaken to express the feelings
** Romantic orientation, the classification of the sex or gender with which a pers ...
and epic poetry
Amiran-Darejaniani
''Amiran-Darejaniani'' ( ka, ამირანდარეჯანიანი), translated into English language, English as "The story of Amiran, son of Darejan", is a medieval Georgia (country), Georgian Romance (heroic literature), romance, d ...
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[Stevenson, Robert Horne (1958), ''"Amiran-Darejaniani". A cycle of medieval Georgian tales traditionally ascribed to Mose Khoneli''. ]Oxford
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: Clarendon Press
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References
12th-century poets from Georgia (country)
Male poets from Georgia (country)
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