Sargis Tmogveli ( ka, სარგის თმოგველი), Sargis of

Tmogvi Tmogvi or Tmkaberd ( ka, თმოგვი ; ) is a ruined fortress and medieval town in the southern Georgian region of Samtskhe-Javakheti, on the left bank of the Kura River, a few kilometers downstream of the cave city of Vardzia. History ...

or Sargis I Vahramian () was a 12th-13th century

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and Georgian statesman and 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). Sargis, son of Varam, belonged to the Tmogveli branch of the powerful

Mkhargrdzeli The Zakarid dynasty, also Zakarids or Zakarians () were an Armenian noble dynasty, rulers of Zakarid Armenia (1201–1350) under the suzerainty of the Kingdom of Georgia, and from 1256 under the control of the Mongol Ilkhanate of Persia. Their dyn ...

family and owned estates in

. Tmogveli rendered the old

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love story '' Vīs and Rāmīn'' (written by

Fakhruddin As'ad Gurgani Fakhruddin As'ad Gurgani, also spelled as Fakhraddin Asaad Gorgani (), was an 11th-century Persian poetry, poet. He versified the tale of Vis and Rāmin, a story from the Parthia, Arsacid (Parthian) period. The Iranian scholar Abdolhossein Zarrinko ...

) into Georgian prose; this Georgian version of the Persian original became known as ''

Visramiani ''Visramiani'' ( ka, ვისრამიანი) is a medieval Georgian version of the old Iranian love story '' Vīs and Rāmīn'', traditionally taken to have been rendered in prose by Sargis of Tmogvi, a 12th/13th-century statesman and ...

''.

Biography

During a revolt of Queen Tamar's disgraced husband, George the Rus', around 1191, Sargis was one of the few nobles who remained loyal to the queen. For this he was kindly rewarded; he was given

to secure frontier borders in

Javakheti Javakheti ( ka, ჯავახეთი ) or Javakhk (, ''Javakhk'')' is a historical province in southern Georgia, corresponding to the modern municipalities of Akhalkalaki, Aspindza (partly), Ninotsminda, and partly to the Turkey's Ardahan ...

. In 1195 he participated in the

Battle of Shamkor Battle of Shamkor () was fought on June 1, 1195 near the city of Shamkor, Arran. The battle was a major victory won by the Georgian army, commanded by David Soslan, over the army of the Eldiguzid ruler of Nusrat al-Din Abu Bakr. The battle wa ...

. In the 1200s, Shalva and Sargis Tmogveli, commanded the Georgian troops during the victorious campaign against

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. In 1203 he fought in a campaign in the country of Dvin.

References

Sources

* * * Shoshiashvili, N., Georgian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 4, p. 687-688. Tbilisi, 1979 Politicians from Georgia (country) 12th-century people from Georgia (country) House of Mkhargrdzeli 13th-century writers from Georgia (country) Translators from Persian Translators to Georgian {{Georgia-hist-stub