The term Satsikhistavo ( ka, საციხისთავო) was used in feudal Georgia to designate a military-administrative unit which was ruled by a

Tsikhistavi Tsikhistavi ( ka, ციხისთავი) was a military-administrative official; the governor of castles (military administrative building) or small fortified cities and associated suburbs in feudal Georgia Tsikhistavi in Mtskheta-Mtianeti ...

(a person who was appointed by the

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for this position). Later the feudal families were granted the right to inherit Satsikhhistavos, which made them parts of a

Satavado Satavado ( ka, სათავადო), same as county, was a large feudal landholder and feudal hierarchy-political unit in the 15th-18th centuries in Georgia. Satavados were established in times of political and economical overthrow of Georgian ...

. Satsikhistavo sometimes required a special

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, established especially as a Tsikhistavi’s income.

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* GSE, (1984) volume 11, page 237,

Tbilisi Tbilisi ( ; ka, თბილისი, ), in some languages still known by its pre-1936 name Tiflis ( ), ( ka, ტფილისი, tr ) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Georgia (country), largest city of Georgia ( ...

. Social history of Georgia (country) Nobility of Georgia (country) Noble titles of Georgia (country) Titles Georgian words and phrases {{Georgia-hist-stub

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