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Vakhtang VI ( ka, ვახტანგ VI), also known as Vakhtang the Scholar, Vakhtang the Lawgiver and Ḥosaynqolī Khan (; 15 September 1675 – 26 March 1737), was a Georgian monarch (''
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'') of the royal
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. He ruled the East Georgian
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as a vassal of
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from 1716 to 1724. One of the most important and extraordinary statesman of early 18th-century Georgia, he is known as a notable legislator, scholar, critic, translator and poet. His reign was eventually terminated by the Ottoman invasion following the disintegration of Safavid Persia, which forced Vakhtang into exile in the
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. Vakhtang was unable to get the
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's support for his kingdom and instead had to permanently stay with his northern neighbors for his own safety. On his way to a diplomatic mission sanctioned by
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, he fell ill and died in southern Russia in 1737, never reaching Georgia.


As a regent

Son of Prince Levan by his first wife, Princess Tuta
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, he ruled as regent (''janishin'') for his absent uncle, George XI, and his brother, Kaikhosro, from 1703 to 1712. During these years, he launched a series of long-needed reforms, revived economy and culture, reorganised administration and attempted to fortify the central royal authority. In 1707–1709, he substantially revised the legal code (''dasturlamali'', aka “Vakhtang’s code”) which would operate as a basis for the Georgian
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system up to the
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n annexation. He was summoned by the
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Husayn in 1712 to be confirmed as
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of
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. The shah would not grant the confirmation, except on condition of Vakhtang embracing
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, which having refused to do, he was imprisoned, and, after a brief regency of Prince Simon, his brother
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(Ali Quli-Khan), who complied with the condition, was put in his place in 1714. Jesse governed Kartli two years, during which he suffered from internal troubles and the inroads of the
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i tribes, otherwise known as ''
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''. During the years of captivity, Vakhtang requested aid from the Christian monarchs of
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, particularly he sent his uncle and tutor,
Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani Prince Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani ( ka, სულხან-საბა ორბელიანი ; November 4, 1658 – January 26, 1725), known simply as Sulkhan-Saba, was a Georgian writer and diplomat. Orbeliani is noted in part due to his impor ...
, on a mission to
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. Later, in his last letters to the Pope
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and Charles VI dated 29 November 1722, Vakhtang said that he had for years been secretly Catholic, but he could not confess it publicly "because of betraying people about me", and confirmed with it the reports of Capuchin missionaries from Persia. They claimed that Vakhtang became Catholic before he converted to Islam and went to Catholic mass. These political efforts were, however, in vain, and Vakhtang reluctantly converted in 1716, adopting the name of Husayn-Qoli Khan. Appointed ''
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n armies, he also served as ''
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for some time. He sent his son,
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, to govern Kartli, whereas Jesse, having abjured Islam, had retired.


His reign

Vakhtang remained seven years in Persia before he was permitted to return to his kingdom in 1719. He was sent back with the task to put an end to the continual raids by north Caucasian mountain tribes, particularly the
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tribes of Dagestan. Assisted by the ruler of neighboring Kakheti as well as the beglarbeg of
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, Vakhtang made significant progress in putting a halt to the Lezgins. At the campaign's climax however, in the winter of 1721, the Persian government recalled him. The order, which came after grand vizier
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's fall, was made by the instigation of the eunuch faction within the royal court, having persuaded the shah that a successful end of the campaign for Vakhtang would do the Safavid realm more harm than good; it would enable Vakhtang, the Safavid ''wali'' to form an alliance with Russia with the aim to conquer Iran. This terminated Vakhtang's short-lived loyalty to the Shah. He made secret contacts with Tsar
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of
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, and expressed his support for Russia's future presence in the Caucasus. After several delays, Peter himself led an army of about 25,000 and a substantial fleet along the west coast of the
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in July 1722, initiating the
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. At this time,
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Persia was internally in chaos and had already been declining for years, with the capital Isfahan besieged by rebel
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. As a Persian vassal and commander, Vakhtang's brother, Rostom, died during the siege and the Shah appointed Vakhtang's son
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as commander of the defense. However, Vakhtang refused to come to the relief of Isfahan. At the same time, the
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offered him an alliance against Persia, but Vakhtang preferred to await the arrival of the Russians. Peter's promises to provide military support to the Caucasian Christians for final emancipation from the Persian yoke created a great euphoria among the Georgians and
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ns. In September, Vakhtang VI encamped at
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with a combined Georgian-Armenian army of 40,000 to join the advancing Russian expedition. He hoped that Peter would not only seek gains for Russia, but would also protect Georgia from both Persians and Turks. However, Peter became and returned to Russia. He directed his armies to seize territories along the Caspian, but chose not to confront the Ottomans who were already preparing to claim succession to Safavid rule in the Caucasus. Vakhtang, abandoned by his Russian allies, returned to Tbilisi in November 1722. The Shah got revenge on him by giving a sanction to the Muslim king
Constantine II of Kakheti Constantine II ( ka, კონსტანტინე II) (died December 28, 1732), also known as Mahmād Qulī Khān (მაჰმად ყული-ხანი) in Iran, was a king (''mepe'') of Kakheti in eastern Georgia of the Bagrationi dy ...
to take the kingdom of Kartli. In May 1723, Constantine and his Persians marched into Vakhtang's possessions. Vakhtang, after having defended himself for some time at
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, was finally expelled. Vakhtang fled to Inner Kartli, From there he attempted to win support from the advancing Ottoman forces and submitted to the authority of the Sultan; but the Turks, having occupied the country, gave the throne to his brother Jesse, who again became a nominal Muslim. In these invasions by Turkey, Persia, Dagestanis and Afghans, three-fourths of the population of Georgia was destroyed. Vakhtang, after having wandered a long time in the mountains with his most faithful adherents, again sought protection from Peter, who invited him to Russia. Accompanied by his family, his close comrades-in-arms, and a retinue of 1,200, he made his way across the Caucasus to Russia in July 1724. Peter had just died, and his successor,
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gave no real help but allowed Vakhtang to settle in Russia, granting him a pension and some estates. Vakhtang resided in Russia till 1734, but in that year he resolved to try to recover his dominions by the co-operation of the Shah of Persia. Tsarina Anna consented to Vakhtang's project, but gave him instructions how to act in Persia, and in what manner he should induce the Georgians and Caucasian highlanders to become Russian vassals, and bring about their entire submission to Russia. Vakhtang started on his diplomatic journey, in company with a Russian general, but fell ill on his way, and died at
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on 26 March 1737. He was buried at the city's Church of Assumption. Many of his followers remained in Russia, and later served in the
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. A descendant,
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, was perhaps the most famous of them. A grandson of one of the exiles was
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who became the Russian governor of newly annexed Georgia in 1802.


Scholarly and cultural activities

Although Vakhtang's political decisions have sometimes been object of criticism, his scholarly and cultural activities are the crowning merits of his reign. He was, indeed, one of the most learned monarchs of the time. He was an author and organiser of numerous cultural and educational projects aimed at reviving the country's intellectual life. It was him who, with the help of Anthim the Iberian and Mihai Iștvanovici of
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, established, in 1709, the first printing press in Georgia and the whole Caucasus. Among the books published in "Vakhtang's Printing Press" in Tbilisi was the 12th-century national epic poem
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(''Vep’khistkaosani'') by
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, accompanied by scholarly commentaries by the king himself. This induced a new wave of interest towards that great medieval poet and would influence a new generation of Georgian poets of the 18th century, which is generally regarded as the
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of the Georgian literature. He also undertook the printing of the
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, which had been, as it is believed, translated as early as the fifth century from the Greek into the Georgian, and corrected in the 11th century by the monks of the Georgian convent on
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. His printing house printed also the
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, the
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, the
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, and several liturgies and prayer-books, causing a great discontent at the court of Persia which perceived that the nominally Muslim Vakhtang, instead of following the
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, promoted Christianity. An eminent critic and translator, Vakhtang himself was an author of several patriotic and romantic lyric poems. He is known to have translated an ancient collection of fables Kalila and Demna from Persian to
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. The translation was later finalized and edited by the King's mentor,
Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani Prince Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani ( ka, სულხან-საბა ორბელიანი ; November 4, 1658 – January 26, 1725), known simply as Sulkhan-Saba, was a Georgian writer and diplomat. Orbeliani is noted in part due to his impor ...
. King Vakhtang's translation, along with an earlier translation work by king David I of Kakheti, is considered to be of significant historical importance, since it may help to identify the original text. Vakhtang also chaired a special commission convened to edit and compile the corpus of Georgian chronicles covering the period from the Dark Ages to the early
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.


Reburial and portrait fallacy

In July 2013, Georgia raised the possibility to move Vakhtang's remains to Georgia for reburial.Georgian patriarch to arrive in Moscow
Retrieved 2 August 2013.


Family

Vakhtang married in
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, western Georgia, in 1696, a
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n princess Rusudan (died in
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, 30 December 1740). They were the parents of: * Princess Tamar (1696–1746) who married, in 1712, Prince Teimuraz, the future king of
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and Kartli. * Princess Anna (Anuka) (1698–1746), who married, in 1712, Prince
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. * Princess Tuta (1699–1746), who married firstly, Papuna Chkheidze, Prince of Racha and later his cousin, Prince Gedevan
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. * Prince
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(7 April 1700 – 1 February 1750), ruler of Kartli. * Prince
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(2 August 1712 – 19 December 1786), general of the Russian Empire. Vakhtang had also several extramarital children, including: * Prince Rostom (died 1689, buried in Tiri monastery) * Prince
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* Prince
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* Princess Elene * Princess Mariam


References


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