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The Divan of the Abkhazian Kings (Georgian: აფხაზთა მეფეთა დივანი, Ap’xazta mep’eta divan’i, which is often translated as the Chronicles of the Abkhazian Kings) is a short medieval document composed in Georgian in the late 10th or early 11th century. It has come down to us in a 15th-century version. The text was first studied and published by the Georgian scholar Ekvtime Takaishvili. It has also been translated into English and Russian.
It is usually attributed to the first king of all-Georgia, Bagrat III, who began his reign as the Abkhazian king in 978. Somewhat of a manifesto-style, this document may have been issued by Bagrat, a representative of the new dynasty of the Bagrationi, in support of his rights to the Abkhazian throne.
The Divan lists 22 successive rulers from Anos to Bagrat, and styles each of them as “king” (Georgian: mepe) (though until the mid-780s they functioned as the archons under the Byzantine authority). The text does provide the information about the family relationships among these rulers as well as the duration of the last 11 kings’ reigns, but lacks chronology. The two kings of the Shavliani clan (878-887) are omitted probably because they were regarded as usurpers. The dates and achievements of the most of the early Abkhazian rulers remain conjectural.
The names below are given in original transliteration. The dates are as per Prince Cyril Toumanoff and other modern scholars.
- Anos (Georgian: ანოს) (circa 510-530)
- Ghozar (ღოზარ) (circa 530-550)
- Istvine (ისტვინე) (circa 550-580)
- Phiniktios (ფინიქტიოს) (circa 580-610)
- Barnuk (ბარნუკ) (circa 610-640)
- Dimitri I (დიმიტრი) (circa 640-660)
- Theodos I (თეოდოს) (circa 660-680)
- Konstanti I (კონსტანტი) (circa 680-710)
- Theodor (თეოდორ) (circa 710-730)
- Konstanti II (კონსტანტი) (circa 730–745)
- Leon I (ლეონ) (circa 745-767)
- Leon II (ლეონ) (circa 767-811)
- Theodos II (თეოდოს) (circa 811-837)
- Dimitri II (დიმიტრი) (circa 837-872)
- Giorgi I Aghts’epeli (გიორგი აღწეფელი) (circa 872-878)
- Bagrat I (ბაგრატ) (circa 887-898)
- Konstanti III (კონსტანტი) (circa 898-916)
- Giorgi II (გიორგი) (circa 916-960)
- Leon III (ლეონ) (circa 960-969)
- Dimitri III (დიმიტრი) (circa 969-976)
- Theodos III Brma (თეოდოს ბრმა) (circa 976-978)
- Bagrat III (ბაგრატ) (978-1014)
References
- S. H. Rapp, Studies In Medieval Georgian Historiography: Early Texts And Eurasian Contexts, Peeters Bvba (September 25, 2003) ISBN 90-429-1318-5 pages 144, 230-237, 481-484
Categories:- Abkhazian kings
- History of Georgia (country)
- Literature of Georgia (country)
- Chronicles
- 10th-century history books
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