- Ivane Abazasdze
Ivane
Abazasdze ( _ka. იოანე აბაზასძე) was a 11th-century Georgian feudal lord who functioned as aneristavi ("duke ") ofKartli under KingBagrat IV of Georgia (r. 1027-1072). During the king’s minority, he assumed an important place in the country’s aristocratic regency government. Alongside Liparit Baguashi, he was instrumental in defeating al-Fadl, theShaddadid emir ofGanja (1030), and recovering the Birtvisi fortress from Jaffar, anArab emir of Tiflis (1032). The regency had advanced the positions of the high nobility whose influence Bagrat tried to limit when he assumed full ruling powers. Ivane and his four brothers soon withdrew into opposition and plotted an insurrection against the royal authority. However, Bagrat put Ivane in prison and deprived him of his titles, granting the dignity of eristavi to Liparit Baguashi.References
*Lordkiphanidze, Mariam (George B. Hewitt, ed., 1967), " [http://www.georgianweb.com/history/mariam/index.html Georgia in the XI-XII centuries] ", p. 52.
Tbilisi : Ganatleba.
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