Vezirishvili

Vezirishvili ( _ka. ვეზირიშვილი) was a Georgian noble family, originally from Iran. Its founder accompanied Rostom Khan to Kartli and confirmed in the princely rank in 1634. In the mid-18th century, the family converted to Georgian Orthodox Christianity. Their estates lay in the province of Shida Kartli. The Princes Vezirishvili were listed among the Georgian nobility in a special document attached to the Russo-Georgian Treaty of Georgievsk of 1783. After Russian takeover of Georgia, the family was received into Russian nobility as Knyaz Vizirov (Князья Визировы) in 1828. [Toumanoff, Cyril (1967). "Studies in Christian Caucasian History", p. 273. Georgetown University Press.] Bagrationi, Ioane (1768-1830). [http://www.geogen.ge/indexen.php?id_menu=12&id_menu_up=2&lang=en&id_let=55&abc=1 Vezirishvili (Princes of Kakheti)] . "The Brief Description of the Georgian Noble Houses". Retrieved on December 19, 2007.] [ru icon [http://www.sati.archaeology.nsc.ru/encyc_top/encyc15/term.html?act=list&term=409 Визировы] . "Russian Biographic Lexicon". Retrieved on December 19, 2007.]

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