Kuji of Colchis
Kuji (Georgian: ქუჯი) (r. 325 BC - 280 BC) was a king and eristavi of Colchis.[1][2] During his reign his castle of Nokalakevi was built.[3]
Kuji aided Pharnavaz I of Iberia against the tyrannical ruler Azo.[4][5]
Pharnavaz subsequently deposed and killed Azo and Kuji recognized the authority of him and gave him the throne of Colchis.
According to The Georgian Chronicles:
You are son of the heads of Kartli, and you should reign over me, and your race should be here, and strength you should have, you are our Lord, and I shall be your servant.შენ ხáƒáƒ შვილი თáƒáƒ•áƒ—რმáƒáƒ— ქáƒáƒ თლისáƒáƒ—áƒ, დრშენ გმáƒáƒ თებს უფლáƒáƒ‘რჩემი áƒáƒ¬ ნუ შურáƒáƒ‘ ხუáƒáƒ¡áƒ¢áƒáƒ’სრშენსáƒ, რáƒáƒ—რგáƒáƒœáƒ•áƒáƒ›áƒ áƒáƒ•áƒšáƒœáƒ”თ სპáƒáƒœáƒ˜; დრუკეთუ მáƒáƒ’უეცეს ძლევáƒ, შენ ხáƒáƒ უფáƒáƒšáƒ˜ ჩუენი დრმე ვáƒáƒ მáƒáƒœáƒ შენი.[6]
Kuji eventually married Parnavaz's sister.[7] This marriage would produce the progeny of Kartam of Colchis.
References
- ↑ Traditio, Johannes Quasten, Stephan Kuttner, p104
- ↑ The Early State, Henri J. M. Claessen, Peter Skalnik, p263
- ↑ From dynastic principality to imperial district, Kenneth Church, p102
- ↑ Rapp, p. 276.
- ↑ Ð.Ф. Смирдин, Библиотека Ð´Ð»Ñ Ñ‡Ñ‚ÐµÐ½Ð¸Ñ, Volume 38, p87, г.1840
- ↑ ქáƒáƒ თლის ცხáƒáƒ•áƒ ებáƒ, ყáƒáƒ£áƒ®áƒ©áƒ˜áƒ¨áƒ•áƒ˜áƒšáƒ˜áƒ¡ რედáƒáƒ¥áƒªáƒ˜áƒ, ტáƒáƒ›áƒ˜ 1, გáƒáƒœáƒáƒ—ლებáƒ, თბილისი, სáƒáƒ¥áƒáƒ თველრ1955
- ↑ ВизантийÑкий временник, Volume 23 p158
Bibliography
- William Edward David Allen: A History of the Georgian People: From the Beginning Down to the Russian Conquest in the Nineteenth Century
- William Bayne Fisher: The Cambridge History of Iran