Vezirishvili

The Vezirishvili (Georgian: ვეზირიშვილი) was a Georgian noble family, originally from Iran. Its founder accompanied Rostom Khan to Kartli and was 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 the Russian takeover of Georgia, the family was received into Russian nobility as Knyaz Vizirov (Князья Визировы) in 1828.[1][2][3]

References

  1. ↑ Toumanoff, Cyril (1967). Studies in Christian Caucasian History, p. 273. Georgetown University Press.
  2. ↑ Bagrationi, Ioane (1768-1830). Vezirishvili (Princes of Kakheti). The Brief Description of the Georgian Noble Houses. Retrieved on December 19, 2007.
  3. ↑ (Russian) Визировы. Russian Biographic Lexicon. Retrieved on December 19, 2007.


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