Burdukhan of Alania
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Burdukhan, also known as Bordokhan, was an Alan princess and Queen consort of Georgia as the wife of George III of Georgia. She was mother of Queen Tamar, who would preside over the apogee of the medi
Burdukhan, wife of George III of Georgia
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Alania
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Alania was a medieval kingdom of the Alans that flourished between the 9th and 13th centuries in the Northern Caucasus area, inhabited by the Iranian-speaking Alans and various native north Caucasian
Burdukhan of Alania
…Burdukhan (Georgian: ბურდუხანი; died before 1184), also known as Bordokhan (ბორდოხანი), was an Alan princess and Queen consort of Georgia as the wife of George III of Georgia (r. 1156–1184). She was mother of Queen Tamar, who would preside over the…
The Darial Gorge on a 19th-century photo by Alexander Roinashvili. On the hill behind the modern Russian fortress are the remains of the medieval border castle (sometimes called "Tamara's castle") separating Alania from Georgia.
Surviving architectural monuments of the Alanian kingdom include three churches in Arkhyz, the Shoana Church, and the Senty Church.
Greek seal of Gabriel, exousiokrator and king of Alania, c. 1030–1045
Possible depiction of an 11th-century Alan king, perhaps Durgulel the Great, in the Senty church