David II of Kakheti
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David II, also known as Imam-Quli Khan, of the Bagrationi dynasty, was a king of Kakheti in eastern Georgia from 1703 to 1722. Although a Muslim and a loyal vassal of the Safavid Iran, he failed to en
Portrait by Grigory Gagarin, published 1847
Soltan Hoseyn
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Soltan Hoseyn was the Safavid shah of Iran from 1694 to 1722. He was the son and successor of Shah Suleiman.
David II of Kakheti
…Lesgians of Char and lost Qakh to them in 1706. After the death of his father in 1709, David was ordered to Isfahan to receive his investiture from Shah Husayn, leaving his younger brother Teimuraz and mother Anna in charge of the government. The years of his obliged absence at the Shah's court (1711–15), were…
Contemporary portrait of Soltan Hoseyn, in Distribution of Presents for the New Year by Shah Sultan Husayn, painted by Mohammad Ali ibn Mohammad Zaman, Isfahan, Iran, dated 1720-1721. British Museum
Drawing of the Royal Square (Maydan-e Shah) of Isfahan by Cornelis de Bruijn, dated 1703.
Soltan Hoseyn, King Imam-Qoli Khan's charter to the church of St. David 1708, 1723.
View of Isfahan, illustrated by Cornelis de Bruijn in 1703.