Samtskhe-Saatabago
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The Samtskhe-Saatabago or Samtskhe Atabegate, also called the Principality of Samtskhe, was a Georgian feudal principality in Zemo Kartli, ruled by an atabeg of Georgia for nearly three and a half cen
A group portrait of Princes Jaqeli (from left to right: Sargis I Jaqeli (Sabas), Beka, Sargis, and Kvarkvare). Sapara monastery, 14th c
Qvarqvare I Jaqeli (r.1334–1361)
Timur's army attacks the survivors of the town of Nerges, in Samtskhe-Saatabago, in the spring of 1396. Garrett Zafarnama (c. 1480)
Portrait of Qvarqvare IV Jaqeli (1554 – 1581) from the book written by Salomon Schweigger
George V of Georgia
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George V the Brilliant of the Bagrationi dynasty, was the king of the Kingdom of Georgia from 1299 to 1302 and again from 1318 until his death in 1346.
Monument to George V in Akhaltsikhe.
Maternal grandfather Beka I Jaqeli, wearing Mongol clothes.
Royal charter of King George V, 14th century.
Coin of Ilkhanid emperor Abu Sa'id (1316–1335), minted in Tiflis. Dated AH 718 (1318–19)