Vakhtang V
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Vakhtang V, also known as Shah Navaz Khan, was a king of the Georgian Kingdom of Kartli, a Prince of Mukhrani under the names Vakhtang II and Bakhuta Beg, and a statesman in Safavid Iran. He belonged
Vakhtang spent his youth in the fortress of Mukhrani, his father's residence.
Bakhuta Beg had a complicated relationship with King Rostom Khan in the 1630s.
Scene from the western Georgian civil war.
It was Abbas II who ruled Persia during Vakhtang's ascension.
Prince David of Kakheti
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David, also known by the hypocorism Datuna, was a prince of the royal house of Kakheti, a kingdom in eastern Georgia. He was the only son of King Teimuraz I of Kakheti to have survived into adulthood.
David in sketch by the contemporary Italian missionary Cristoforo Castelli.
Prince David, a sketch by the Catholic missionaire Teramo Castelli.
King Teimuraz I and Prince David.