David Orbeliani
David Orbeliani (დავით ორბელიანი), monikered David "the General" (დავით სარდალი, Davit’ Sardali) (11 January 1739 – 29 May 1796) was a Georgian military figure, politician, translator, and a poet of some talent. A member of the prominent Georgian noble house with family ties with the Bagrationi royal dynasty, David Orbeliani was a hereditary prince of Sabaratiano, Constable of Somkhiti, and a high-ranking military commander under King Heraclius II of Georgia whose daughter, Tamar (1749-1786), married him at Tbilisi in 1762. In 1786, he ran afoul of Heraclius II, who stripped him of the office of Grand Master of the Court (sakhlt-ukhutsesi) and granted it to Ioann, Prince of Mukhrani.
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David Orbeliani
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- 1739
- Died
- 1796
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- politician · diplomat · translator · poet
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David Orbeliani (დავით ორბელიანი), monikered David "the General" (დავით სარდალი, Davit’ Sardali) (11 January 1739 – 29 May 1796) was a Georgian military figure, politician, translator, and a poet of some talent. A member of the prominent Georgian noble house with family ties with the Bagrationi royal dynasty, David Orbeliani was a hereditary prince of Sabaratiano, Constable of Somkhiti, and a high-ranking military commander under King Heraclius II of Georgia whose daughter, Tamar (1749-1786), married him at Tbilisi in 1762. In 1786, he ran afoul of Heraclius II, who stripped him of the office of Grand Master of the Court (sakhlt-ukhutsesi) and granted it to Ioann, Prince of Mukhrani.
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Orbeliani made several diplomatic journeys to Iran, from where he brought manuscripts of Qahraman-e qatel, a Persian prose romance of chivalry and adventure, and translated it as Qaramaniani (ყარამანიანი) which, although given some local Georgian color, follows its Persian original very closely and gained a considerable popularity in Georgia. He is also a hero of panegyrics by the contemporary Georgian poet Besiki (1750-1791), whom he responded by writing love-poetry very much in the spirit of Besiki. Orbeliani died in Tbilisi in 1796, and was interred at Sioni Cathedral.
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- 1.Gvakharia, Aleksandre. . Encyclopædia Iranica Online Edition. Center for Iranian Studies, Columbia University. Retrieved on 2007-04-09.
- 2.Rayfield, Donald (2000), The Literature of Georgia: A History: 2nd edition, p. 124. Routledge,
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The authorities additionally record the heading David "the General" Orbeliani. He was the child of Revaz Jambakurian-Orbeliani. He married Thamar Bagrationi of Georgia. One child is recorded: Ioane Orbeliani.
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