Anchabadze ( ka, ანჩაბაძე), also known as Achba ( ab, А́чба), is a

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and Abkhazian family, and the oldest surviving noble house originating in

Abkhazia Abkhazia, ka, აფხაზეთი, tr, , xmf, აბჟუა, abzhua, or ( or ), officially the Republic of Abkhazia, is a partially recognised state in the South Caucasus, recognised by most countries as part of Georgia, which vi ...

History

The Anchabadze family is supposed to have its roots in the early medieval ruling dynasty of

Abasgia Abasgia may refer to: *Region inhabited by ancient Abasgoi tribes *Kingdom of Abkhazia, 778–1008 *Kingdom of Georgia The Kingdom of Georgia ( ka, საქართველოს სამეფო, tr), also known as the Georgian Empire, w ...

. After the break-up of the

Kingdom of Georgia The Kingdom of Georgia ( ka, საქართველოს სამეფო, tr), also known as the Georgian Empire, was a medieval Eurasian monarchy that was founded in circa 1008 AD. It reached its Golden Age of political and economic ...

in the late 15th century, Abkhazia came under the influence of the

Ottoman Empire The Ottoman Empire, * ; is an archaic version. The definite article forms and were synonymous * and el, Оθωμανική Αυτοκρατορία, Othōmanikē Avtokratoria, label=none * info page on book at Martin Luther University) ...

and

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, forcing several members of the family into flight to the eastern Georgian lands –

Kartli Kartli ( ka, ქართლი ) is a historical region in central-to-eastern Georgia traversed by the river Mtkvari (Kura), on which Georgia's capital, Tbilisi, is situated. Known to the Classical authors as Iberia, Kartli played a crucial role ...

and

Kakheti Kakheti ( ka, კახეთი ''K’akheti''; ) is a region (mkhare) formed in the 1990s in eastern Georgia from the historical province of Kakheti and the small, mountainous province of Tusheti. Telavi is its capital. The region comprises eigh ...

. Thus, they formed two principal branches: the Abkhazian line of the princes Anchabadze and the Kartlian

Machabeli Machabeli ( sing. ka, მაჩაბელი; pl. მაჩაბლები, ''Machablebi'') was a Georgian princely house (''tavadi'') which held a large fiefdom (''satavado'') in the province of Inner Kartli (central Georgia) called Samac ...

. Both of these families were later integrated into the

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n princely nobility: Machabeli in 1826 and Anchabadze in 1903.

Toumanoff, Cyril Cyril Leo Toumanoff (russian: Кирилл Львович Туманов; 13 October 1913 – 4 February 1997) was a Russian-born Georgian historian and genealogist who mostly specialized in the history and genealogies of medieval Georgia, Armenia, ...

(1967). ''Studies in Christian Caucasian History'', p. 269.

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. The descendants of this family have survived in Abkhazia and

Tbilisi Tbilisi ( ; ka, თბილისი ), in some languages still known by its pre-1936 name Tiflis ( ), is the Capital city, capital and the List of cities and towns in Georgia (country), largest city of Georgia (country), Georgia, lying on the ...

, and bear the surnames based on the two letter Abkhazian root Ach ( ab, А́ч) (Achba) and on the three letter

root Anch ( ka, ანჩ) (Anchabadze).

Genealogy

* Kaytuk Giorgi Bey, married to Yelizaveta Hanım; ** Islam Musa Bey, married to Ayşe Hanım; *** Ahmed Rasim Pasha, married firstly to Fatma Neşedil Hanım, an Abkhazian, married secondly to Emine Vuslat Hanım; **** Ahmed Refik Bey, married to Fatıma Hanım; **** Mihri Hanım, married to Müşfik Selami Bey; **** Enise Hanım, married to Salih Bey Asaf; *****

Hale Asaf Hale Asaf, originally Hale Saliha (1905, Istanbul - 31 May 1938, Paris) was a Turkish painter of Georgian, Abkhazan and Circassian ancestry. She was the niece of Turkey's first female artist, Mihri Müşfik Hanım. Unlike many Turkish artists of ...

; **** Refik Hanım; **** Ahmed Süheyil Bey; ***** Emel Nazan Hanım; **** Ahmed Melih Bey; ***** Nezih Bey, married to Alexandra Sibylle Armgard; **** Ahmed Selman Bey; ** Ahmed Bey, married to Patıma Hanım Eşba; *** Ahmed Sami Pasha, married to Fatıma Hanım Mamleeva, daughter of Ismail Bey Mamleeva; **** Şükrü Bey, married firstly to Rabia Mümtaz Hanım, married secondly to Neşedil Hanım; ***** Ahmed Celal Bey, married firstly to Milnigar Hanım, married secondly to Louise Simon; ***** Adalet Pevizfelek Hanım; **** Ayşe Mahizer Hanım; ****

Fatma Pesend Hanım ota, فاطمہ پسند خانم , house = Achba (by birth) Ottoman (by marriage) , father = Ahmed Sami Bey Achba , mother = Fatıma Ismailevna Mamleeva , birth_name = Fatma Kadriye Hanim Achba , birth_date = 13 Febr ...

married to

Abdul Hamid II Abdülhamid or Abdul Hamid II ( ota, عبد الحميد ثانی, Abd ül-Hamid-i Sani; tr, II. Abdülhamid; 21 September 1842 10 February 1918) was the sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 31 August 1876 to 27 April 1909, and the last sultan to ...

; *** Ömer Pasha, married to Ayşe Kemalifer Hanım, second daughter of Mahmud Bey Dziapş-Ipa, and sister of Dürrünev Kadın; **** Mehmed Refik Bey, married to Emine Maheşref Hanım, daughter of Osman Bey Eymhaa and Hesan Hanım Çaabalurhva; ***** Ahmed Bey, married to Esmehan Hanım Geçba, daughter of Eyüb Bey Geçba and Ayşe Gülten Hanım; ***** Rifat Kemaleddin Bey; ***** Emine Nurbanu Hidayet Hanım, married to Şehzade Mehmed Burhaneddin, son of

; ***** Leyla Gülefşan Hanım; ***** Feride Hanım, married to Hasan Bey Eymhaa; **** Numan Bey; **** Saide Hanım, married to Salih Bey; **** Hürrem Hanım, married to Arif Bey Çaçba; **** Esma Cavidan Hanım, married to

Şehzade Yusuf Izzeddin Şehzade Yusuf Izzeddin ( ota, شهزادہ یوسف عزالدین; 29 September 1857 – 1 February 1916) was an Ottoman prince, the eldest son of Sultan Abdulaziz and his first wife Dürrünev Kadın. Early life and education Şehzade Yusuf I ...

; ** Mehmed Bey, married to Şadiye Hanım; *** Behiye Nazmelek Hanım, married to Osman Pasha Zevş-Barakay, brother of

Nesrin Kadın Nasrin (translit. ''"nisriyn/ nisrīn";'' Nesrin, Nesrine or Nasreen; fa, نسرين) is a feminine given name in Persian, meaning " wild rose". It is among the most popular names given to girls born in Iran.Abdülaziz Abdulaziz ( ota, عبد العزيز, ʿAbdü'l-ʿAzîz; tr, Abdülaziz; 8 February 18304 June 1876) was the 32nd List of sultans of the Ottoman Empire, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and reigned from 25 June 1861 to 30 May 1876, when he was 187 ...

; *** Azize Haletyar Hanım; ** Saliha

Verdicenan Kadın ota, وردجنان قادین , birth_name = Saliha Achba Hanim , birth_date = 1825 , birth_place = Sukhum, Abkhazia , death_date = , death_place = Feriye Palace, Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (present day Istanbul, Turkey) , b ...

, married to

Abdulmejid I Abdulmejid I ( ota, عبد المجيد اول, ʿAbdü'l-Mecîd-i evvel, tr, I. Abdülmecid; 25 April 182325 June 1861) was the 31st Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and succeeded his father Mahmud II on 2 July 1839. His reign was notable for the ...

; ** Peremrüz Hanım; ** Embruvaz Hanım, married to Adredba Bey;

References

Sources

* * * {{cite book, first=Mahinur, last=Tuna, title=İlk Türk kadın ressam: Mihri Rasim (Müşfik) Açba : 1886 İstanbul-1954 New-York, year=2007, publisher=As Yayın, isbn=978-9-750-17250-2 Noble families of Georgia (country) Abkhazian nobility Russian noble families

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