Aghbugha I Jaqeli ( ka, აღბუღა I ჯაყელი) (1356 – 1395) was a Georgian

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Samtskhe Meskheti ( ka, მესხეთი) or Samtskhe ( ka, სამცხე) (Moschia in ancient sources), is a mountainous area in southwestern Georgia. History Ancient tribes known as the Mushki (or Moschi) and Mosiniks (or Mossynoeci) were the ...

from 1389 to 1395. Aghbugha was a Son of Prince

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. After his father's death Aghbugha was appointed as a co-ruler (he ruled with his uncle Beka II) of

Meskheti Meskheti ( ka, მესხეთი) or Samtskhe ( ka, სამცხე) (Moschia in ancient sources), is a mountainous area in southwestern Georgia. History Ancient tribes known as the Mushki (or Moschi) and Mosiniks (or Mossynoeci) were the ...

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king Bagrat V. During 1381-1386 he renewed The book of laws which was established by his Great-great-grandfather, Beka Jaqeli.

Georgian Soviet Encyclopedia The ''Georgian Soviet Encyclopedia'' ( ka, ქართული საბჭოთა ენციკლოპედია, ქსე) is the first universal encyclopedia in the Georgian language, printed in Tbilisi from 1965, the editor in chi ...

, Volume 2, page 47, Tbilisi, 1977 This book firstly was called "Aghbugha's law", then "Book of laws set by Beka-Aghbugha".

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{{Atabegs of Samtskhe House of Jaqeli Atabegs of Samtskhe 14th-century people from Georgia (country) 1395 deaths 1356 births