Amirtamira () was a

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or head of the large cities in feudal Georgia, that enjoyed military and administrative authority. The position was introduced after the initial Arab conquest of Georgia in the mid-7th century, when

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appointed emirs of Tbilisi. The ascendancy of emirs ended in 1122 when King

David IV of Georgia David IV, also known as David the Builder ( ka, დავით აღმაშენებელი, ') (1073–1125), of the Bagrationi dynasty, was the 5th king of United Georgia from 1089 until his death in 1125. Popularly considered to be ...

seized the city following his decisive victory at Didgori. Thereafter, the emirs became subordinated to the '' Mechurchletukhutsesi'' (

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) of Georgian crown. In the 17th century, the term was replaced by

Mouravi Mouravi ( ka, მოურავი) was an administrative and military officer in early modern Georgia, translated into English as seneschal, bailiff, or constable. A mouravi was an appointed royal official who had a jurisdiction over particular t ...

. The last amirtamira of

Tbilisi Tbilisi ( ; ka, თბილისი ), in some languages still known by its pre-1936 name Tiflis ( ), is the capital and the largest city of Georgia, lying on the banks of the Kura River with a population of approximately 1.5 million p ...

was

Giorgi Saakadze Giorgi Saakadze the Grand Mouravi ( ka, გიორგი სააკაძე) (c. 1570 – October 3, 1629) was a Georgian politician and military commander who played an important but contradictory role in the politics of the early 17th-ce ...

. One of the few attempts of

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to gain power in feudal Georgia can be traced to Qutlu-Arslan, as a Finance Minister, he led a party who proposed an idea of limiting the royal power by a parliamentary-type legislature which, in the view of Qutlu Arslan and his followers, would be consist of two chambers: ''Darbazi'' ( Royal Council) or an assembly that would meet occasionally to follow the developments in the kingdom, and ''Karavi'', a legislature in permanent sessions. The dispute between the “party of Karavi” and that of the unlimited royal power concluded with the arrest of Qutlu Arslan. In retaliation, the latter’s supporters rose in rebellion, and marched to the Queen’s palace. Tamar agreed to release the oppositionist leader, but his ideas were never materialised. However some other historians believe that in addition to members of the higher secular and ecclesiastical nobility, the "Darbazi" now included representatives of the merchant-class, such as

Abulasan Abulasan () was a 12th-century Georgian politician, who served as mayor of Tbilisi and Eristavi of Kartli (1185–1188). Biography During a revolt of treasurer Qutlu Arslan, Abulasan joined a group of unranked class and wealthy citizens in a str ...

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* D. Muskhelishvili, ''

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 ...

'', I, p. 398, Tbilisi, 1975 {{Kingdom of Georgia topics Noble titles of Georgia (country)

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