Darbazi () was

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Georgian

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, introduced by 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 ...

( 1073–1125) after the important government reforms. It functioned as a council of representatives from Didebulis (high aristocracy) and from the

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. The council was non-mandatory in the decision of major questions of government and the king could, at his discretion, take the will of the "darbazi" into consideration. The rights and obligations of Darbazi were significantly widened after an insurrection by Qutlu Arslan and his faction. It was the result of a social struggle that marked a further step in the advancement of Georgian society, however some historians believe that this extensions of the rights of the "Darbazi" was a victory for the "Didebulis".Mariam Lordkiphanidze, (1967), "Georgia in the XI-XII centuries" - Ganatleba Publishers, Editor George B. Hewitt Some other historians believe that in addition to members of the higher secular and ecclesiastical nobility, the "Darbazi" included representatives of the merchant-class.

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