David XI ( ka, დავით XI) or Dāwūd Khan II (, ) (died ''c''. 1579) was
King of Kartli. A convert to
Islam, he was appointed as
Khan of Kartli by the
Persian
Persian may refer to:
* People and things from Iran, historically called ''Persia'' in the English language
** Persians, the majority ethnic group in Iran, not to be conflated with the Iranic peoples
** Persian language, an Iranian language of the ...
Shah
Shah (; fa, شاه, , ) is a royal title that was historically used by the leading figures of Iranian monarchies.Yarshater, EhsaPersia or Iran, Persian or Farsi, ''Iranian Studies'', vol. XXII no. 1 (1989) It was also used by a variety of ...
Tahmasp I
Tahmasp I ( fa, طهماسب, translit=Ṭahmāsb or ; 22 February 1514 – 14 May 1576) was the second shah of Safavid Iran from 1524 to 1576. He was the eldest son of Ismail I and his principal consort, Tajlu Khanum. Ascending the throne after ...
from 1562 (effectively from 1569) to 1578.
Life
David was a brother of the Kartlian king
Simon I, who led a long-lasting liberation war against the
Safavid Persian and
Ottoman empires. In December 1561, David repaired to
Qazvin
Qazvin (; fa, قزوین, , also Romanization, Romanized as ''Qazvīn'', ''Qazwin'', ''Kazvin'', ''Kasvin'', ''Caspin'', ''Casbin'', ''Casbeen'', or ''Ghazvin'') is the largest city and capital of the Qazvin Province, Province of Qazvin in Iran. ...
to offer his submission to Shah Tahmasp, converted to Islam and adopted the name of Daud Khan. The shah appointed him ruler in Kartli, elevated him to the rank of ''farzand'' ("son") at his investiture, and sent with a Persian army to claim the power. He may have been an unnamed Georgian prince reported by the English explorer
Anthony Jenkinson
Anthony Jenkinson (1529 – 1610/1611) was born at Market Harborough, Leicestershire. He was one of the first Englishmen to explore Muscovy and present-day Russia. Jenkinson was a traveller and explorer on behalf of the Muscovy Company ...
as attending his audience with Shah Tahmasp on 20 November 1562, but Daud appears to have been returned to Georgia in August 1562 and the Georgian prince of Jenkinson's report could have been another Georgian renegade,
Prince Jesse of Kakheti
Jesse ( ka, იესე), also known as 'Isa Khan Gorji ( fa, عیسی خان گرجی, translit=Isā Xān e Gorji) ( 1527 – 1580) was a Georgian prince of the royal house of Kakheti, whose career flourished in the service of the Safavid dyna ...
(Isa Khan).
Relying on the Persian occupation forces and a few loyal nobles, Daud was in control of the Georgian capital
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 ...
and the province of
Lower Kartli
Kvemo Kartli ( ka, ქვემო ქართლი, az, Aşağı Kartli) or "Lower Kartli", is a historic province and current administrative region (mkhare) in southeastern Georgia. The city of Rustavi is the regional capital.
Location
Kvem ...
, while the rest of the kingdom remained faithful to Simon. The rival brothers met on the battlefield on several occasions. The hostilities took place mainly around Tbilisi, which was blockaded by Simon’s forces from 1567 to 1569. Although the king won the battles at
Dighomi (1567) and Samadlo (1569), the Persians eventually prevailed and took Simon captive at the
Battle of Partskhisi, 1569. He was sent in chains to the fortress of
Alamut, and Daud Khan assumed nominal control of all of Kartli. As previously, he relied on the Persians and paid an annual tribute to the Shah. A patriotic alliance of nobles led by Prince Sachino Baratashvili continued, however, resistance to the renegade Georgian ruler. In 1578, a peace between the Safavids and the Ottomans collapsed. The Turkish army commanded by
Lala Mustafa Pasha
Lala Mustafa Pasha ( – 7 August 1580), also known by the additional epithet ''Kara'', was an Ottoman Bosnian general and Grand Vizier from the Sanjak of Bosnia.
Life
He was born around 1500, near the Glasinac in Sokolac Plateau in Bosnia t ...
overran much of Georgia and dislodged Daud Khan, who had burnt the citadel of Tbilisi and taken shelter at Lorri. The Shah presently freed Simon to fight against the Ottomans and reinstated him as king of Kartli. In retaliation, Daud Khan handed the control over Lorri to the Turks and fled to
Istanbul
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, postal_code = 34000 to 34990
, area_code = +90 212 (European side) +90 216 (Asian side)
, registration_plate = 34
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, where he was welcomed and granted lordship over two
sanjak
Sanjaks (liwāʾ) (plural form: alwiyāʾ)
* Armenian: նահանգ (''nahang''; meaning "province")
* Bulgarian: окръг (''okrǔg''; meaning "county", "province", or "region")
* el, Διοίκησις (''dioikēsis'', meaning "province" ...
s. His sons, Bagrat and Khosro, took shelter in Persia. During his stay in
Turkey
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, Daud Khan compiled two Ottoman-era medical treatises (''qarabadin'') and translated it into Georgian, sending a copy to his motherland.
Family
David was married to Elene (), a relative of King
Alexander II of Kakheti
Alexander II ( ka, ალექსანდრე II) (1527 – March 12, 1605) of the Bagrationi Dynasty, was a king of Kakheti in eastern Georgia from 1574 to 1605. In spite of a precarious international situation, he managed to retain relative ...
. They had the following children:
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Bagrat VII, King of Kartli
#A daughter, married Prince Asanbeg (Kaikhosro)
Baratashvili
Baratashvili ( ka, ბარათაშვილი) is a Georgian noble family, appearing at the end of the 15th century as a continuation of the Kachibadze (ქაჩიბაძე), which were possibly related to the Liparitids-Orbeli.
The ...
(fl. 1599–1620)
#A daughter, married Baindur (Baadur),
Duke of Aragvi
#A daughter, married Prince Adam-Sultan
Andronikashvili
The Andronikashvili ( ka, ანდრონიკაშვილები), sometimes known as Endronikashvili (ენდრონიკაშვილები), was a countly family in Georgia who claimed descent from emperor Andronicos I of th ...
. Their daughter, Tamar, married
Luarsab, heir-apparent of Kartli.
By a concubine, a peasant woman from
Tsavkisi, David had a natural son:
#
Rostom, King of Kartli
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1579 deaths
16th-century people from Georgia (country)
Bagrationi dynasty of the Kingdom of Kartli
Converts to Shia Islam from Eastern Orthodoxy
Former Georgian Orthodox Christians
Shia Muslims from Georgia (country)
Safavid appointed kings of Kartli
Year of birth unknown
Safavid generals
16th-century people of Safavid Iran