Dmitry Giorgievitch Sharvashidze, or Umar Bey ( ab, Князь Омарбеи Сафарбеи-иԥа Шарвашидзе ), was briefly the
Prince of Abkhazia in 1821–1822. He was a colonel in the Russian army. He converted to Christianity and was baptised into the Orthodox faith under the name of Dmitry.
He succeeded as the Prince of Abkhazia on the death of his father, February 7 (or November 13) 1821. He was poisoned at
Lykhny
Lykhny ( ka, ლიხნი, Abkhaz and Russian: Лыхны) is a village in the Gudauta District of Abkhazia, a disputed region on the Black Sea coast.
History
In medieval Georgian sources the village is also known as ''Zupu'' (''ზუფ ...
by Urus Lakoba, October 16, 1822.
Ancestry
References
1822 deaths
Abkhazian former Muslims
Princes of Abkhazia
Converts to Eastern Orthodoxy from Islam
House of Shervashidze
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