History of Iberia or Georgia, that is All of Sakartvelo or History of Iveria - (Georgian: ისტორია დაწყებითგან ივერიისა, ესე იგი გიორგიისა, რომელ არს სრულიად საქართველოჲსა ან ივერიის ისტორია) - An essay on Georgia, written by
Teimuraz Batonishvili on 1832. History covers the period from ancient times to
King Mirian.
Creation history
When Teimuraz Batonishvili moved to
St. Petersburg
Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...
, immediately after meeting
Marie Brosset, Teimuraz started working on writing "History of Iveria". His tireless work was slowed down by illness. And when he fell ill in January 1836, he did not stop writing despite the doctors' prohibition, and his trip to Prussia stopped his work for several months.
After returning, he continued to work again. Some parts were already finished in 1837.
With this kind of work, the writing of the history of Iveria continued until the last years of his life. Although it was not left unfinished, it remained unpublished. Brosset writes: "For twenty years, he worked on the creation of an extensive history of the Georgian people... It is only known that the author wanted to take advantage of all foreign materials that were not translated into Georgian and Russian."
The mentioned essay "History of
Iberia
The Iberian Peninsula (),
**
* Aragonese and Occitan: ''Peninsula Iberica''
**
**
* french: Péninsule Ibérique
* mwl, Península Eibérica
* eu, Iberiar penintsula also known as Iberia, is a peninsula in southwestern Europe, defi ...
or Georgia, that is All of
Sakartvelo
Georgia (, ; ) is a transcontinental country at the intersection of Eastern Europe and Western Asia. It is part of the Caucasus region, bounded by the Black Sea to the west, by Russia to the north and northeast, by Turkey to the southwes ...
" After the request of Teimurazi's wife Elena and Brosset's petition before the Academy, D. was published. by Chubinov. St. Petersburg in 1848.
According to
Zakaria Chichinadze
Zakaria Chichinadze ( ka, ზაქარია ჭიჭინაძე; 1854 – 27 December 1931) was a self-educated Georgia (country), Georgian literary critic, bibliophile, historian, and a book publisher.
Early years
Zakaria Chichinadze was ...
, he also wrote the second volume of the history of Georgia, which was lost.
See also
Notes
References
{{Reflist
History of Georgia (country)