Ishkhanik () ruler of
Hereti
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between 943–951. He was the son and successor of
Adarnase Patrikios, ruled together with his mother
Queen regnant
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Dinar
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, sister of Grand
Magister Gurgen IV, Prince of
Klarjeti
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( 918–941).
Under Ishkhanik's reign Hereti was forced to recognize the supremacy of the stronger neighbour,
Principality of Daylam, ruled by the
Sallarid dynasty
The Sallarid dynasty ( fa, سالاریان), (also known as the Musafirids or Langarids) was a Muslim dynasty, of Daylami origin, which ruled in Tarom, Samiran, Daylam, Gilan and subsequently Azerbaijan, Arran, and some districts in Eastern Arm ...
(
Iranian Azerbaijan
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). According to ''
The Georgian Chronicles
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'' Queen Dinar, along with her son Ishkhanik converted Hereti to the
Eastern Orthodox confession and abandoned the
Oriental Orthodox confession in the 10th century.
[Georgian National Academy of Sciences, Kartlis Tskhovreba (History of Georgia), Artanuji pub. Tbilisi 2014] In 950, he took advantage of the bitter power struggle in the Sallarid state, and ceased to pay tribute effectively restoring his independence. Ishkhanik recovered his authority over several fortresses in Kakheti, the latter was weakened after the devastating
Sajid invasion.
References
Sources
* Papuashvili T. (1970), Problems of the history of Hereti, Tbilisi
* Papuashvili T., ''
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 ...
'', V, p. 288, Tbilisi, 1980
Monarchs of Hereti
951 deaths
Year of birth unknown
10th-century people from Georgia (country)
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