Manuchar I, or Manch I, from the house of Shervashidze, was a prince of the

Principality of Abkhazia The Principality of Abkhazia ( ka, აფხაზეთის სამთავრო, tr) emerged as a separate feudal entity in the 15th-16th centuries, amid the civil wars in the Kingdom of Georgia that concluded with the Triarchy and coll ...

from circa 1730 to 1757. ''Manuchar'' was forcefully deposed from the throne by

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and sent into exile to that empire, where he converted to Islam together with his brothers Levan,

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and

Zurab Zurab (Georgian: ზურაბ) is a Georgian masculine given name. It derives from the Persian Sohrab, a name of the legendary warrior from Ferdowsi's ''Shahnameh''. It may refer to: *Zurab Adeishvili (born 1972), Georgian jurist and politician, ...

References

* ''Georgian State (Soviet) Encyclopedia.'' 1983. Book 10. p. 689. * Lak'oba, S. (1999). ''18th century-1917'' in ''The Abkhazians; a handbook''. Curzon Press, Richmond (England). Princes of Abkhazia House of Shervashidze Converts to Islam from Eastern Orthodoxy Former Georgian Orthodox Christians {{Georgia-noble-stub