Sargis II Tmogveli ( ka, სარგის თმოგველი) or Sargis of

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was a 13th century

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statesman and writer.

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a medieval Georgian version of the old

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love story '' Vīs and Rāmīn'', traditionally taken to have been rendered to him.

Biography

Around 1246, Sargis was part of a failed plot aimed at overthrowing the Mongol hegemony,Georgian National Academy of Sciences, Kartlis Tskhovreba (History of Georgia), Artanuji pub. Tbilisi 2014 he survived arrest and torture in captivity that befell upon his fellow conspirators when their designs to stage a rebellion was betrayed to the

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. Exploiting the complicated issue of succession, the Mongols had the Georgian nobles divided into two rival parties, each of which advocated their own candidate to the crown. Sargis played an important role in having Prince

David Ulu David VII, also known as David Ulu ( ka, დავით VII ულუ) (1215–1270), from the Bagrationi dynasty, was king of Georgia from 1247 to 1270, jointly with his namesake cousin, David VI, from 1247 to 1259, when David VI, revolting f ...

confirmed as co-ruler of Georgia. Following the coronation, David Ulu was sent to the

Great Khan Khagan or Qaghan (Mongolian:; or ''Khagan''; otk, 𐰴𐰍𐰣 ), or , tr, Kağan or ; ug, قاغان, Qaghan, Mongolian Script: ; or ; fa, خاقان ''Khāqān'', alternatively spelled Kağan, Kagan, Khaghan, Kaghan, Khakan, Khakhan ...

to receive an official recognition. King David Ulu made Sargis Tmogveli an escort for his journey to

Karakorum Karakorum (Khalkha Mongolian: Хархорум, ''Kharkhorum''; Mongolian Script:, ''Qaraqorum''; ) was the capital of the Mongol Empire between 1235 and 1260 and of the Northern Yuan dynasty in the 14–15th centuries. Its ruins lie in the ...

. Sargis firmly opposed David Narin and those who were brought up with him, saying: "It is not proper for a woman's offspring to sit on the throne, which is a place of the son, an autocratic king - the son of a man."

References

Politicians from Georgia (country) 13th-century people from Georgia (country) House of Mkhargrdzeli {{Georgia-hist-stub