Sargis Tmogveli ( ka, სარგის თმოგველი) or Sargis of

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was a 12th-13th century

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statesman and writer active during the reign of

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( 1184-1213). Sargis, son of

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, belonged to the Tmogveli branch of the powerful Mkhargrdzeli family and owned estates in

. Tmogveli rendered the old

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love story '' Vīs and Rāmīn'' (written by

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) into

prose; this Georgian version of the Persian original became known as ''

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''.

Biography

During a revolt of Queen Tamar's disgraced husband, George the Rus', around 1191, Sargis was one of the few nobles who remained loyal to the queen. For this he was kindly rewarded; he was given

to secure frontier borders in

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. In 1195 he participated in the

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. In the 1200s, Shalva and Sargis Tmogveli, commanded the Georgian troops during the victorious campaign against

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. In 1203 he fought in a campaign in the country of Dvin.

References

Sources

* * * Shoshiashvili, N., Georgian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 4, p. 687-688. Tbilisi, 1979 Politicians from Georgia (country) 12th-century people from Georgia (country) House of Mkhargrdzeli 13th-century people from Georgia (country) Translators from Persian {{Georgia-hist-stub