Anchabadze ( ka, ანჩაბაძე), also known as Achba ( ab, А́чба), is a
Georgian
Georgian may refer to:
Common meanings
* Anything related to, or originating from Georgia (country)
** Georgians, an indigenous Caucasian ethnic group
** Georgian language, a Kartvelian language spoken by Georgians
**Georgian scripts, three scrip ...
and Abkhazian family, and the oldest surviving noble house originating in Abkhazia.
History
The Anchabadze family is supposed to have its roots in the early medieval ruling dynasty of
Abasgia Abasgia may refer to:
*Region inhabited by ancient Abasgoi tribes
*Kingdom of Abkhazia, 778–1008
*Kingdom of Georgia
The Kingdom of Georgia ( ka, საქართველოს სამეფო, tr), also known as the Georgian Empire, wa ...
. After the break-up of the
Kingdom of Georgia
The Kingdom of Georgia ( ka, საქართველოს სამეფო, tr), also known as the Georgian Empire, was a medieval Eurasian monarchy that was founded in circa 1008 AD. It reached its Golden Age of political and economic ...
in the late 15th century, Abkhazia came under the influence of the
Ottoman Empire
The Ottoman Empire, * ; is an archaic version. The definite article forms and were synonymous * and el, Оθωμανική Αυτοκρατορία, Othōmanikē Avtokratoria, label=none * info page on book at Martin Luther University) ...
and Islam, forcing several members of the family into flight to the eastern Georgian lands –
Kartli
Kartli ( ka, ქართლი ) is a historical region in central-to-eastern Georgia traversed by the river Mtkvari (Kura), on which Georgia's capital, Tbilisi, is situated. Known to the Classical authors as Iberia, Kartli played a crucial rol ...
and Kakheti. Thus, they formed two principal branches: the Abkhazian line of the princes Anchabadze and the Kartlian
Machabeli
Machabeli ( sing. ka, მაჩაბელი; pl. მაჩაბლები, ''Machablebi'') was a Georgian princely house (''tavadi'') which held a large fiefdom (''satavado'') in the province of Inner Kartli (central Georgia) called Sa ...
. Both of these families were later integrated into the Imperial Russian princely nobility: Machabeli in 1826 and Anchabadze in 1903.
Toumanoff, Cyril
Cyril Leo Toumanoff (russian: Кирилл Львович Туманов; 13 October 1913 – 4 February 1997) was a Russian-born Georgian historian and genealogist who mostly specialized in the history and genealogies of medieval Georgia, Armenia, ...
(1967). ''Studies in Christian Caucasian History'', p. 269. Georgetown University Press.
The descendants of this family have survived in Abkhazia and
Tbilisi
Tbilisi ( ; ka, თბილისი ), in some languages still known by its pre-1936 name Tiflis ( ), is the capital and the largest city of Georgia, lying on the banks of the Kura River with a population of approximately 1.5 million p ...
, and bear the surnames based on the two letter Abkhazian root Ach ( ab, А́ч) (Achba) and on the three letter
Georgian
Georgian may refer to:
Common meanings
* Anything related to, or originating from Georgia (country)
** Georgians, an indigenous Caucasian ethnic group
** Georgian language, a Kartvelian language spoken by Georgians
**Georgian scripts, three scrip ...
root Anch ( ka, ანჩ) (Anchabadze).
Genealogy
* Kaytuk Giorgi Bey, married to Yelizaveta Hanım;
** Islam Musa Bey, married to Ayşe Hanım;
*** Ahmed Rasim Pasha, married firstly to Fatma Neşedil Hanım, an Abkhazian, married secondly to Emine Vuslat Hanım;
**** Ahmed Refik Bey, married to Fatıma Hanım;
**** Mihri Hanım, married to Müşfik Selami Bey;
**** Enise Hanım, married to Salih Bey Asaf;
***** Hale Asaf;
**** Refik Hanım;
**** Ahmed Süheyil Bey;
***** Emel Nazan Hanım;
**** Ahmed Melih Bey;
***** Nezih Bey, married to Alexandra Sibylle Armgard;
**** Ahmed Selman Bey;
** Ahmed Bey, married to Patıma Hanım Eşba;
*** Ahmed Sami Pasha, married to Fatıma Hanım Mamleeva, daughter of Ismail Bey Mamleeva;
**** Şükrü Bey, married firstly to Rabia Mümtaz Hanım, married secondly to Neşedil Hanım;
***** Ahmed Celal Bey, married firstly to Milnigar Hanım, married secondly to Louise Simon;
***** Adalet Pevizfelek Hanım;
**** Ayşe Mahizer Hanım;
****
Fatma Pesend Hanım
ota, فاطمہ پسند خانم
, house = Achba (by birth) Ottoman (by marriage)
, father = Ahmed Sami Bey Achba
, mother = Fatıma Ismailevna Mamleeva
, birth_name = Fatma Kadriye Hanim Achba
, birth_date = 13 Febr ...
married to Abdul Hamid II;
*** Ömer Pasha, married to Ayşe Kemalifer Hanım, second daughter of Mahmud Bey Dziapş-Ipa, and sister of Dürrünev Kadın;
**** Mehmed Refik Bey, married to Emine Maheşref Hanım, daughter of Osman Bey Eymhaa and Hesan Hanım Çaabalurhva;
***** Ahmed Bey, married to Esmehan Hanım Geçba, daughter of Eyüb Bey Geçba and Ayşe Gülten Hanım;
***** Rifat Kemaleddin Bey;
***** Emine Nurbanu Hidayet Hanım, married to Şehzade Mehmed Burhaneddin, son of Abdul Hamid II;
***** Leyla Gülefşan Hanım;
***** Feride Hanım, married to Hasan Bey Eymhaa;
**** Numan Bey;
**** Saide Hanım, married to Salih Bey;
**** Hürrem Hanım, married to Arif Bey Çaçba;
**** Esma Cavidan Hanım, married to
Şehzade Yusuf Izzeddin
Şehzade Yusuf Izzeddin ( ota, شهزادہ یوسف عزالدین; 29 September 1857 – 1 February 1916) was an Ottoman prince, the eldest son of Sultan Abdulaziz and his first wife Dürrünev Kadın.
Early life and education
Şehzade Yusuf ...
;
** Mehmed Bey, married to Şadiye Hanım;
*** Behiye Nazmelek Hanım, married to Osman Pasha Zevş-Barakay, brother of
Nesrin Kadın
Nasrin (translit. ''"nisriyn/ nisrīn";'' Nesrin, Nesrine or Nasreen; fa, نسرين) is a feminine given name in Persian, meaning " wild rose". It is among the most popular names given to girls born in Iran.Abdülaziz;
*** Azize Haletyar Hanım;
** Saliha Verdicenan Kadın, married to
Abdulmejid I
Abdulmejid I ( ota, عبد المجيد اول, ʿAbdü'l-Mecîd-i evvel, tr, I. Abdülmecid; 25 April 182325 June 1861) was the 31st Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and succeeded his father Mahmud II on 2 July 1839. His reign was notable for the r ...
;
** Peremrüz Hanım;
** Embruvaz Hanım, married to Adredba Bey;
See also
*
List of Georgian princely families
This is the alphabetic list of the upper class noble houses of Georgia. They were entitled as tavadi ( ka, თავადი), roughly translated in English as "prince" and in Russian as "knyaz", a title which was eventually conferred upon most of ...