Chakhrukhadze ( ka, ჩახრუხაძე) was a
Georgian poet of the late 12th/early 13th century traditionally credited to have written ''Tamariani'' (თამარიანი), a collection of twenty two odes and one elegy praising, often deifying Queen
Tamar of Georgia
Tamar the Great ( ka, თამარ მეფე, tr, lit. "King Tamar") ( 1160 – 18 January 1213) reigned as the Queen of Georgia from 1184 to 1213, presiding over the apex of the Georgian Golden Age. A member of the Bagrationi dyna ...
(r. 1184-1213). The poet is identified with the certain layman Grigol Chakhrukhadze whose survived testament unveils the author's desire to retire to the Georgian
Monastery of the Holy Cross at
Jerusalem
Jerusalem (; he, יְרוּשָׁלַיִם ; ar, القُدس ) (combining the Biblical and common usage Arabic names); grc, Ἱερουσαλήμ/Ἰεροσόλυμα, Hierousalḗm/Hierosóluma; hy, Երուսաղեմ, Erusałēm. i ...
. According to later accounts, Chakhurkhadze was native to Georgia's northeastern mountainous area of
Khevi
Khevi ( ka, ხევი) is a small historical-geographic area in northeastern Georgia. It is included in the modern-day Kazbegi district, Mtskheta-Mtianeti region (mkhare). Located on the northern slopes of the Greater Caucasus mountains, it c ...
and served as a secretary to the queen Tamar.
Based upon a new, pentasyllabic, verse-form (''chakhrukhauli''), Chakhrukhadze's poetry is remarkable for musicality and linguistic virtuosity, using masterly rhymed adjectives to eulogize Tamar.
Rayfield, Donald
Patrick Donald Rayfield OBE (born 12 February 1942, Oxford) is an English academic and Emeritus Professor of Russian and Georgian at Queen Mary University of London. He is an author of books about Russian and Georgian literature, and about Jose ...
(2000), '' The Literature of Georgia: A History'', pp. 83-88. Routledge
Routledge () is a British multinational publisher. It was founded in 1836 by George Routledge, and specialises in providing academic books, journals and online resources in the fields of the humanities, behavioural science, education, law ...
, .[Baramidze, A. G. & Gamezardashvili, D. M. (2001), ''Georgian Literature'', pp. 16-17. The Minerva Group, Inc. .]
See also
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Ioane Shavteli
Ioane Shavteli ( ka, იოანე შავთელი) was a Georgian poet of the late 12th and early 13th centuries credited to have written the encomiastic poem traditionally, and unsuitably, known as ''Abdulmesiani'' (აბდულმე ...
References
Male poets from Georgia (country)
12th-century poets from Georgia (country)
13th-century poets from Georgia (country)
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