Aims and objectives
Iranian social-political dominance during the Qizilbashs in East Georgia (1735-1749) directly relates to Nadir-Shah’s rulership (1736-1747) and reflects his military and social policy towards Georgia and the Caucasus.
Historical and social-political peculiarities of the Qisilbash period are reflected in Georgian and Persian narrative sources as well as in Persian and Georgian-Persian historical documents. The sources belong to the head of the dynasty Nader-Shah, the commanders of Kartli and Georgian kings.
The project aims at cataloguing and digitising the unique Persian and Georgian-Persian documents preserved in the National Centre of Manuscripts, still remaining unknown to the scholarly society.
Outcomes
As a result of the implementation of the project, the following results were achieved:
Digitized documents: 60 Persian and bilingual Georgian-Persian historical documents from the
collections of the National Center have been digitized to date. The latter were distinguished from the collection of Georgian historical documents. Digitized and uploaded material includes 120 images - front (r) and back (v) sides of all documents.
The material was selected based on the following criteria:
1. Chronologically - the Afshar period ( 1736-1796);
2. According to damage - surface damage (physically missing areas, spots, dents); edge damage (physically defective areas, peeling and tearing); discolored ink that fades over time; damaging effect of old restoration (coarse paper causes surface cracks and dents).
A significant part of the selected material was not published. In parallel with the digitization process, their significance was defined, their personnel determined, and the historical-political context outlined.
The chronological framework of the documents is 1736-1796. They belong to the following types: firmans, decrees, separate orders, rulings, tax documents, appointment of Georgian officials, requests, letters, salary determinations, , judgments, purchase documents.
Issuers of documents are: Shahs of Afshar period- Nadir Shah, Ibrahim Shah; Sefi-Khan, AzadKhan, King of Ksrtli-Kskheti Erekle JI, Georgian officials, church officials.
The addressees of the documents are: Shahs of Iran (Nadir Shah, Ibrahim Shah), Georgian kings and governors of the Afshar period: Teimuraz II, Erekle II, Georgian begs, other officials, nobles of East Georgia - Ksrtli-Kskbeti, etc.
The following was submitted as part of the project's outputs:
