Safavid-appointed King of Kartli (1565-1658) (r. 1633-1658)
For the Georgian-Iranian soldier in the first half of the 17th century, see Rostam Khan (sepahsalar under Safi). For the 18th-century royal, see Prince Rostom of Kartli. For the Georgian-Iranian soldier in the second half of the 17th century, see Rostam Khan (sepahsalar under Suleiman I).
Rostom
King Rostom by Teramo Castelli
King of Kartli
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Reign
1633–1658
Predecessor
Teimuraz I of Kakheti
Successor
Vakhtang V
Born
1565 Isfahan, Iran
Died
1658 (aged 92–93)
Burial
Qom, Iran
Spouse
Ketevan Abashishvili Mariam Dadiani
Issue
Vakhtang V of Kartli (adopted)
Dynasty
Bagrationi
Father
David XI of Kartli
Religion
Shia Islam
Khelrtva
Rostom or Rustam Khan (Georgian: როსტომი or როსტომ ხანი) (1565 – 17 November 1658) was a Georgian royal, from the House of Bagrationi, who functioned as a Safavid-appointed vali (i.e. viceroy)/king of Kartli, eastern Georgia, from 1633 until his death.
people in the Kingdom ofKartli. The future King Rostom had a deep respect for Giorgi Saakadze and his patriotism for the rest of his life, although the...
Kartli, and a general in the service of the Safavid dynasty of Iran. He was killed by the Afghan rebels at the climactic battle of Gulnabad. Rostom was...
sovereignty. In 1632, Rostom Khan, the illegitimate son of David XI (Daud Khan), was appointed as king/wali ofKartli. Rostom, who had converted to Islam...
king RostomofKartli as his heir apparent. Mamuka was a son of King George III of Imereti (r. 1605–1639) by his wife Tamar, and a younger brother of George's...
Qizilbash army led by Rostom Khan, uncle of the late Simon II, forced Teimuraz I to Imereti. Rostom (1633–1658) became the new King ofKartli. However, in the...
army to dislodge Rostom from Kartli in 1648. Having taken command of his father's troops, David was attacked and defeated by Rostom's Persian auxiliaries...
Georgian kings RostomofKartli in the 1630s and Erekle II in 1774. Following its completion, Rostom garrisoned it with Iranian soldiers. King Rostom also asked...
follow the general. In Tbilisi, Rostom is proclaimed king ofKartli, vassal of Persia, and the rebels are defeated. Rostom Khan's rise to power solidified...
an order of succession and cannot be displaced from inheriting by the birth of another person. A person who is first in the current order of succession...
concubine, a peasant woman from Tsavkisi, David had a natural son: Rostom, King ofKartli Floor 2001, p. 83. Karchava 2018, pp. 221–223. Floor, Willem (2001)...
Diasamidze (died 1695). Taken to Russia when the pro-Persian king RostomofKartli defeated Teimuraz in 1648, he was raised and educated at the Romanov...
successfully recovering the city of Kandahar. At his behest, Rostom Khan, the King ofKartli and a Safavid vassal, invaded the Kingdom of Kakheti in 1648 and sent...
refer to: RostomofKartli, a Georgian vali/king Rustam Khan Zand, a Zand dynasty prince. Rostam Khan (sepahsalar under Safi), a Safavid general of Georgian...
when kings Teimuraz I of Kakheti and George III of Imereti waged war against King RostomofKartli and the Dadiani princes of Samegrelo. After this Mamuka...
uniting all of eastern Georgia under his rule, backed a nobles' conspiracy against Rostom, which finally ruined his relations with the ruler ofKartli. The plot...
monarch of the royal Bagrationi dynasty. He ruled the East Georgian Kingdom ofKartli as a vassal of Safavid Persia from 1716 to 1724. One of the most...
latest downfall of Teimuraz, which proved to be permanent, was occasioned by the enthronement ofRostomofKartli, a pro-Iranian relative of Khorashan. The...
against the pro-Iranian king RostomofKartli. After the failure of the coup, the Diasamidze house was dispossessed of some of their estates and went into...
empires (Ottomans and Safavids). In 1535 King Bagrat III with help of prince Rostom Gurieli and Mingrelian allies invaded Samtskhe. He defeated and captured...
of the king ofKartli Shahnawaz (Vakhtang V). He was a titular king ofKartli in 1709. In 1675, Levan was confirmed as a janisin (regent) ofKartli during...