Zakaria III Mkhargrdzeli

Zakaria III Mkhargrdzeli (Georgian: ზაქარია III მხარგრძელი) (died 1261 AD) was a 13th century Georgian noble and amirspasalar of Georgia. He was married to daughter of Sargis I Jaqeli, duke of Samtskhe.

Biography

King David VII Ulu made Zakaria, son of Shanshe an escort for his journey to Karakorum, where Zakaria attended on an official recognition of David by Güyük Khan. In 1258, Zakaria partipicated in siege of Baghdad organized by Hulagu Khan. In 1260, Hulagu Khan requested from David VII Ulu to support him in the war against Mamluk Sultanate in Cairo. David, remembering the Georgian losses at Baghdad refused to comply and revolted against his Mongol overlord. Georgian nobles, led by David Ulu was defeated and once again submitted to Mongol rule. Zakaria was executed, while his father Shanshe was freed for a ransom.[1][2]

Source

  • Shoshiashvili, N., Georgian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 7, p. 271. Tbilisi, 1979

References

  1. ↑ Kirakos Gandzakets‘i , 1961:391–393
  2. ↑ Vardan Arevelts‘i , 1991:152
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