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Ashot I of Iberia

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40: 39: 374:, according to which Ashot was murdered in 826, is doubtful. It is more likely that the event took place four years later, on January 29, 830. Driven by the Arabs from central Iberia, Ashot fell back to the 296:, and encouraged the settlement of the Georgians in the region. As a result, the political and religious center of Iberia was effectively transferred from central Iberia to the south-west, in Tao-Klarjeti. 335:
recognized Ashot as the prince of Iberia in order to counter the rebellious emir of Tiflis Isma’il ibn Shu’aib c. 818. The emir had enlisted support of Ashot's foe—the Kakhetian prince
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From his base in Tao-Klarjeti, Ashot fought to recover more Georgian lands from the Arab hold and, though not always successful, succeeded in taking much of the adjoining lands from
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of Iberia. To revive the country devastated by the Arabs and cholera epidemics, he patronized the local monastic communities established by
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in the 5th century, and received the Byzantine protection, being recognized as the presiding prince and
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protectorate against the Arab Muslim encroachment until being murdered c. 826. Ashot is also known as
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who had founded the Bagratoni hereditary fiefdom in Tao-Klarjeti (now northeast
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Studies in Medieval Georgian Historiography: Early Texts And Eurasian Contexts
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where he was assassinated by renegades at the altar of a local church.
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cousins. Ashot initially failed to gain a foothold in central Iberia (
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Upon Ashot's death, his holdings were allotted to his three sons:
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in the southwest to Shida Kartli in the northeast, including
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to have attained to this office c. 813. From his base in
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to the east eluded him. With local Arab emirs in the
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Index

Kouropalatēs

Relief
Simon Janashia Museum of Georgia
Presiding prince
Iberia
Stephen III
Bagrat I of Iberia
Adarnase II of Tao-Klarjeti
Guaram Mampali
Nigali valley
Issue
Bagrat I of Iberia
Adarnase II of Tao-Klarjeti
Guaram Mampali
Dynasty
Bagrationi dynasty
Adarnase I of Tao-Klarjeti
Georgian Orthodox Church
Georgian
presiding prince
Iberia
Georgia
Bagratid family
Tao-Klarjeti
Byzantine
kouropalates
Christian culture
canonized
Georgian Orthodox Church

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