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Rusudan's ancestry and family background are scarcely documented. "Rusudan" being the name given to the
Circassian bride on her conversion to Christianity in Georgia, her original name is unrecorded as is her surname. The contemporary Georgian sources usually refer to the family of her origin as
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246:, where George XI and his family had been displaced from Kartli after his break with the shah of Iran in 1688. That same year, George XI reconciled with the shah and was restored to Kartli. In 1703, Vakhtang acceded to the regency of Kartli for George XI and a successor,
230:'s call to seize George XI's brother Archil and his entourage on their way to Russia. Archil was taken captive, but soon escaped. The shamkhal, in a fury, for he wanted Archil's capture to please the shah, punished Kilchiko by ravaging the Circassian's lands.
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in Iran, where Bagrat died c. 1692. Rusudan was not returned to her father and instead remained in
Georgia. This should have offended the Circassians, prompting, as Brosset conjectured, Kilchiko to respond vigorously to the
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Tbilisi as king and Rusudan sat on the throne by her husband, "a luminary, sunlike queen", as the contemporary Georgian historian
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269:. During this period of time, the country became engulfed in political intrigues and factional power struggles. Rusudan, living with his sons in
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and was detained there until being forced to comply with the condition of accepting Islam in 1716. During his absence, Vakhtang's brother
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410:"Notice sur une lettre géorgienne du roi Artchil à Charles XII, 2 février 1706, et sur les divers séjours du roi Artchil en Russie"
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