Prince Muhammad-Beik of Georgia, 1620. Artist is Reza Abbasi. Painting is located at Berlin's Museum Für Islamische Kunst.

Georgia, or "Gorjestan" was a Persian province or client state during Sassanid times (particularly starting with Hormozd IV). During the Safavid era, Georgia became so politically and somewhat culturally intertwined with Iran that Georgians almost replaced the Qezelbash among the Safavid officials. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (297x640, 145 KB)Image is by Me. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (297x640, 145 KB)Image is by Me. ... Reza Abbasi, in full Aqa Reza Reza-e abbasi, sometimes known as Reza (1565 - 1635) was the most renowned Persian painter and calligrapher of the Isfahan school, which flourished during the Safavid period under the patronage of Shah Abbas I. Princely Youth and Dervish by Reza Abbasi, ca. ... Sassanid Empire at its greatest extent The Sassanid dynasty (also Sassanian) was the name given to the kings of Persia during the era of the second Persian Empire, from 224 until 651, when the last Sassanid shah, Yazdegerd III, lost a 14-year struggle to drive out the Umayyad Caliphate... The Safavids were a long-lasting Turkic-speaking Iranian dynasty that ruled from 1501 to 1736 and first established Shiite Islam as Persias official religion. ... The Kizilbash (Turkish: Kızılbaş, Azerbaijani: Qizilbash, Persian: قزلباش Qezelbash) Red Heads are religious group of diverse ethnic backgrounds who helped found the Safavid Dynasty of Iran. ...

During the last days of the Safavid empire, Ottoman Turks and Afghans took advantage of Iranin interbnal weakness and invaded Iran. The Iranian Georgian contribution in wars against the invading Afghans was crucial. Georgians fought in the battle of Golnabad, and in the battle of Fereydunshahr. In the latter battle they brought a humilating defeat to the Afghan Army. The Safavids were a long-lasting Turkic-speaking Iranian dynasty that ruled from 1501 to 1736 and first established Shiite Islam as Persias official religion. ... The Ottoman Turks were the ethnic subdivision of the Turkish people who dominated the ruling class of the Ottoman Empire. ... Fereydoon Shahr or Fereydunshahr is a city in the western part of the Isfahan province of Iran. ...

Famous Georgians of Iran

Allah-verdi Khan Undiladze, whom the famous landmark of 33 pol in Isfahan is named after, was among the Georgian elite that were involved in the Safavid government. Also his son Emam-gholi Khan Undiladze, who defeated the Portuguese army in the Persian Gulf was a famous Iranian Georgian serving the Safavid empire. Other famous Georgians of Safavid empire were Davud Khan Undiladze, Gorgin Khan, and Rostam Khan Sepahsalar. 33 Pol outer view. ... Part of Shah Abbas large urban project in his new capital, the Chahār Bāgh Four Gardens, is a four-kilometer avenue in the city of Isfahan. ... The Safavids were a long-lasting Turkic-speaking Iranian dynasty that ruled from 1501 to 1736 and first established Shiite Islam as Persias official religion. ... It has been suggested that Persian Gulf States be merged into this article or section. ... The Safavids were a long-lasting Turkic-speaking Iranian dynasty that ruled from 1501 to 1736 and first established Shiite Islam as Persias official religion. ... The Safavids were a long-lasting Turkic-speaking Iranian dynasty that ruled from 1501 to 1736 and first established Shiite Islam as Persias official religion. ...

Amin al-Sultan, Prime Minister of Iran, was also a Georgian. He was the son of a Georgian father.^[1] Manucheher Khan Motamed-od-Dowleh and General Bahram Aryana were other famous Iranian Georgians. For a more lengthy discussion on Georgians and Persia refer to.^[2] As the result of an amendment to the Constitution of Iran in 1989, there is no longer a post titled Prime Minister of Iran, but Iran has had many prime ministers since the Qajar era, when the country was internationally known as Persia. ...

Geographic distribution and language

The modern Georgians living in Iran descend from those people who were deported by the Saffavid Shah Abbas I from the eastern Georgian provinces of Kakheti and Kartli between 1614 and 1617. Their number is said to have been more than 200,000. Shah Abbas I of Safavid at a banquet Detail from a celing fresco; Chehel Sotoun palace; Isfahan Shah Abbas King of the Persians Copper engraving by Dominicus Custos, from his Atrium heroicum Caesarum pub. ... Categories: Caucasus geography stubs | Georgia (country) ... Kartli is the largest and most populated province of Eastern Georgia. ... Events April 5 - In Virginia, Native American Pocahontas marries English colonist John Rolfe. ... Events Change of emperor of the Ottoman Empire from Ahmed I (1603-1617) to Mustafa I (1617-1623). ...

The Georgian language is still used by some people in Iran. The center of Georgians in Iran is Fereydunshahr, a small city, 150km west of Isfahan, they retain their old identity. The western part of Isfahan province is historically called Fereydan. In this area there are 10 Georgian towns and villages around Fereydunshahr. In many major Iranian cities, such as Tehran, Esfahan, Karaj and Shiraz live Georgians too. Georgian (, kartuli ena) is the official language of Georgia, a country in the Caucasus. ... Part of Shah Abbas large urban project in his new capital, the Chahār Bāgh Four Gardens, is a four-kilometer avenue in the city of Isfahan. ...

In many other places such as Najafabad, Rahmatabad, Yazdanshahr and Amir Abad (near Esfahan). In Gorji Mahalle in Mazandaran Province in northern Iran, there are ethnic Georgians too, but they do not speak the Georgian language any more, but retain features of Georgian culture and some might even argue that even some remnants of Christian traditions, but there are no evidences for this. As the birthplace of Ehsan Lotfi , Hossein-Ali Montazeri , Mostafa Moeen and many other iranian celebrities ,Najafabad is placed 28 kilometers west of Isfahan. ...

The number of Georgians in Iran can be estimated at 100,000 or more people. According to Encyclopaedia Georgiana (1986) some 12,000-14,000 lived in rural Fereydan prior to 1985^[3] but these numbers are obvious underestimations. Not all Georgians, especially those outside Fereydan, speak Georgian. The Georgian alphabet is also known to some in Fereydunshahr. This article is about the year. ... The fifth century example of the Asomtavruli script from Bolnisi Sioni Church The Georgian alphabet is the script currently used to write the Georgian language and other Kartvelian languages (such as Mingrelian), and occasionally other languages of the Caucasus (such as Ossetic in the 1940s). ...

References

1. ^ Patrick Clawson. Eternal Iran. Palgrave. 2005. Coauthored with Michael Rubin. ISBN 1-4039-6276-6 p.168
2. ^ Encyclopedia Iranica's reference on Gorjestan: [1]
3. ^ Encyclopaedia Georgiana (1986), vol. 10, Tbilisi: p. 263.

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External links

• (Georgian) Fereydan - Little Georgia
• (Persian) Kartoolebi
• (Persian) Kartveli