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431:, who then began to take an interest in the Georgian prince. Soon, Khosro-Mirza went to live at the imperial court where he was trained in the customs of the palace by eunuchs, while receiving the honors attributed to the imperial family. Over a period of time, Khosro-Mirza acquired the most powerful influence over the large Georgian community in Iran.
518:(or principal imperial judge). However, this radical change in central power is the subject of numerous complaints from the Qizilbash military class and Tajik bureaucrats, forcing Khosro-Mirza to become a wealthy patron and support the construction of new bridges, roads, religious temples. and caravanserais across Iran in order to mitigate criticism.
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before his conversion by imperial request, but he was soon dismissed in his turn. Shortly before his death, Khosro-Mirza appointed a certain
Badadeh Beg, probably also of Georgian origin, as his representative in Isfahan. As king of Kartli, Khosro-Mirza continued to administer the affairs of the
581:. On June 30, Teimuraz ordered an attack on the Iranians and despite the death of 14,000 Iranians on the battlefield, they emerged victorious thanks to a landing of troops from Shirvan at the last minute. Khosro-Mirza commands the right flank of the invasion forces. After the
374:, assassinated his father on March 12, 1605 and took power in his place; he requested the return of Khosro-Mirza for Princess Xenia, guaranteeing an alliance between Russia and Safavid Iran, but the Russian embassy refused, describing the young prince as "ugly".
835:, "in one of the finest of tho gardens adjacent to tho city was the mausoleum of Rustem Khan, a prince of the royal house of Georgia who had embraced the tenets of the Mahomedan religion in order to obtain the viceroyalty of his native country."
815:'s great-grandson, but he was assassinated in 1652 while hunting. Another candidate for the succession, Rostom's stepson Otia, also died young, in 1646. Only in 1653 was able Rostom to choose his successor. It was
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and working at the royal court as a servant. Daud Khan did not gain full power until 1569, after defeating anti-Iranian forces in
Georgia, and he spent much of his time before his ascension at the court of Shah
577:, where a royal council failed to find a common strategy: Teimuraz wanted to attack the Iranians directly, while Saakadze preferred to wait for them and confront them in an environment more favorable to the
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present and invited him to sit near him, beginning a close friendship between the two men. Saakadze's influence extricates Khosro-Mirza from his situation because the general treats him like a royal prince.
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family, also of
Georgian origin, who had dominated the Safavid court for years. Afterwards, he was sent to suppress the opposition of Georgians who had managed to unite the eastern regions of Kartli and
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Persian language and culture into Kartlian administration and daily life. As he had no children, Rostom intended to make the Imeretian prince
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and supervisor of imperial slaves, undertook the education of Khosro-Mirza around 1615, when he was already almost 50 years old. In 1618, he was appointed, under the protection of
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family. The wedding was celebrated in
Christian and Muslim rites and Ketevan added a Persian name, Guldukhtar. The marriage was childless and Ketevan died shortly thereafter.
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and worked in many small jobs to survive. This condition of poverty subsequently constituted one of the sources of his popularity as king among the country's peasant classes.
416:, making him a pretender to the throne, but this does not change the fact that Khosro becomes the legitimate heir to the Georgian throne for many influential people in the
789:, and patronised Christian culture. However, Islam and Persian habits predominated at his court. He ruthlessly crushed an opposition of local nobles, putting to death the
628:, Saakadze's rebels attacked Khosro-Mirza, who nevertheless emerged victorious from a quick and bloody battle, following which he temporarily established himself in
401:, took refuge in Iran and met the large Georgian community in the Iranian capital. During a banquet given in his honor, Saakadze spotted poor Khosro-Mirza among the
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his heir. The latter, however, was soon suspected to have been involved in a plot, and he had to return to his native
Imereti. In 1642, Rostom adopted his kinsman
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Georgian rebels, Mir Qassim Beg was appointed to replace him, solidifying Georgian power within the
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when the latter regained his throne after having been reconciled with Iran in 1602. During the latter's negotiations with
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463:. This position not only increased his influence with the imperial court, notably by bringing him closer to the young
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