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father's death, Bega defected from David VI, reconciled with the
Mongols, and was made by David VII the successor to the titles of his father. According to the Georgian chronicles, the Mongols called him Salin-Beg, that is, "the Good Bega". He was succeeded by his elder son, Hamada. Bega's another son, Rati II, was a companion of
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and accompanied him in his travel to the court of the Great Khan to obtain recognition as king of
Georgia in 1242. He was active in the politics of Georgia during the diarchy of David VI and David VII from 1247 to 1259 and joined David VI in a revolt from the Mongol overlordship in 1259. On his
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Bega I Surameli (ბეგა სურამელი; also known as Beka or
Beshken) was the first known member of the family, serving under George III during the victorious expedition against the Shaddadid dynasty of Ani in 1161. His service was rewarded by the king with the village of Suelneti in Kartli, which his
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of Kartli, apparently after
Liparit Orbeli was dispossessed of the rank following the rebellion against George III in 1177. He is first mentioned in a document dated to 1170. Rati is known as a benefactor to the monasteries of Mghvime and
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in Iran in 1256 and remained loyal to the
Mongols even when David VII took up arms against them in 1259. Grigol had a son, Bega II, who succeeded to his titles, and a daughter, Khatuta, who married the chief royal treasurer Kakha Toreli.
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c. 1302. Hamada is the last known
Surameli to have been in possession of his family's hereditary offices. With him, the house of Surameli virtually disappears from the records. There is only a bypassing reference to a certain Surameli,
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256:. The church of Dormition in Vardzia was frescoed on Rati's commission and features his fresco depiction alongside those of his royal suzerains, George III and Tamar. Rati was succeeded as the
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1250, Rati's grandson, Grigol, acceded to the dignity of the chief royal chamberlain, which also became hereditary in the family for nearly a century.
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Surameli (გრიგოლ სურამელი; died c. 1260), the son and successor of Sula, was prominent in the politics of Georgia during the advent of the
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in the Mongol campaigns. Bega also had the third son, Mikel, and a daughter, Khuashak, who married the influential nobleman Bedan
Dadiani.
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The origin of the
Surameli family has not been fully elucidated. Their surname derives from a territorial epithet, meaning "of/from
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to the throne of
Georgia during the interregnum of 1245–1247 and succeeded to the royal chamberlainship of Georgia on the death of
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monastery. Bega's wife Khuashak Tsokali was one of the two female dignitaries who negotiated on behalf of George III's successor,
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Hamada Surameli (ჰამადა სურამელი), a son and successor of Bega II, was a loyal courtier and commander of the king
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Rati I Surameli (რატი სურამელი), the son of Bega, was the first of the family to have attained to the title of
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of Kartli, succeeding to that office on the downfall of the Orbeli clan in 1177. Under King
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Bega II Surameli (ბეგა სურამელი; born c. 1225), son of Grigol, was a close associate of
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family, c. 1250. He was among the Georgian auxiliaries during the Mongol siege of the
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Marie-Félicité Brosset's version of the genealogy of the Orbeli and Surameli (1851).
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in 1161. Bega's descendants appear, first with his son Rati, as the hereditary
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incursions in Kartli and laid siege to the Alan-occupied
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229:Kvatakhevi
181:George VII
133:Shaddadids
36:suramelebi
1180:490441312
926:626, n. 2
344:George VI
239:c. 1184.
183:c. 1405.
1193:ანამკი (
1146:(1888).
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791:Khuashak
298:Assassin
258:eristavi
249:eristavi
203:sharbush
173:eristavi
141:eristavi
45:eristavi
27:სურამელი
22:Georgian
18:Surameli
1211:(ed.).
1172:Pavnisi
1168:Павниси
774:Rati II
647:Khatuta
642:Bega II
309:Bega II
254:Vardzia
220:Vardzia
160:Dadiani
127:History
113:Pavneli
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372:Bega I
326:Hamada
302:Alamut
264:Grigol
243:Rati I
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156:Toreli
102:Siunia
86:Orbeli
74:Surami
60:Origin
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