Sargis Tmogveli

Sargis Tmogveli (Georgian: სარგის თმოგველი) or Sargis of Tmogvi was a 12th-13th century Georgian statesman and writer active during the reign of Queen Tamar (c. 1184-1213). Sargis, son of Varam, belonged to the Tmogveli branch of the powerful Mkhargrdzeli family and owned estates in Tmogvi.

Sargis Tmogveli
PredecessorVaram
SuccessorTaki ad-Din
Noble familyHouse of Tmogveli
FatherVaram Mkhargrdzeli

Tmogveli rendered the old Iranian love story Vīs and Rāmīn (written by Fakhruddin As'ad Gurgani) into Georgian prose; this Georgian version of the Persian original became known as Visramiani.[1][2]

Biography

During a revolt of Queen Tamar's disgraced husband, George the Rus', around 1191, Sargis was one of the few nobles who remained loyal to the queen. For this he was kindly rewarded; he was given Tmogvi to secure frontier borders in Javakheti. In 1195 he participated in the Battle of Shamkor. In the 1200s, Shalva and Sargis Tmogveli, commanded the Georgian troops during the victorious campaign against Kars. In 1203 he fought in a campaign in the country of Dvin.

References
  1. Giunashvili 2013.
  2. Gould 2018, p. 801.

Sources
  • Giunashvili, Jemshid (2013). "VISRAMIANI". Encyclopaedia Iranica.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Gould, Rebecca Ruth (2018). "Sweetening the Heavy Georgian Tongue: Jāmī in the Georgian-Persianate World". In d'Hubert, Thibaut; Papas, Alexandre (eds.). Jāmī in Regional Contexts: The Reception of ʿAbd al-Raḥmān Jāmī’s Works in the Islamicate World, ca. 9th/15th-14th/20th Century. Brill. ISBN 978-9004386600.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Shoshiashvili, N., Georgian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 4, p. 687-688. Tbilisi, 1979
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