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Manuchar, Prince of Abkhazia
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Manuchar I, or Manch I, was a prince of the Principality of Abkhazia from circa 1730 to 1757.
Biography
By birth member of the House of Sharvashidze, family that ruled Abkhazia for centuries, he was the eldest son of Hamid Bey Shirvashidze, Prince of Abkhazia (d. 1730).
Manuchar was forcefully deposed from the throne by Ottoman Turkey and sent into exile to that empire, where he converted to Islam together with his brothers Levan, Shirvan and Zurab.
His son, Kelesh Ahmed-Bey Sharvashidze, also became a ruling Prince in 1780.
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References
- Georgian State (Soviet) Encyclopedia. 1983. Book 10. p. 689.
- Lak'oba, S. (1999). 18th century-1917 in The Abkhazians; a handbook. Curzon Press, Richmond (England).
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