Vezirishvili

The House of Vezirishvili (Georgian: ვეზირიშვილი) was a Georgian noble family, originally from Iran, which was incorporated into the Russian nobility in the 19th century.

Princes Vizirov in the Russian nobility book from 1892

History

Its founder accompanied Rostom Khan to Kartli and was confirmed in the princely rank in 1634. In the mid-18th century, the family converted to Georgian Orthodox Christianity. Their estates lay in the province of Shida Kartli. The Princes Vezirishvili were listed among the Georgian nobility in a special document attached to the Russo-Georgian Treaty of Georgievsk of 1783. After the Russian takeover of Georgia, the family was received into Russian nobility as Knyaz Vizirov (Князья Визировы) in 1828.^[1][2][3]