Giorgi Saakadze, Georgian commander and politician (born 1570)

Giorgi Saakadze

Georgian politician and military commander (c.1570–1629)

Giorgi Saakadze was a Georgian politician and military commander who played an important but contradictory role in the politics of the early 17th-century Georgia. He was also known as the Grand Mouravi in Georgia, Mūrāv-Beg in Persia and Māūrāv-Hūn or Māġrāv-Bek in the Ottoman…