Principality of Abkhazia

Principality of Abkhazia
აფხაზეთის სამთავრო (Georgian)
Apkhazetis Samtavro (English)^[1] Аԥсны (Abkhaz)
Principality of Abkhazia აფხაზეთის სამთავრო (Georgian); Apkhazetis Samtavro (English) Аԥсны (Abkhaz)
1463–1864
	Top:; State flag (1770–1866); Bottom:; State flag (1808–1810) 18th-century coat of arms according to Vakhushti
	The Principality of Abkhazia (Abassia) in the 1850s
Status	Principality
Capital	Zupu(Lykhny); 43°09′N 40°37′E / 43.150°N 40.617°E
Official languages	Georgian(language of governance, literacy and culture)
Other languages	Abkhaz, Mingrelian
Prince;
• c.1451-1465 (first)	Rabia Sharvashidze
• 1823–1864 (last)	Mikhail Sharvashidze
Historical era	Early Modern Period
• Established	1463
• Disestablished	1864
	Map of the territory of Great and Small Abasia (Abkhazia) in 1808
Preceded by	Succeeded by
	Kingdom of Imereti
Russian Empire
Ottoman Empire

The Principality of Abkhazia (Georgian: აფხაზეთის სამთავრო, romanized: apkhazetis samtavro),(Abkhaz: Аԥсны аҳратәра) emerged as a separate feudal entity in the 15th-16th centuries, amid the civil wars in the Kingdom of Georgia that concluded with the dissolution of the unified Georgian monarchy. The principality retained a degree of autonomy under Ottoman and then Russian rule, but was eventually absorbed into the Russian Empire in 1864.

^ https://wikisource.orgview_html.php?sq=NATO&lang=en&q=აღწერა_ეგრისის_ქუეყანისა,_ანუ_აფხაზეთისა,_ანუ_იმერეთისა
^ Hoiberg, Dale H. (2010)
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^ Bondyrev, Igor (18 May 2015). The Geography of Georgia: Problems and Perspectives. Springer. p. 28. ISBN 978-3-319-05413-1.
^ Ronald, Suny (22 October 1994). The Making of the Georgian Nation, Second Edition. Indiana University Press. p. 321. ISBN 0-253-20915-3.
^ ^a ^b Khorava, Bezhan (2021-01-01). "ABKHAZIA FROM THE 16 TH CENTURY TO THE BEGINNING OF THE 19 TH CENTURY §1. Abkhazia in the 16 th -17 th Centuries". Why Abkhazia is Georgia. A True History.
^ "§12. Владетель Абхазии Келешбей Чачба". www.apsuara.ru. Retrieved 2024-04-01.

[1] ttps://wikisource.orgview_html.php?sq=NATO&lang=en&q=აღწერა_ეგრისის_ქუეყანისა,_ანუ_აფხაზეთისა,_ანუ_იმერეთისა

[EB-2] Hoiberg, Dale H. (2010)

[3] "Г. А. Дзидзария. Восстание 1866 года в Абхазии (Сух., 1955)". apsnyteka.org. Retrieved 2024-03-31.

[4] Bondyrev, Igor (18 May 2015). The Geography of Georgia: Problems and Perspectives. Springer. p. 28. ISBN 978-3-319-05413-1.

[5] Ronald, Suny (22 October 1994). The Making of the Georgian Nation, Second Edition. Indiana University Press. p. 321. ISBN 0-253-20915-3.

[:0-6] Khorava, Bezhan (2021-01-01). "ABKHAZIA FROM THE 16 TH CENTURY TO THE BEGINNING OF THE 19 TH CENTURY §1. Abkhazia in the 16 th -17 th Centuries". Why Abkhazia is Georgia. A True History.

[7] "§12. Владетель Абхазии Келешбей Чачба". www.apsuara.ru. Retrieved 2024-04-01.

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