13. სოფელი ზედსოფელი, ექვემდებარება ქვემო აჭარას. ზაქარია ძე ქარანიასი / ზაქარია ძე მამიასი / ბაბუნა ძე მისი / მახარობელ ძე სარქისისა / თედორე ძმა მისი / ჯამი 5000 / ისფენჯი - 5 კაცი, 125
(1566–74; the Zesopeli household list, with no Beridze in it)
rendering, not the wording of the record
13. Village of Zedsopeli, under Lower Adjara. Zakaria son of Karania / Zakaria son of Mamia / Babuna his son / Makharobel son of Sarkis / Tedore his brother / total 5000 / ispenji (tax) - 5 men, 125
Claims
- B-307 refuted contradicts
"Beridzes are in the 16th-century Adjara defters, misrecorded as given names"
No secure Beridze household exists in the published Adjara defters. Only ბერული, ბერუკი, თავბერი — and -ული may be a nisba, not a truncated surname.
- B-308 refuted contradicts
"Beridzes have lived in Adjara since the 1500s"
Beyond the evidence. What is supported: ber-named Christian households in the Acharistsqali valley in the 1560s, and a very large Beridze population there by the 19th century.
Beridze, a history of the surname · Passage A.32c · beridze.info/en/passages/a-32c · Source: https://dspace.nplg.gov.ge/bitstream/1234/161367/5/Acharis_Livis_Vrceli_Da_Mokle_Davtrebi_2011 (Gateqstebuli).pdf (accessed 2026-10-01)a-32c · last updated 2026-10-01 · send a correction