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16th c. · fl. 1581

Davit Beridze

დავით ბერიძე

First of three musketeers of Jilavi in Kavtiskhevi granted a tax exemption by King Svimon I on 8 Aug. 1581; the Persian text of the bilingual grant adds that Davit held it with two brothers. The Georgian koronikon is miswritten; the Hijri date fixes the year. Original in the National Archives, 1448-5510. sweep 2 m31

Passage

ჩუენთა ერთგულთა ყმათა, კავთისხეველთა ჯილავის მეთოფეთა: ბერიძეს დავითს, იმნაძეს ზურაბს და მირიანისძეს იოვანეს.

rendering, not the wording of the record

To our faithful serfs (qma), the Kavtiskhevi musketeers (metopeni) of the jilavi [?]: Beridze Davit, Imnadze Zurab and Mirianisdze Iovane.

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Primary sources

CiteBeridze, a history of the surname · Davit Beridze · https://beridze.info/en/people/davit-beridze-1581/ (accessed 2026-09-30)

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