Kuji of Colchis
Kuji (Georgian: ქუჯი) (r. 325 BC - 280 BC) was a king and eristavi of Colchis.[1][2] During his reign his castle of Nokalakevi was built.[3]
Kuji aided Pharnavaz I of Iberia against the tyrannical ruler Azo.[4][5]
Pharnavaz subsequently deposed and killed Azo and Kuji recognized the authority of him and gave him the throne of Colchis.
According to The Georgian Chronicles:
You are son of the heads of Kartli, and you should reign over me, and your race should be here, and strength you should have, you are our Lord, and I shall be your servant.
შენ ხარ შვილი თავთა მათ ქართლისათა, და შენ გმართებს უფლობა ჩემი აწ ნუ შურობ ხუასტაგსა შენსა, რათა განვამრავლნეთ სპანი; და უკეთუ მოგუეცეს ძლევა, შენ ხარ უფალი ჩუენი და მე ვარ მონა შენი.[6]
Kuji eventually married Parnavaz's sister.[7] This marriage would produce the progeny of Kartam of Colchis.
References
- ^ Traditio, Johannes Quasten, Stephan Kuttner, p104
- ^ The Early State, Henri J. M. Claessen, Peter Skalnik, p263
- ^ From dynastic principality to imperial district, Kenneth Church, p102
- ^ Rapp, p. 276.
- ^ А.Ф. Смирдин, Библиотека для чтения, Volume 38, p87, г.1840
- ^ ქართლის ცხოვრება, ყაუხჩიშვილის რედაქცია, ტომი 1, განათლება, თბილისი, საქართველო 1955
- ^ Византийский временник, Volume 23 p158
Bibliography
- William Edward David Allen: A History of the Georgian People: From the Beginning Down to the Russian Conquest in the Nineteenth Century
- William Bayne Fisher: The Cambridge History of Iran