Mamiya III Gurieli

In 1689, at the request of the Gurians, the Akhaltsikhe Pasha Yusuf Pasha sent Mamiya Gurieli to Guria . Mamiya Gurieli arrived in Guria and occupied the princely throne. Mamia Gurieli married Elena, daughter of Prince George Abashidze .

In 1701, Prince Mamia Gurieli decided to raise Tsar Simon, son of Alexander IV, to the imperial throne in Imereti. The nobles George Abashidze and George Lipartiani gathered an army and invited Mamia Gurieli to kill Simon. But Mamia Gurieli refused to participate in the murder, but allowed the nobles to do it themselves. The Imereti king Simon was killed by a shot from a gun. After the death of Simon, Mamia Gurieli was elected the new king of Imereti . The Kartlian king Heraclius I gathered an army and entered Imereti to punish the murderers of Simon. However, George Abashidze agreed with the lords of Heraclius, who convinced him to return to Kartli . However, Mamia Gurieli ruled only his Gury principality and was formally considered the king of Imereti . All royal incomes and possessions were used by George Abashidze and his daughter, Queen Tamara.

In 1702, Mamiya Gurieli abandoned the royal throne and left for Guria. The Imereti king George VII , who was at enmity with Abashidze , made a punitive campaign against Mamiya Gurieli. Mamiya Gurieli was unable to repel the enemy attack. George ravaged Guria and returned to Imereti .

In 1711, the Imereti nobles again set Prince Mamiya Gurieli on the royal throne. Having occupied the Imereti throne, Mamia Gurieli appointed his son George Gurieli as prince in Guria. King of Imereti George VII retired to Kartli , where in Gori he was received with honor by King Vakhtang VI . From there, George went to Samtskhe , where he was received by the Atabeg Isak Pasha, who agreed to render him military assistance in the fight against Mamiya Gurieli .

In the summer of 1712, Tsar George with an auxiliary army entered Imereti and entered Argveti. Mamiya Gurieli with an army came out of Kutaisi to protect Argveti . At the Battle of Chari, Mamiya Gurieli was defeated and fled to Racha.

In 1713, Mamiya Gurieli entered into an agreement with the princes Dadiani , Eristavi and Abashidze against the Imereti king George. At the Battle of Okrib, the Allies defeated the Tsar’s army. King of Imereti George VII fled to Kartli . Here he was received with honors by King Vakhtang VI , and from there he retired to Akhaltsikhe . Mamiya Gurieli for the third time occupied the Imereti royal throne, but died in January of the following 1714 .

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