Atabegs of Samtskhe

thumb|Badr al-Din Lu'lu' was atabeg for the [[Zengid dynasty from 1211 to 1234. Kitāb al-aghānī fronstispiece, Mosul, 1218–1219. Vol IV. Cairo, Egyptian National Library, Ms Farsi 579]] Atabeg, Atabek, or Atabey is a hereditary title of nobility of Turkic origin, indicating a governor of a nation or province who was subordinate to a monarch and charged with raising the crown prince. The first instance of the title's use was with early Seljuk Turks who bestowed it on the Persian vizier Nizam al-Mulk. It was later used in the Kingdom of Georgia, first within the Armeno-Georgian family of Mkhargr

The Samtskhe-Saatabago or Samtskhe Atabegate (), also called the Principality of Samtskhe (სამცხის სამთავრო), was a Georgian feudal principality in Zemo Kartli, ruled by an atabeg (tutor) of Georgia for nearly three and a half centuries, between 1268 and 1625. Its territory consisted of the modern-day Samtskhe-Javakheti region and the historical region of Tao-Klarjeti.

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ruling prince (mtavari) of Samtskhe in the Kingdom of Georgia

atabeg of Samtskhe

prince of Samtskhe

prince of Samtskhe

atabeg of the Principality of Samtskhe (1523-1573)

Georgian noble

Georgian prince (mtavari) and ruler of Principality of Samtskhe

atabeg of Samtskhe

atabeg of Samtskhe

atabeg of Samtskhe

member of Georgian nobility and Atabeg of Samtskhe-Saatabago

atabeg of Samtskhe

atabeg of Samtskhe

atabeg of Samtskhe