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amirspasalar
Sign in to savethumb|Khutlubuga was Amirspasalar for Georgia from 1270 to 1293. Church of the Holy Sign. [[Haghpat Monastery, southern wall. Late 13th century.]] Amirspasalar (, from , ) was the commander-in-chief of the medieval Georgian army and one of the highest officials of the Kingdom of Georgia, commonly rendered as "Lord High Constable" (and sometimes also as generalissimo) in English. It is composed of amir, an Arabic term meaning 'commander', 'governor', or 'prince'; and sipahsalar, from the Persian for 'army commander'.
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thumb|Khutlubuga was Amirspasalar for Georgia from 1270 to 1293. Church of the Holy Sign. [[Haghpat Monastery, southern wall. Late 13th century.]] Amirspasalar (, from , ) was the commander-in-chief of the medieval Georgian army and one of the highest officials of the Kingdom of Georgia, commonly rendered as "Lord High Constable" (and sometimes also as generalissimo) in English. It is composed of amir, an Arabic term meaning 'commander', 'governor', or 'prince'; and sipahsalar, from the Persian for 'army commander'.
The amirspasalar was a wartime supreme commander-in-chief of the royal armies, and the bearer of the state flag. Under Queen Tamar (r. 1184–1213), it was the third great office of the Georgian state, after King and atabek. The Institution of the Royal Court, most probably codified during the second reign of George V (1314–1346) defines the office as "an honorary vizier and the head of army".
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