Russian embassies to the Georgian kings, 1589-1605. Volume 1 / edited by W.E.D. Allen.

Reprint of the 1970 publication.

"Texts translated by Anthony Mango."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Print version record.

Cover -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF MAPS -- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS -- FOREWORD -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- NOTE ON TRANSLITERATION AND ON THE SPELLING OF PROPER NAMES -- ABBREVIATIONS -- INTRODUCTION -- 1. HISTORICAL BACKGROUND -- 2. GEOGRAPHICAL BACKGROUND -- 3. THE TEREK ROUTE THROUGH THE CAUCASUS -- 4. 'THE FREE TEREK COSSACKS' -- 5. 'TEREK-TOWN' -- 6. THE TRIBES OF THE NORTHERN CAUCASUS: CIRCASSIANS AND KABARDANS -- 7. THE CENTRAL CAUCASUS: OSETIANS, CHECHENS AND INGUSHES -- 8. DAGHESTAN: KUMUKHS AND KUMYKS, KAYTAKHS AND AVARS -- 9. THE GEORGIAN KINGDOMS

10. early relations of kakheti with russia11. shirvan and azerbaijan: the persian presence in caucasia -- the texts: part i -- the embassy of zvenigorodski and antonov (1589-90) -- 1. instructions for the road -- 2. journey through kabarda -- 3. the road to gremi -- 4. negotiations withking alexander -- 5. matters temporal and spiritual -- 6. world affairs and the falconer's son -- 7. armour and argamaks -- commentaries on the text -- 1. monasteries and cathederals in and around moscow -- 2. some russian military and administrative terms

3. religeous contacts between russia and georgia4. the kizilbashes -- 5. russian relations with the central asian khanates -- 6. the russian conquest of sibir -- 7. the towns along the volga route -- 8. shah abbas and his georgian connections -- 9. derbent and baku -- 10. furs, fish teeth and cuirasses -- 11. murat giray -- 12. the princely families of kabarda -- 13. the term kholopy -- 14. shikh murza of the okok and 'the little mountain lands' -- 15. metsk batsk -- 16. relations between the circassians and the criean khans

17. the personality of solokh of little kabarda18. the itinerary of the amassadors from sunzhafort to daryal -- 19. the daryal gorge: its history and topography -- 20. (a) 'the great settlement of soni and the monastery of the immaculate mother of god' -- 20. (b) 'aristop (aristov) prince of soni': note on the eristavs of the ksani and the aragvi -- 20. (c) 'soni-land' ( -sonskaya zemlya): note on the ethnology of the eristavate of aragvi -- 21. the rivers of kakheti: the aragvi, the iora (iori) and the alazani -- 22. the horses called argamaks

23. st george of alaverdi24. the sacred decorations of a georgian church (am) -- 25. the town of krym = gremi -- 26. on royal falcons and falconry in russia and georgia -- 27. king simon i of kartli -- 28. the villiage of tog or torga -- 29. the organisation of the kakhian army -- 30. the banner of kisik (g. kisiqi) -- 31. the town of zaem, zagem, zegan, zakam -- 32. genza and areshi -- 33. some churches and bishoprics of kakheti -- 34. the origin of the name 'white tsar' -- 35. the title 'krym-shevkal' -- 36. prince suliman -- 37. georgian merchants abroad

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