Kaikhosro of Kartli
Georgian titular king of Kartli (1674–1711)
Kaikhosro (Georgian: ქაიხოსრო; 15 April 1674 – 27 September 1711), of the Bagrationi dynasty, was a titular king (a Persian-appointed wali) of Kartli, eastern Georgia, from 1709 to 1711. He reigned in absentia since he served during the whole of this period as a Persian commander-in-chief in what is now Afghanistan.
Biography
Kaikhosro was born on 15 April 1674. He was the eldest son of Prince Levan, and accompanied his father during the service in the Safavid Empire. Since 1703, Kaikhosro himself served on high posts in the Persian administration, including being a darougha (prefect) of the capital city of Isfahan and a naib (deputy) to the divanbeg (chief justice). On the death of his uncle, George XI, in 1709, he was confirmed as a wali/king of Kartli and a sipah-salar (commander-in-chief) of the Persian armies in what is now Afghanistan, and granted Tabriz and Barda in possession. He spent the whole of this period in the field, and Kartli was administered by his brother Vakhtang.
In November 1709, Kaikhosro led a new Persian–Georgian army, supported by contingents from Khorasan, Herat, and Kerman, against the Afghans after Gurgin Khan was assassinated by Mir Wais Hotak, a rebel chieftain of the Ghilzai tribe. Kaikhosro's efforts to take Kandahar, however, were in vain. A fragile truce ensued, but in the summer of 1711 the hostilities resumed.
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