| Teimuraz I | |
|---|---|
 Teimuraz I and his wife Khorashan. A sketch from the album of the contemporaneous Roman Catholic missionary Cristoforo Castelli | |
| King of Kakheti | |
| Reign | 1605–1616 1625–1633 1634–1648 |
| Predecessor | Constantine I of Kakheti |
| Successor | Archil of Imereti |
| King of Kartli | |
| Reign | 1625–1633 |
| Predecessor | Simon II of Kartli |
| Successor | Rostom of Kartli |
| Born | 1589 Iran[1] |
| Died | 1663 (aged 73–74)[2] Gorgan, Iran |
| Burial | |
| Spouse | Anna Gurieli Khorashan of Kartli |
| Issue | Prince Levan Prince Alexander Princess Tinatin Prince David of Kakheti Darejan of Kakheti, Queen of Imereti |
| Dynasty | Bagrationi dynasty |
| Father | David I of Kakheti |
| Mother | Ketevan the Martyr |
| Religion | Georgian Orthodox Church |
| Khelrtva |  |
Teimuraz I (Georgian: თეიმურაზ I) (1589–1663), of the Bagrationi dynasty, was a Georgian monarch (mepe) who ruled, with intermissions, as King of Kakheti from 1605 to 1648 and also of Kartli from 1625 to 1633. The eldest son of David I and Ketevan, Teimuraz spent most of his childhood at the court of Shah of Iran, where he came to be known as Tahmuras Khan. He was made king of Kakheti following a revolt against his reigning uncle, Constantine I, in 1605. From 1614 on, he waged a five-decade long struggle against the Safavid Iranian domination of Georgia in the course of which he lost several members of his family and ended his life as the Shah's prisoner at Astarabad at the age of 74.
A versatile poet and admirer of Persian poetry, Teimuraz translated into Georgian several Persian love-stories and transformed the personal experiences of his long and difficult reign into a series of original poems influenced by the contemporary Persian tradition.[3]
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