Vakhushti | |
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Born | 1696 Tbilisi, Kingdom of Kartli, Safavid Empire |
Died | 1757 Moscow, Russian Empire |
Burial | |
Spouse | Mariam Abashidze |
Dynasty | Bagrationi dynasty |
Father | Vakhtang VI of Kartli |
Religion | Georgian Orthodox Church |
Vakhushti (Georgian: ვახუშტი; c. 1696 – 1757) was a Georgian royal prince (batonishvili), geographer, historian and cartographer. His principal historical and geographic works, Description of the Kingdom of Georgia and the Geographical Atlas, were inscribed on UNESCO's Memory of the World Register in 2013.[1]