Vakhushti of Kartli

Vakhushti
Born1696
Tbilisi, Kingdom of Kartli, Safavid Empire
Died1757
Moscow, Russian Empire
Burial
SpouseMariam Abashidze
DynastyBagrationi dynasty
FatherVakhtang VI of Kartli
ReligionGeorgian 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]

  1. ^ "Description of Georgian Kingdom and the Geographical Atlas of Vakhushti Bagrationi". Memory of the World Register. UNESCO. Retrieved 31 August 2013.