Life of King of Kings Giorgi (Life of Kartli, text identified based on all key manuscripts by S. Kaukhchishvili, v. II, 1959)

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Author	Unknown Author (Life of King of Kings Giorgi)
Epoch	XIII c.
Work	Life of King of Kings Giorgi (Life of Kartli, text identified based on all key manuscripts by S. Kaukhchishvili, v. II, 1959)
Type	Prose
Quote	“Trustful [Giorgi III, E.K.] by mercy of All-mighty, as tells Iscander Macedonian’s history”. (pg. 7)
Term	Iscander Macedonian

Nike. Vani. II-I BC, Bronze, 22 x19 cm. The Georgian National Museum.

Comment	In K. Kekelidze’s opinion, “here the author means “Iscandernameh”, by Nizami Ganjavi, a fantasy story about Alexander Macedonian, written in imitation of Shahnameh (K.Kekelidze, “The History and Eulogy of Monarchs”, as the Literary Source, Tbilisi, 1938, pg. 146-148). In P. Ingorokhva’s opinion, this form comes from Iranian-Arabic text of Alexander of Macedon (P. Ingorokhva, Literary Legacy of Rustaveli Epoch, pg. 62-63).

Comment

In K. Kekelidze’s opinion, “here the author means “Iscandernameh”, by Nizami Ganjavi, a fantasy story about Alexander Macedonian, written in imitation of Shahnameh (K.Kekelidze, “The History and Eulogy of Monarchs”, as the Literary Source, Tbilisi, 1938, pg. 146-148).

In P. Ingorokhva’s opinion, this form comes from Iranian-Arabic text of Alexander of Macedon (P. Ingorokhva, Literary Legacy of Rustaveli Epoch, pg. 62-63).

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