Russian embassies to the Georgian kings, 1589-1605. Volume 1 / edited by W.E.D. Allen.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Allen, W. E. D. (William Edward David), 1901-

Belokurov, Sergei Alekseevich.

Mango, Anthony.

Series:

Works issued by the Hakluyt Society ; 2nd ser., 138.

Works issued by the Hakluyt Society ; 2nd ser., 138

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International relations.

Georgia (Republic)--Foreign relations--Russia.

Georgia (Republic).

Russia--Foreign relations--Georgia (Republic).

Russia.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (416 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

Farnham, Surrey, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The texts are edited with Introduction, Additional Notes, Commentaries and Bibliography by W. E. D. Allen, and translated by Anthony Mango. The main pagination is continuous with the next volume (Second series 139). This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1970.

Contents:

""Cover""; ""CONTENTS""; ""LIST OF MAPS""; ""LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS""; ""FOREWORD""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""NOTE ON TRANSLITERATION AND ON THE SPELLING OF PROPER NAMES""; ""ABBREVIATIONS""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""1. HISTORICAL BACKGROUND""; ""2. GEOGRAPHICAL BACKGROUND""; ""3. THE TEREK ROUTE THROUGH THE CAUCASUS""; ""4. 'THE FREE TEREK COSSACKS'""; ""5. 'TEREK-TOWN'""; ""6. THE TRIBES OF THE NORTHERN CAUCASUS: CIRCASSIANS AND KABARDANS""; ""7. THE CENTRAL CAUCASUS: OSETIANS, CHECHENS AND INGUSHES""; ""8. DAGHESTAN: KUMUKHS AND KUMYKS, KAYTAKHS AND AVARS""; ""9. THE GEORGIAN KINGDOMS""

""10. EARLY RELATIONS OF KAKHETI WITH RUSSIA""""11. SHIRVAN AND AZERBAIJAN: THE PERSIAN PRESENCE IN CAUCASIA""; ""THE TEXTS: PART I""; ""THE EMBASSY OF ZVENIGORODSKI AND ANTONOV (1589-90)""; ""1. INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE ROAD""; ""2. JOURNEY THROUGH KABARDA""; ""3. THE ROAD TO GREMI""; ""4. NEGOTIATIONS WITHKING ALEXANDER""; ""5. MATTERS TEMPORAL AND SPIRITUAL""; ""6. WORLD AFFAIRS AND THE FALCONER'S SON""; ""7. ARMOUR AND ARGAMAKS""; ""COMMENTARIES ON THE TEXT""; ""1. MONASTERIES AND CATHEDERALS IN AND AROUND MOSCOW ""; ""2. SOME RUSSIAN MILITARY AND ADMINISTRATIVE TERMS""

""3. RELIGEOUS CONTACTS BETWEEN RUSSIA AND GEORGIA""""4. THE KIZILBASHES""; ""5. RUSSIAN RELATIONS WITH THE CENTRAL ASIAN KHANATES""; ""6. THE RUSSIAN CONQUEST OF SIBIR""; ""7. THE TOWNS ALONG THE VOLGA ROUTE""; ""8. SHAH ABBAS AND HIS GEORGIAN CONNECTIONS""; ""9. DERBENT AND BAKU""; ""10. FURS, FISH TEETH AND CUIRASSES""; ""11. MURAT GIRAY""; ""12. THE PRINCELY FAMILIES OF KABARDA""; ""13. THE TERM KHOLOPY""; ""14. SHIKH MURZA OF THE OKOK AND 'THE LITTLE MOUNTAIN LANDS'""; ""15. METSK BATSK""; ""16. RELATIONS BETWEEN THE CIRCASSIANS AND THE CRIEAN KHANS""

""17. THE PERSONALITY OF SOLOKH OF LITTLE KABARDA""""18. THE ITINERARY OF THE AMASSADORS FROM SUNZHAFORT TO DARYAL""; ""19. THE DARYAL GORGE: ITS HISTORY AND TOPOGRAPHY""; ""20. (A) 'THE GREAT SETTLEMENT OF SONI AND THE MONASTERY OF THE IMMACULATE MOTHER OF GOD'""; ""20. (B) 'ARISTOP (ARISTOV) PRINCE OF SONI': NOTE ON THE ERISTAVS OF THE KSANI AND THE ARAGVI""; ""20. (C) 'SONI-LAND' (-SONSKAYA ZEMLYA): NOTE ON THE ETHNOLOGY OF THE ERISTAVATE OF ARAGVI""; ""21. THE RIVERS OF KAKHETI: THE ARAGVI, THE IORA (IORI) AND THE ALAZANI""; ""22. THE HORSES CALLED ARGAMAKS""

""23. ST GEORGE OF ALAVERDI""""24. THE SACRED DECORATIONS OF A GEORGIAN CHURCH (AM)""; ""25. THE TOWN OF KRYM = GREMI""; ""26. ON ROYAL FALCONS AND FALCONRY IN RUSSIA AND GEORGIA""; ""27. KING SIMON I OF KARTLI""; ""28. THE VILLIAGE OF TOG OR TORGA""; ""29. THE ORGANISATION OF THE KAKHIAN ARMY""; ""30. THE BANNER OF KISIK (G. KISIQI)""; ""31. THE TOWN OF ZAEM, ZAGEM, ZEGAN, ZAKAM""; ""32. GENZA AND ARESHI""; ""33. SOME CHURCHES AND BISHOPRICS OF KAKHETI""; ""34. THE ORIGIN OF THE NAME 'WHITE TSAR'""; ""35. THE TITLE 'KRYM-SHEVKAL'""; ""36. PRINCE SULIMAN""; ""37. GEORGIAN MERCHANTS ABROAD""

""38. THE IRON GATES OF DERBENT""

Notes:

Reprint of the 1970 publication.

"Texts translated by Anthony Mango."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-283-24744-5

9786613247445

1-4094-3246-7