Adarnase of Abkhazia

Adarnase ადარნასე
King of Abkhazia
Reign	887 – 893
Predecessor	John
Successor	Bagrat I
Spouse	A daughter of Guaram Mampali
Dynasty	Shavliani
Religion	Georgian Orthodox Church

Adarnase Shavliani (Georgian: ადარნასე შავლიანი) was the King of Abkhazia between 880 and 887. He succeeded his father, the usurper John Shavliani, to the throne but was deposed and put to death by Bagrat I, the son of Demetrius II.^[1]

The name Adarnase derives from Middle Persian Ādurnarsēh, with the second component of the word (Nase) being the Georgian attestation of the Middle Persian name Narseh, which ultimately derives from Avestan nairyō.saŋya-.^[2] The Middle Persian name Narseh also exists in Georgian as Nerse.^[2] The name Ādurnarsēh appears in the Armenian language as Atrnerseh.^[3]

See also

• Divan of the Abkhazian Kings

References

1. Rayfield, Donald (2013). Edge of Empires: A History of Georgia. Reaktion Books. p. 66. ISBN 978-1-78023-070-2.
2. Chkeidze, Thea (2001). "GEORGIA v. LINGUISTIC CONTACTS WITH IRANIAN LANGUAGES". Encyclopaedia Iranica, Vol. X, Fasc. 5. pp. 486–490.
3. Rapp, Stephen H. Jr (2014). The Sasanian World through Georgian Eyes: Caucasia and the Iranian Commonwealth in Late Antique Georgian Literature. Routledge. p. 335. ISBN 978-1-4724-2552-2.

Preceded by John Shavliani

King of Abkhazia 880–887/888

Succeeded by Bagrat I