About Jesse of Kakheti
Lived 1550 – 1615 (aged 64–65). Jesse of Kakheti was a monarch.
Jesse or Isā Khān (; ), of the Bagrationi dynasty, was a Safavid-appointed ruler of Kakheti in eastern Georgia from 1614 to 1615.
Biography Jesse was a son of Crown Prince George, himself a son of King Alexander II of Kakheti, by his first wife, a daughter of Adi Korklu Bey I, Sultan of Elisu. Held as a political hostage by Abbas I of Persia, he was converted to Islam and brought up at the shah’s court in Isfahan. In 1614, when Abbas I's armies overrun Kakheti, the king Teimuraz I had to flee to western Georgia (Kingdom of Imereti). Abbas appointed his loyal vassal, Isā Khān, as a governor of the region, but he failed to gain a foothold there.
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Who was Jesse of Kakheti?
king of Kakheti (Georgia) from 1614 to 1615
When was Jesse of Kakheti born?
Jesse of Kakheti was born in 1550.
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Jesse of Kakheti died on 15 September 1615.
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Jesse of Kakheti was a monarch.
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