Kuji of Colchis

Kuji (Georgian: ქუჯი) (r. 325 BC - 280 BC) was a king and eristavi of Colchis.[1][2] During his reign his castle of Nokalakevi was built.[3]

Kuji aided Pharnavaz I of Iberia against the tyrannical ruler Azo.[4][5]

Pharnavaz subsequently deposed and killed Azo and Kuji recognized the authority of him and gave him the throne of Colchis.

According to The Georgian Chronicles:

You are son of the heads of Kartli, and you should reign over me, and your race should be here, and strength you should have, you are our Lord, and I shall be your servant.

შენ ხარ შვილი თავთა მათ ქართლისათა, და შენ გმართებს უფლობა ჩემი აწ ნუ შურობ ხუასტაგსა შენსა, რათა განვამრავლნეთ სპანი; და უკეთუ მოგუეცეს ძლევა, შენ ხარ უფალი ჩუენი და მე ვარ მონა შენი.[6]

Kuji eventually married Parnavaz's sister.[7] This marriage would produce the progeny of Kartam of Colchis.

References
  1. Traditio, Johannes Quasten, Stephan Kuttner, p104
  2. The Early State, Henri J. M. Claessen, Peter Skalnik, p263
  3. From dynastic principality to imperial district, Kenneth Church, p102
  4. Rapp, p. 276.
  5. А.Ф. Смирдин, Библиотека для чтения, Volume 38, p87, г.1840
  6. ქართლის ცხოვრება, ყაუხჩიშვილის რედაქცია, ტომი 1, განათლება, თბილისი, საქართველო 1955
  7. Византийский временник, Volume 23 p158

Bibliography
  • William Edward David Allen: A History of the Georgian People: From the Beginning Down to the Russian Conquest in the Nineteenth Century
  • William Bayne Fisher: The Cambridge History of Iran
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