# Amirejibi

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{{Short description|Georgian family}}
thumb|Coat of arms of Princes Amirejibi
The '''House of Amirejibi''' ({{lang-ka|ამირეჯიბი}}) is a [Georgian](/source/Georgia_(country)) family, formerly a prominent noble house, which branched off the [House of Palavandishvili](/source/Palavandishvili) and rose in prominence in the late 14th century. The family name comes from a Georgian courtier title of ''amirejibi'' (derived from [Arabic](/source/Arabic_language): ''[amir](/source/amir)'', أمير + ''[hajib](/source/hajib)'', الحاجب) that was hereditary in one of the Palavandishvili lines and roughly corresponded to the office of [Lord Great Chamberlain](/source/Lord_Great_Chamberlain).

==History==
The Amirejibi were in the immediate circles of the ruling [Bagrationi dynasty](/source/Bagrationi_dynasty). For example, King [Constantine I of Georgia](/source/Constantine_I_of_Georgia) ([r.](/source/reign) 1405–1412) married Natia, daughter of [Kutsna Amirejibi](/source/Kutsna_Amirejibi), sometime [ambassador](/source/ambassador) to [Constantinople](/source/Constantinople). After the [fragmentation of the Kingdom of Georgia](/source/fragmentation_of_the_Kingdom_of_Georgia) into three independent kingdoms ([Kartli](/source/Kartli), [Kakheti](/source/Kakheti), and [Imereti](/source/Imereti)), the family was confirmed in princely dignity by King [Luarsab II of Kartli](/source/Luarsab_II_of_Kartli) in 1613. After the [Russian](/source/Russian_Empire) [annexation](/source/annexation) of Georgia, the family was enlisted among the Russian noble houses as Princes '''Amiredzhibi''' (Амирэджиби) or '''Amiredzhibov''' (Амиреджибов) by the [Tsar](/source/Tsar)’s decree of February 2, 1824.<ref>[Toumanoff, Cyril](/source/Toumanoff%2C_Cyril) (1963), ''Studies in Christian Caucasian History'', p. 270. [Georgetown University Press](/source/Georgetown_University_Press)</ref><ref>{{efron|Амиреджибовы}}</ref>

==See also==
*[Chabua Amirejibi](/source/Chabua_Amirejibi), Georgian novelist and Soviet-era dissident
*[Sophia Amirajibi](/source/Sophia_Amirajibi), Georgian translator of poetry
*[Tengiz Amirejibi](/source/Tengiz_Amirejibi), Georgian pianist

==References==
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==External links==
* {{Commons category-inline|House of Amirejibi}}

Category:Noble families of Georgia (country)
Category:Nobility of Georgia (country)
Category:Surnames
Category:Georgian-language surnames

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