# David XI > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/David_XI > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/David_XI.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_XI > Source revision: 1356287681 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Infobox royalty | name = David XI | succession = [King of Kartli](/source/List_of_Georgian_monarchs) | reign = 1569–1578 | predecessor = [Simon I](/source/Simon_I_of_Kartli) | successor = [Simon I](/source/Simon_I_of_Kartli) | spouse = Helen | issue = {{plainlist| * [Bagrat VII](/source/Bagrat_VII) * [Rostom](/source/Rostom_of_Kartli) ({{Abbr|ill.|illegitimate}})}} | issue-link = #Family | issue-pipe = Among others | dynasty = [Bagrationi](/source/Bagrationi_dynasty) | father = [Luarsab I](/source/Luarsab_I) | mother = [Tamar of Imereti](/source/Tamar_(daughter_of_Bagrat_III_of_Imereti)) | birth_date = 1540 | death_date = 1582 | religion = [Shia Islam](/source/Shia_Islam)
(formerly [Georgian Orthodox Church](/source/Georgian_Orthodox_Church)) }} '''David XI''' ({{lang-ka|დავით XI|tr}}; 1540–1582), also known as '''Daud Khan'''{{Sfn|Rayfield|2012|p=172}} ({{Langx|fa|داود خان|translit=Dāwūd Khān}}; {{Lang-ka|დაუთ-ხანი|tr|link=no}};) was [king](/source/List_of_monarchs_of_Georgia) (''[mepe](/source/mepe)'') of [Kartli](/source/Kingdom_of_Kartli). A convert to [Islam](/source/Islam), he was appointed as [Khan](/source/Khan_(title)) of Kartli by the [Persian](/source/Persian_Empire) [Shah](/source/Shah) [Tahmasp I](/source/Tahmasp_I) from 1562 (effectively from 1569) to 1578. ==Biography== David was a brother of the Kartlian king [Simon I](/source/Simon_I_of_Kartli), who led a long-lasting liberation war against the [Safavid Persian](/source/Safavid_Iran) and [Ottoman](/source/Ottoman_Empire) empires. In December 1561, David repaired to [Qazvin](/source/Qazvin) to offer his submission to Shah Tahmasp, converted to Islam and adopted the name of Daud Khan. The shah appointed him ruler in Kartli, elevated him to the rank of ''farzand'' ("son") at his investiture,{{sfn|Floor|2001|page=83}} and sent with a Persian army to claim the power. He may have been an unnamed Georgian prince reported by the English explorer [Anthony Jenkinson](/source/Anthony_Jenkinson) as attending his audience with Shah Tahmasp on 20 November 1562, but Daud appears to have been returned to Georgia in August 1562 and the Georgian prince of Jenkinson's report could have been another Georgian renegade, [Prince Jesse of Kakheti](/source/Prince_Jesse_of_Kakheti) (Isa Khan).{{sfn|Karchava|2018|pp=221–223}} Relying on the Persian occupation forces and a few loyal nobles, Daud was in control of the Georgian capital [Tbilisi](/source/Tbilisi) and the province of [Lower Kartli](/source/Lower_Kartli), while the rest of the kingdom remained faithful to Simon. The rival brothers met on the battlefield on several occasions. The hostilities took place mainly around Tbilisi, which was blockaded by Simon's forces from 1567 to 1569. Although the king won the battles at [Dighomi](/source/Battle_of_Digomi) (1567) and Samadlo (1569), the Persians eventually prevailed and took Simon captive at the [Battle of Partskhisi](/source/Battle_of_Partskhisi), 1569. He was sent in chains to the fortress of [Alamut](/source/Alamut), and Daud Khan assumed nominal control of all of Kartli. As previously, he relied on the Persians and paid an annual tribute to the Shah. A patriotic alliance of nobles led by Prince Sachino Baratashvili continued, however, resistance to the renegade Georgian ruler. [[File:Secaatname 0018 Capture of Tbilisi by the Ottomans in 21-24 August 1578. Secaatname (1586).jpg|thumb|upright=1.3|Capture of Tbilisi by the Ottomans in 21-24 August 1578, under [Osman Pasha](/source/%C3%96zdemiro%C4%9Flu_Osman_Pasha) and [Mustafa Pasha](/source/Lala_Mustafa_Pasha), following the departure of David XI ("Daud Khan") from the city, during the [Ottoman–Safavid War (1578–1590)](/source/Ottoman%E2%80%93Safavid_War_(1578%E2%80%931590)). ''[Secaatname](/source/Secaatname)'' (1586)]] In 1578, a peace between the Safavids and the Ottomans collapsed. The Turkish army commanded by [Lala Mustafa Pasha](/source/Lala_Mustafa_Pasha) overran much of Georgia and dislodged Daud Khan, who had burnt the citadel of Tbilisi and taken shelter at Lorri. The Shah presently freed Simon to fight against the Ottomans and reinstated him as king of Kartli. In retaliation, Daud Khan handed the control over Lorri to the Turks and fled to [Istanbul](/source/Istanbul), where he was welcomed and granted lordship over two [sanjak](/source/sanjak)s. His sons, Bagrat and Khosro, took shelter in Persia. During his stay in [Turkey](/source/Turkey), Daud Khan compiled two Ottoman-era medical treatises (''qarabadin'') and translated it into Georgian, sending a copy to his motherland. ==Family== David was married to Helen ({{floruit|1569–1578}}), a relative of King [Alexander II of Kakheti](/source/Alexander_II_of_Kakheti). They had the following children:{{cite book |last=Metreveli |first=Roin |title=ბაგრატიონები. სამეცნიერო და კულტურული მემკვიდრეობა |publisher=Neostudia |year=2003 |isbn=99928-0-623-0 |location=Tbilisi |page=576 |language=Georgian, English |trans-title=Scientific and Cultural Heritage of the Bagrationis}} * [Bagrat VII](/source/Bagrat_VII) (died 1619), King of Kartli ({{Reign|1616|1619}}); *Prince Luarsab;{{cite web |title=ლუარსაბ ბატონიშვილი |url=https://ka.rodovid.org/wk/Person:1154093 |access-date=26 April 2026 |website=Rodovid}} *An unnamed daughter, who married Prince Asanbeg (Kaikhosro) [Baratashvili](/source/Baratashvili); *An unnamed daughter, who married Prince Adam-Sultan [Andronikashvili](/source/Andronikashvili). Their daughter, Tamar, married [Luarsab](/source/Prince_Luarsab_of_Kartli_(died_1652)), heir-apparent of Kartli By a concubine, a peasant woman from [Tsavkisi](/source/Mtatsminda_District), David had a natural son: * [Rostom of Kartli](/source/Rostom_of_Kartli) (born Kaikhosro/Khosro-Mirza) (1565–1658), he was raised in Persia, served as a darugha of [Isfahan](/source/Isfahan) and later returned as King of Kartli ({{Reign|1633|1658}}). ==References== {{reflist}} ==Sources== * {{cite book|last1=Floor|first1=Willem|title=Safavid Government Institutions|date=2001|publisher=Mazda Publishers|location=Costa Mesa, California|isbn=978-1568591353}} * {{cite journal |last1=Karchava |first1=Tea |title=აღმოსავლეთში ინგლისელთა სავაჭრო და დიპლომატიური მიზნებისა და საქართველოს ისტორიის ზოგიერთი საკითხის დაზუსტებისთვის (ენტონი ჯენკინსონის რელაციონის მიხედვით) |journal=Proceedings. Institute of Georgian History. Faculty of Humanities. Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University |date=2018 |volume=14 |issue=14 |pages=206–232 |trans-title=England's commercial and diplomatic goals In the east and some issues of Georgian history (according to Anthony Jenkinson’s notes) |language=Georgian, English}} * {{Cite book |last=Rayfield |first=Donald |title=Edge of Empires: A History of Georgia |publisher=Reaktion Books |year=2012 |isbn=978-1-78023-070-2 |location=London}} {{S-start}} {{succession box | title = [King of Kartli](/source/List_of_the_Kings_of_Georgia) | before = [Simon I](/source/Simon_I_of_Kartli) | after = [Simon I](/source/Simon_I_of_Kartli) | years = 1569–1578 }} {{S-end}} {{Triarchy in Georgia}} {{DEFAULTSORT:David 11 Of Kartli}} Category:1579 deaths Category:16th-century people from Georgia (country) Category:Bagrationi dynasty of the Kingdom of Kartli Category:Converts to Shia Islam from Eastern Orthodoxy Category:Former Georgian Orthodox Christians Category:Shia Muslims from Georgia (country) Category:Safavid appointed kings of Kartli Category:1540 births Category:Safavid generals Category:16th-century people from Safavid Iran --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [David XI](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_XI) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_XI?action=history)). 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