{{Infobox monarch | name =Manuchar I Jaqeli | title = | image = | caption = | reign =1515–1518 | coronation = | full name = | predecessor =[[Mzetchabuk Jaqeli|Mzetchabuki]] | successor =[[Qvarqvare III Jaqeli|Qvarqvare III]] | succession = Atabeg of [[Samtskhe-Saatabago|Samtskhe]] | dynasty =[[Jaqeli]] | father =[[Qvarqvare II Jaqeli]] | issue = | birth_date =1452 | birth_place = | death_date = after 1518 | death_place = | religion =[[Georgian Orthodox Church|Orthodox Christianity]] |}} '''Manuchar I Jaqeli''' ({{lang-ka|მანუჩარ I ჯაყელი}}) (1452 – died after 1518) was a Prince and [[Atabeg]] of [[Samtskhe-Saatabago]] from 1515 to 1518. He was a member of the [[Jaqeli]] family and youngest son of [[Qvarqvare II Jaqeli]]. After his older brother [[Mzetchabuk Jaqeli|Mzetchabuk's]] abdication Manuchar started an uprising against his nephew [[Qvarqvare III Jaqeli|Qvarqvare]], the son of [[Kaikhosro I Jaqeli|Kaikhosro I]]. Manuchar's revolt finished successfully and he ascended to the Meskhetian throne. During his brief reign Manuchar sent many gifts to the [[List of sultans of the Ottoman empire|Ottoman sultan]] [[Selim I]] and claimed himself as an admirer of Ottomans. In 1518 the new revolt started. Prince [[Qvarqvare III Jaqeli|Qvarqvare]] with the help of [[Safavid empire|Safavid]] troops attacked [[Samtskhe-Saatabago|Samtskhe]]. Manuchar was overthrown and Qvarqvare became the new ruler of Meskheti. After this Manuchar asked his suzerain [[Selim I|Sultan Selim]] for help. Sultan gave him the huge army. He had tried to restore himself as Atabeg, but was defeated by Qvarqvare's forces at the battle near [[Erzurum]]. Manuchar Jaqeli escaped to the [[Ottoman Empire]] and lived there until his death. <ref>[[Georgian Soviet encyclopedia]], volume 6, page 658, Tbilisi, 1983</ref> Nothing is known about his later life and descendants.
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