From the history of the origin of the Abkhaz family of the Princes of the Kartli-Kakheti kingdom

Based on the historical sources of the study, it is established that one of the noble surnames of the Kingdom of Kartli-Kakheti - Prince Abkhazi (აფ­ხა­ზი­/აბ­ხაზი) is from one of the historical regions of West Georgia - Abkhazia (აფ­ხა­ზე­თი/Abkhazeti). They represent the branch of one of the noble surnames of Ab­k­ha­zia - Ancha­ba­d­ze/Achba (ანჩაბაძე, აჩბა), the founder of which was established in Kakheti (East Georgia), in particular, in the village of Kardenakhi (კარდენახი) in the middle of the XVII century. In the paper, on the basis of the historical-comparative method and the cyclical stu­dy of sources, Georgian historical documents dated from the XVII-XX centuries, in which the representatives of this lineage are mentioned, are analyzed. It is esta­bli­shed that this surname has given Georgia many worthy ancestors. As a result of the political processes developed in Georgia since the twenties of the 20th century, ma­ny representatives of the Abkhaz family were forced to leave their homeland and mo­ve abroad, currently only three families of this family live in Georgia.