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Aghsartan I of Kakheti
Aghsartan I was king of Kakheti and Hereti in eastern Georgia from 1058 to 1084. Faced with the Seljuk invasions, he submitted to Sultan Alp Arslan in 1068 and outwardly converted to Islam to keep his throne, while competing with the kings of Georgia for border lands.
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