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Shota Rustaveli

late 12th–early 13th century · 13th century

Shota Rustaveli was a Georgian poet of the late 12th and early 13th centuries, author of the epic The Knight in the Panther's Skin. He is thought to have served at the court of Queen Tamar, possibly as treasurer, and tradition says he ended his life at the Georgian Monastery of the Cross in Jerusalem, where a fresco portrait of him survives.

Shota Rustaveli
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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Shota Rustaveli. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/shota-rustaveli
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