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Simon I of Kartli

1537–1611 · 16th century

Simon I was King of Kartli in eastern Georgia from 1556 to 1569 and again from 1578 to 1600. He resisted both Safavid Iran, which held him captive for nearly a decade, and the Ottoman Empire, fighting to keep his kingdom independent between them. Captured by the Ottomans in 1599, he died a prisoner in Istanbul in 1611.

Simon I of Kartli
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