RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Luarsab II of Kartli

1592 - 1622

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Luarsab II the Holy Martyr (Georgian: ლუარსაბ II; 1592 – 21 June (O.S.), 1 July (N.S.), 1622) was a Georgian monarch who reigned as king (mepe) of Kartli (eastern Georgia) from 1606 to 1615. He was a member of the Bagrationi dynasty. Faced at various points with the powerful Ottoman and Persian empires, Luarsab ended up in exile with family relatives in Western Georgia. After the Persian shah Abbas I promised peace in return for Luarsab's surrender, the young king agreed with the hope of saving his kingdom from complete destruction. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Luarsab II of Kartli is the 2,447th most popular religious figure (down from 2,248th in 2019), the 324th most popular biography from Iran (up from 331st in 2019) and the 36th most popular Iranian Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Luarsab II of Kartli ranks 2,447 out of 3,187. Before him are Nafiʽ al-Madani, Konrad Krajewski, Joseph Barsabbas, Lal Shahbaz Qalandar, Jean-Baptiste Janssens, and John Wright. After him are Marie-Dominique Chenu, Thomas S. Monson, Seraphim Rose, Arsenie Boca, Marina Semyonova, and Peter of Bruys.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1592, Luarsab II of Kartli ranks 14. Before him are Jacques Callot, Peter Snayers, Gustav Horn, Count of Pori, Sophia Hedwig of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Catalina de Erauso, and Saib Tabrizi. After him are François le Métel de Boisrobert, Étienne Brûlé, Wang Shimin, and Thomas Ravenscroft. Among people deceased in 1622, Luarsab II of Kartli ranks 20. Before him are John Rolfe, Leandro Bassano, Sophie of Brandenburg, Michael Maier, Alof de Wignacourt, and Pedro Páez. After him are Squanto, and Khusrau Mirza.

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Luarsab II of Kartli ranks 324 out of 631. Before him are Kushyar Gilani (971), Mohsen Rezaee (1954), Navvab Safavi (1924), Alenush Terian (1921), Anousheh Ansari (1966), and Sadeq Khan Zand (1800). After him are Ivan Galamian (1903), Mirza Kuchik Khan (1880), Ariobarzanes of Persis (-368), Abdolkarim Soroush (1945), Jafar Sharif-Emami (1910), and Mahmoud Taleghani (1911).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Iran

Among religious figures born in Iran, Luarsab II of Kartli ranks 36. Before him are Abu Nu'aym al-Isfahani (948), Al-Qadi Abd al-Jabbar (935), Sadegh Khalkhali (1926), Mohammad Kazem Shariatmadari (1906), Suleiman II of Persia (1714), and Navvab Safavi (1924). After him are Hossein Wahid Khorasani (1921), Kazim Rashti (1793), and Fakhr-un-Nisa (1092).

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