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Vakhushti of Kartli

1696 - 1757

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Vakhushti (Georgian: ვახუშტი; c. 1696 – 1757) was a Georgian royal prince (batonishvili), geographer, historian and cartographer. His principal historical and geographic works, Description of the Kingdom of Georgia and the Geographical Atlas, were inscribed on UNESCO's Memory of the World Register in 2013. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Vakhushti of Kartli is the 311th most popular historian (down from 246th in 2019), the 145th most popular biography from Georgia (down from 120th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Georgian Historian.

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Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Vakhushti of Kartli ranks 311 out of 561. Before him are Gerda Lerner, Filippo Baldinucci, Charles Barbier de Meynard, Émile Mâle, Yehuda Bauer, and Walter Laqueur. After him are Jean-Baptiste Du Halde, Marsyas of Pella, Jacob Theodor Klein, ʽAbd al-Qadir Badayuni, Pierre Vidal-Naquet, and Christopher Hill.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1696, Vakhushti of Kartli ranks 15. Before him are James Oglethorpe, Princess Antoinette of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Armand de Vignerot du Plessis, Christian August, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg, Johann Melchior Molter, and Marco Foscarini. After him are Francesca Cuzzoni, Eleonore Wilhelmine of Anhalt-Köthen, Maurice Greene, and Henry Home, Lord Kames. Among people deceased in 1757, Vakhushti of Kartli ranks 20. Before him are Antoine Pesne, Amursana, Kurt Christoph Graf von Schwerin, Edward Vernon, Maximilian Ulysses Browne, and Johann Samuel König. After him are Daniel Gran, René Louis de Voyer de Paulmy d'Argenson, Bulleh Shah, John Byng, and Colley Cibber.

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In Georgia

Among people born in Georgia, Vakhushti of Kartli ranks 145 out of 406. Before him are Alexander Khatisian (1874), Alimardan Topchubashov (1862), George the Hagiorite (1009), Filipp Makharadze (1868), Tengiz Sigua (1934), and Nana Jorjadze (1948). After him are Pharasmanes II of Iberia (100), Lev Knipper (1898), Shota Arveladze (1973), Tengiz Kitovani (1938), Mikheil Javakhishvili (1880), and Gregory of Tatev (1346).

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Among HISTORIANS In Georgia

Among historians born in Georgia, Vakhushti of Kartli ranks 3. Before him are Ivane Javakhishvili (1876), and Alexander Svanidze (1886). After him are Ekvtime Takaishvili (1863).

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