Ishkhanik of Hereti

Ishkhanik Sumbatishvili (Georgian: იშხანიკი სუმბათიშვილი; died in 951) was a monarch of the Georgian Kingdom of Hereti during the 10th century. A member of the Sumbatishvili dynasty, founded by his father Adarnase as the senior branch of a powerful South Caucasian noble family, he succeeded his father in 943 and ruled jointly with his mother, Dinar. Together with Queen Dinar, Ishkhanik led Hereti out of the monophysite influence of Armenia and converted the kingdom to Georgian Orthodoxy. His eight-year reign was characterized by closer diplomatic relations with the Georgian Bagrationi dynasty and by a Muslim invasion launched by the Salarids, who temporarily reduced Hereti to vassal status before its liberation around 949.

Some historians identify Ishkhanik with the figure known as “Abulal,” who reportedly governed the region on behalf of Bagrat III of Georgia in 1010.