Prince Vakhushti of Kartli

Vakhushti
Born1696 (1696)
Tbilisi, Kingdom of Kartli, Safavid Empire
Died1757 (aged 60–61)
Moscow, Russian Empire
Burial
Donskoy Monastery
SpouseMariam Abashidze
DynastyBagrationi dynasty
FatherVakhtang VI of Kartli
ReligionGeorgian Orthodox Church

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.

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