Durdzuks

The Durdzuks (Georgian: დურძუკები) erroneously known as Dzurdzuks was a Georgian name from The Georgian Chronicles used to describe the people in the North Caucasus, possibly the Nakh peoples.

According to the Georgian royal annals:

“ ხოლო შვილთა ზედა კავკასისთა იყო უფალ დურძუკ, ძე ტირეთისი.
And as for upon the sons of Caucasus there was a lord Durdzuk, son of Tiretis.[1]		 ”
“ ხოლო დურძუკ, რომელი უწარჩინებულეს იყო შვილთა შორის კავკასისთა, მივიდა და დაჯდა ნაპრალსა შინა მთისასა, და უწოდა სახელი თჳსი დურძუკეთი.
And as for this Durdzuk, who was one of the most honorable sons of the Caucasus, came and set at the mountains, and gave it the name of his as Durdzuketi.[2]		 ”

Durdzuks allied themselves with Georgia, and helped the first Georgian king Pharnavaz I of Iberia consolidate his reign against his unruly vassals. The alliance with Georgia was cemented when King Pharnavaz married a Durdzuk girl.

“ და მოიყვანა ცოლი დურძუკელთა, ნათესავი კავკასისი.
And married he [Pharnavaz] a Durdzuk wife, a relative of the Caucasus.[3]		 ”

See also

References

  1. ↑ Georgian royal annals, Life of Kartli, 2-20
  2. ↑ Georgian royal annals, Life of Kartli, 2-23
  3. ↑ Georgian royal annals, Life of Kartli, 3-47

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