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The Georgian Chronicle

The Georgian Chronicle, in 44 searchable and bookmarked pdf pages. The Chronicle was written in Georgian in separate sections by several individuals between the 6-13th centuries. Sometime in the late 12th or early 13th centuries, an unknown cleric translated or abridged the then-extant Chronicle into Classical Armenian. It is this medieval Armenian rendering which is translated here. The Chronicle describes the history of Iberia/Georgia, Armenia's northern neighbor, from legendary times to the 12th century, and is a rich source of unique information on such topics as Caucasian ethnography, Armeno-Georgian relations, the history of Iran, the history of the Jewish community of Georgia and its role in the Christianisation of the country; the birth of Islam, and the coming of the Saljuqs. Translated into English by Robert Bedrosian from the Classical Armenian (grabar) text of Venice, 1884. A multilingual HTML version, maps, chronological tables, and the grabar text appear as attachments to this document. The English translation was issued first as a book (New York, 1991). Subsequently (1996) it was placed online as HTML files. The present searchable pdf edition adds a Table of Contents

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