Ishkhanik of Hereti

King of Hereti

Ishkhanik
იშხანიკი

King of Hereti
Reign| 943 – c. 962
Predecessor| Adarnase
Successor| John

Dynasty| Arranshahik
Father| Adarnase
Mother| Dinar
Religion| Eastern Orthodox Church

Ishkhanik (Georgian: იშხანიკი), ruler of Hereti, was the son and successor of Adarnase Patrikios. His mother was Queen Dinar, sister of Grand Magister Gurgen IV, Prince of Klarjeti (c. 918–941).

Under Ishkhanik's reign Hereti was forced to recognize the supremacy of the stronger neighbour, Principality of Daylam, ruled by the Sallarid dynasty (Iranian Azerbaijan).

According to The Georgian Chronicles, Queen Dinar, during the reign of her son Ishkhanik, converted Hereti to the Georgian Orthodox Church.[1]

In 950, he took advantage of the bitter power struggle in the Sallarid state, and ceased to pay tribute effectively restoring his independence. Ishkhanik recovered his authority over several fortresses in Kakheti, the latter was weakened after the devastating Sajid invasion.

King Ishkhanik and Queen Dinar participated in the ceremony organized on the occasion of the election of the new Catholicos of Albania in 962.[2]

## References

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1. ^ Əliyev Şirinbəy Hacıəli oğlu (2007). Şimal-Qərbi Azərbaycan: ingiloylar: I kitab: Ən qədim zamanlardan XIII əsrin ortalarınadək (PDF) (in Azerbaijani). Təhsil. p. 92.
2. ^ Г. М. Григорян. (1972). "Новонайденные надписи Ваанаванка" (PDF). Ист.-филол. журн. (in Russian): 223.

## Sources

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* Papuashvili T. (1970), Problems of the history of Hereti, Tbilisi
* Papuashvili T., Georgian Soviet Encyclopedia, V, p. 288, Tbilisi, 1980

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Adarnase

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John

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