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Mirimanidze The Mirimanidze ("sons of Miriman") were a Georgian noble family of Armenian ethnicity whose members rose in prominence in the service of Iran’s Safavid dynasty. Hailing from Somkhiti, the clan produced numerous high-ranking figures in the Safavid state, and especially flourished in the 17th century, during the reign of the kings Abbas I (r. 1588-1629), Safi (r. 1629-1648) and Suleiman I (r. 1646-1666). The complex identity of the family made then contemporary historians often describe the ethnic origins quite differently as compared to each other. In the later Safavid era, Husayn-Qoli Khan (Vakhtang VI of Kartli), the last Safavid "wali" (governor) of Georgia, confirmed the family as belonging to the "t'avadi" (upper class nobles).
Mirimanidze The Mirimanidze were originally hereditary Meliks of Somkhiti, a region nowadays located around the Armenian-Georgian borderlands. At the time, Somkhiti was located in the most southern part of Georgian Lower Kartli, and were therefore subjected to Safavid influence and rule from the latters' earliest days. Somkhiti originally meant "the place where the Armenians live", and in the 18th century, the termination was largely replaced with "Somkheti" (სომხეთი, ) as a Georgian exonym for Armenia. Armenians in general were (and are) referred to in Georgian as Somekhi (sing., სომეხი). The word "Mirimanidze" itself refers to Malek Miriman, who was permitted to rule Somkhiti by king (shah) Tahmasp I (r. 1514–1576). The family is therefore named after him.
Mirimanidze The first Safavid "gholam" of the family was Tahmaspqoli, who was titled "Anis al-Dowle", and was an influential Safavid official who served king Abbas I closely, though he had begun his service before Abbas I's reign. He was the uncle of the most prominent member of the family, Mirman Mirimanidze (also known as Safiqoli Khan), who was thus the grandson of Malek Miriman, the one whom the family was named after.
Mirimanidze With members of the Mirimanidze clan having returned to Christianity (Georgian Orthodox) from Shia Islam, they were included in the Treaty of Georgievsk (1783) as the Melikishvili. This guaranteed for their noble status later in the Russian Empire as the Melikovs along with a branch, the Loris-Melikovs (Armenian Apostolic).
Mirimanidze Though ethnically Armenian, numerous Safavid historians at the time (e.g. Parsadan Gorgijanidze, Fazli Khuzani, Molla Jalal, Arakel of Tabriz, Iskandar Beg Munshi) described the family's origins, and they did so quite differently and not unanimously as compared to each other. Iskander Beg attributed Georgian (Pers. "Gorji") roots to one member of the family (Mirman Mirimanidze), Molla Jalal called Tahmaspqoli (an uncle of Mirman Mirimanidze) as Armenian (Pers. "Armani"). Arakel of Tabriz, who was of Armenian origin himself referred to the Mirimanidzes as Georgian nobles, while Fazli Khuzani finally called Tahmaspqoli and his relatives as being either Georgian, Armenian or Kartlian (Pers. "Kartili"). This all to evidently illustrate the complex character of the family. Though the Mirimanidzes gained their status from the Safavids and were primarily known for their role in the Safavid ranks, they were also acknowledged as being one of the powerful noble families in the subordinate Kingdom of Kartli. The code of Vakhtang VI, the latter who was the last Safavid "wali" (governor) of Georgia, placed the family amongst the greatest nobles ("didebuli t'avadi") in the beginning of the 18th century. Prince Ioane, son of the last incumbent Georgian king of eastern Georgia (Giorgi XII, r. 1798-1800), gives a brief description regarding the history of various noble families hailing from Georgia. Regarding the Mirimanidze, he states;