Dmitry | |
Prince of Abkhazia | |
Reign: | 1821–1822 |
Full Name: | Dmitry Sharvashidze |
Predecessor: | Sefer Ali-Bey |
Successor: | Mikhail |
Royal House: | Sharvashidze |
Father: | Prince Giorgi Sharvashidze |
Mother: | Princess Tamara Dadiani |
Death Date: | 16 October 1822 |
Death Place: | Lykhny |
Dmitry Giorgievitch Sharvashidze, or Umar Bey (Abkhazian: Князь Омарбеи Сафарбеи-иԥа Шарвашидзе-Чачба), was briefly the Prince of Abkhazia in 1821–1822. He was a colonel in the Russian army. He converted to Christianity and was baptised into the Orthodox faith under the name of Dmitry.
He succeeded as the Prince of Abkhazia on the death of his father, February 7 (or November 13) 1821. He was poisoned at Lykhny by Urus Lakoba, October 16, 1822.