Shahnshah II Zakarian Շահնշահ Բ Զաքարյան | |
Parents: | Ivane II Zakarian |
Office1: | Amirspasalar |
Successor1: | Qvarqvare I Jaqeli |
Office2: | Atabeg |
Successor2: | Sargis II Jaqeli |
Predecessor2: | Khutlubuga |
Termend2: | 1306 |
Termstart2: | 1294 |
Termend1: | 1310 |
Termstart1: | 1290 |
Spouse: | Kuandze |
Shahnshah II Zakarian was a member of the Armenian Zakarid dynasty, and a Court official of the Kingdom of Georgia, holding the office of amirspasalar (Commander-in-Chief) and atabeg (Governor General) of Georgia.
He was the son of Ivane II Zakarian and grandson of Shahnshah Zakarian, he was one of the active participants in the political events of that time. He was an apostle to Beka I Jaqeli, so that he could send the Prince George (the future George V) to be brought up with him. The chronicler mentions Shahnshah a member of the Mongol punitive expedition against King David VIII. "Atabeg-Amirspasalar Shahansha" is mentioned in one of the Armenian inscriptions of 1310 AD, and only as Atabeg in the Georgian-language epitaph on the tombstone of his brother, Atabeg Vahram.
The wife of Shahnshah II Zakarian was named Kuandze and was the daughter of the Armenian Princes Khoshak and Shams al-Din Juvayni, an Il-Khanid Sahib Divan, "the highest ranking officials in the hierarchical system of the II-khanid state", responsible for finance.[1] [2] Khuandze is known from an inscription at Ani, on the mosque Abul Mā’maran.[1]
Kuandze is also known from an inscription at the Church of the Holy Apostles at Ani: