Misimians Explained

Group:Misimians
Regions:Northwestern part of the Caucasian Ridge

Misimians (Μισιμιανοί) were a tribe in the western Caucasus living in the mountainous side of South Caucasus, north of Sokhumi.[1]

History

During the time of the Roman-Persian wars, the Misimians rebelled because of the attempts of Byzantium to give the territory of Bukhlon to the Alans. The uprising was brutally suppressed,[2] and the territory of Bukhlon was given to the Alans.[3]

Origins

Agathias wrote that the Misimians were "subjects of the king of the Colchians as are also the Apsilians though they differ from these in both language and customs" and that the Misimians and Apsilians had a similar way of life.[4]

The ethnic composition of Colchis is a matter of controversy. Georgian scholars generally consider the Misimians to be a Kartvelian tribe,[5] identifying them with Ptolemy's Svano-Colchs and with Faustus' Egro-Svans. According to these scholars the self-identification of Svan Mushuan was changed into Misimian in Greek language.[6] [7] [8] [9] According to Gasviani, the Svan presence in the region is also supported by the fact that many of the toponyms are of Svan origin.[10] Abkhaz scholars treat the Misimians as a population related to the Abkhaz.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Strabo, Geography, BOOK XI., CHAPTER II., section 19 . 2024-03-12 . www.perseus.tufts.edu.
  2. Book: Бгажба . О. Х. . Лакоба . С. З. . История Абхазии с древнейших времен до наших дней . 2007 . Алашарбага . 7 March 2024 . Мисимиане.
  3. Book: Agathiou Scholastikou Peri tes Ioustinianou basileias bibloi pente. Agathiae Scholastici De imperio et rebus gestis Justiniani imperatoris libri quinque. Ex Bibliotheca & interpretatione Bonaventurae Vulcanii, cum notis eiusdem. Accesserunt eiusdem Agathiae Epigrammata cum versione latina . 1729 . ex typographia Bartholomaei Javarina . el.
  4. Book: Agathias

    . Agathias . The Histories [books 3] p.66 . 66 . Agathias.

  5. Book: Smith . Graham . Law . Vivien . Wilson . Andrew . Bohr . Annette . Allworth . Edward . Nation-building in the Post-Soviet Borderlands: The Politics of National Identities . 1998 . Cambridge University Press . 9780521599689 . 55–56.
  6. Book: Topchishvili, Roland . Svaneti and Its Inhabitants (Ethno-historical Studies) . 9.
  7. Web site: Roland Topchishvili - Svaneti and Its Inhabitants - (Ethno-historical Studies) . 2012-08-15 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120310220525/http://www.nplg.gov.ge/dlibrary/collect/0001/000070/Georgian_Mountein_Regions.pdf . 2012-03-10. 9.
  8. Book: Wright . John . Goldenberg . Suzanne . Schofield . Richard . Transcaucasian Boundaries . 2003 . Taylor & Francis . 9781135368500 . 197.
  9. N. Lomouri, Museum of Georgian Art, "Abkhazia in the Late Antique and Early Medieval Epochs"
  10. Book: Გასვიანი, Გერონტი . ნარკვევები შუა საუკუნეების სვანეთის ისტორიიდან . 1991 . თბილისი : მეცნიერება . ka. 202,203.

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