David IX of Georgia

Dawit IX. († 1360 ) was from 1346 to 1360 King of Georgia.

Life

Right at the beginning of the reign of David IX. ( Ref. 1346-1360 ), the son of Giorgis V. rampant in Georgia Pest ( 1346/48 ). Even in his time taxes were paid to the court of the Mongol - Ilkhanid overlords in Iran. They totaled 1350 400.000 dinars. This was a third of the sum that had his father Giorgi V. paid in 1336. (1342/57) 1357 was the Khan of the Golden Horde Dschanibeg in Azerbaijan and eastern Georgia, and let Malik Ashraf, execute the deputy of the Ilkhanate. This year marked coins from him and his successors Birdibeg ( 1357/59 ) in Kara Aghač ( Kakheti ). In Tbilisi, which is the Great (1335-1356) occupied by Dschalairiden Hasan 1356, coins of Dschalairiden be issued. A year later, in Kara Aghač under his successor Uwais ( 1356-1374 ). Since after 1357 no further coins appear, it can be assumed that Tbilisi and Kakheti in 1358 were again at the latest Georgian. The integrity of Georgia was so only under David IX. completed. David's wife Sinduxtar was a princess of the House of Djakelis and a daughter Sargis II ( 1308-1334 ).