11 Facts About Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani

Prince Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani, known simply as Sulkhan-Saba, was a Georgian writer and diplomat.

Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani was born into the House of Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani, with close ties to the Georgian royal Bagrationi dynasty.

Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani was a fabulist, lexicographer, translator, diplomat and scientist.

Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani was brought up at the court of King Giorgi XI and acquired his encyclopedic knowledge in the Great Palace Library.

Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani describes many aspects of life, answers many questions, and encourages the reader towards greater kindness and compassion.

Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani was an educator of the King of Kartli Vakhtang VI who was the leader of the movement initiated for an intellectual renaissance in Georgia.

Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani was in the center of the political and social life of the country together with Vakhtang VI.

Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani was searching for methods of freeing the country from the Osmans.

In 1698 Orbeliani became a monk at the Monastery of David Gareji, from thence called Sulkhan-Saba.

Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani travelled via Constantinople, Marseilles, Paris, Rome, and other cities of Italy and finally back to Georgia through Constantinople and Turkey.

Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani visited Pope Clement XI and King Louis XIV and requested aid from them for King Vakhtang and the Catholic Faith in Kartli.