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Sefer Ali-Bey Shervashidze (also known by the Christian
Christian

A Christian is a person who adheres to Christianity, a Monotheism#Christian view religion centered on the life and teachings of Jesus and interpreted by Christians to have been prophesied in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament....
 name of Giorgi Shervashidze) was a prince of the Principality of Abkhazia
Principality of Abkhazia

The Principality of Abkhazia emerged as a separate feudal entity in the 15th-16th centuries, amid the civil wars in the Kingdom of Georgia that concluded with the dissolution of the unified Georgian monarchy....
 from 1810-21. He was the youngest son of Kelesh Ahmed-Bey Shervashidze
Kelesh Ahmed-Bey Shervashidze

Kelesh Ahmed-Bey Shervashidze was the head of state of the Principality of Abkhazia from the 1780?s to 1808. Kelesh-Bey was the son of Manuchar Shervashidze....
. After Sefer Ali-Bey’s brother, Aslan-Bey
Aslan-Bey Shervashidze

Aslan-Bey Shervashidze was a prince of the Principality of Abkhazia from 1808-10. He was the eldest son of Kelesh Ahmed-Bey Shervashidze. Aslan-Bey was associated with pro-Turkish elements of the region, and was responsible for rebelling against and later killing his father in order to ascend the thrown of the Principality....
, killed his father to take over the throne of Abkhazia
Abkhazia

Abkhazia is a disputed region on the eastern coast of the Black Sea. Since its declaration of independence from Georgia in 1991 during the Georgian?Abkhaz conflict, it is governed by the International recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia Republic of Abkhazia....
, Sefer Ali-Bey was forced to hide out in neighboring Mingrelia under the protection of the Mingrelian Princes. With the help of the Mingrelian nobility, Sefer Ali-Bey tried unsuccessfully, to usurp the throne of Abkhazia.






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Sefer Ali-Bey Shervashidze (also known by the Christian
Christian

A Christian is a person who adheres to Christianity, a Monotheism#Christian view religion centered on the life and teachings of Jesus and interpreted by Christians to have been prophesied in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament....
 name of Giorgi Shervashidze) was a prince of the Principality of Abkhazia
Principality of Abkhazia

The Principality of Abkhazia emerged as a separate feudal entity in the 15th-16th centuries, amid the civil wars in the Kingdom of Georgia that concluded with the dissolution of the unified Georgian monarchy....
 from 1810-21. He was the youngest son of Kelesh Ahmed-Bey Shervashidze
Kelesh Ahmed-Bey Shervashidze

Kelesh Ahmed-Bey Shervashidze was the head of state of the Principality of Abkhazia from the 1780?s to 1808. Kelesh-Bey was the son of Manuchar Shervashidze....
. After Sefer Ali-Bey’s brother, Aslan-Bey
Aslan-Bey Shervashidze

Aslan-Bey Shervashidze was a prince of the Principality of Abkhazia from 1808-10. He was the eldest son of Kelesh Ahmed-Bey Shervashidze. Aslan-Bey was associated with pro-Turkish elements of the region, and was responsible for rebelling against and later killing his father in order to ascend the thrown of the Principality....
, killed his father to take over the throne of Abkhazia
Abkhazia

Abkhazia is a disputed region on the eastern coast of the Black Sea. Since its declaration of independence from Georgia in 1991 during the Georgian?Abkhaz conflict, it is governed by the International recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia Republic of Abkhazia....
, Sefer Ali-Bey was forced to hide out in neighboring Mingrelia under the protection of the Mingrelian Princes. With the help of the Mingrelian nobility, Sefer Ali-Bey tried unsuccessfully, to usurp the throne of Abkhazia. In 1809, Shervashidze asked the Tsarist Russian Empire
Russian Empire

File:Russian Emperor Flag.jpgFile:Romanov Flag.svgThe Russian Empire was a state that existed from 1721 until the Russian Revolution of 1917....
 to take Abkhazia under its protection, with the condition that Ali-Bey be established as the new ruler of the Principality. After decisive Russian victories during the Second Russo-Turkish War
Russo-Turkish War

Russo-Turkish War may refer to one of the following History of the Russo-Turkish wars:* Russo-Turkish War * Russo-Crimean Wars* Russo-Crimean War ...
, the Russian forces were able to expel pro-Turkish Abkhazians as well as the remaining Turkish forces from the region. Tsar Alexander I established Sefer Ali-Bey Shervashidze as the new ruler of Abkhazia on 17 February, 1810.