Giorgi Saakadze

Grand Mouravi
Giorgi Saakadze
Grand Mouravi ; Giorgi Saakadze
	Saakadze's portrait drawn by Teramo Castelli in Constantinople, Ottoman Empire in 1626.
Native name	გიორგი სააკაძე
Nickname(s)	Grand Mouravi
Born	c. 1570; Peli, Kingdom of Kartli
Died	October 3, 1629; Aleppo, Ottoman Empire
Allegiance	Kingdom of Kartli ; Kingdom of Kakheti ; Safavid Persia ; Ottoman Empire
Battles / wars	Battle of Tashiskari; Battle of Martqopi; Battle of Marabda; Battle of Ksani; Battle of Bazaleti; Ottoman–Safavid war (1603–1612) Safavid capture of Tabriz (1603); ; Ottoman–Safavid War (1623–1639) Capture of Baghdad (1624); ;

Giorgi Saakadze (Georgian: გიორგი სააკაძე; c. 1570 – October 3, 1629) was a Georgian politician and military commander who played an important but contradictory role in the politics of the early 17th-century Georgia. He was also known as the Grand Mouravi (დიდი მოურავი, didi mouravi) in Georgia, Mūrāv-Beg in Persia and Māūrāv-Hūn or Māġrāv-Bek in the Ottoman Empire for having served as a mouravi (an appointed royal official which can be translated as seneschal or bailiff) of Tbilisi.