Khutlubuga
Khutlubuga Խութլու Բուղա Արծրունի | |
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Khutlubuga. Church of the Holy Sign. Haghpat Monastery, southern wall. Late 13th century. | |
| Amirspasalar | |
| In office 1270–1293 | |
| Preceded by | Sadun Mankaberdeli |
| Succeeded by | Shahnshah II Zakarian |
| Atabeg | |
| In office 1292–1293 | |
| Preceded by | Tarsaich Orbelian |
| Succeeded by | Shahnshah II Zakarian |
| Personal details | |
| Died | 1293 |
| Parent | Sadun Mankaberdeli |
Khutlubuga (Armenian: Խութլու Բուղա), also Khutlu Buga or Qutlugh Buqa (Georgian: ხუტლუბუღა; died August, 1293), was an Armenian prince of the House of the Artsrunids, and a court official of the Kingdom of Eastern Georgia in the second half of the 13th century, the son of Atabeg-Amirspasalar Sadun Mankaberdeli. He himself became Amirspasalar (Commander-in-Chief) of the Georgian army, and for a short time towards the end of his life Atabeg (Governor General of Georgia). He also received the title of Paron (derived from the Crusader title "Baron") from the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia. Khutlubuga and his father Sadun were attached the name of Artsruni in Armenian texts (after the name of their dynasty), and Mankaberdeli in Georgian ones (after the name of their territory).
After the Mongol ruler Arghun executed the Georgian king Demetrius II, Khutlubuga collaborated with Arghun for the selection of the next king Vakhtang II.