Zezva Gaprindauli (Georgian: ზეზვა გაფრინდაული) was a leader during the Bakhtrioni Uprising of 1659.[1] Leading the Tushetians during the uprising,[2] they alongside the Georgian mountain tribes would attack the Safavid garrisons.[2] In the Battle of Bakhtrioni, Zezva commanded the units that would breach the fortress walls, killing the guards and opening the gates for a larger army to enter.[1] After the fortress was captured, his unit participated in a battle in the Alazani Valley, which was a victory. After that, Zezva fortified himself in the Pankisi fortress.[2] However, he was later captured for treason and imprisoned in Tbilisi, where he would later be executed.[2]
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- ჯამბურია, გ. (1978). ქართული საბჭოთა ენციკლოპედია. Vol. 2. თბ. p. 19.
- ფუთურიძე, რ. (1944). "ციხე ბახტრიონის აღება". Ttbilisi: თსუ სტუდენტთა სამეცნიერო შრომების კრებული.
- ლეონიძე, გ. (1959). "გამოკვლევები და წერილები". Tbilisi.
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