#queen tamar

[timetunnelcollective]

On August 15, 1185, The cave city of Vardzia is consecrated by Queen Tamar of Georgia. Inside Vardzia, Tamar build the Dormition monastery in honor of Mary the Mother of Jesus. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vardzia

Illustrated by Raz Ben Ari

[queensonjas]

Get To Know Me: Royal Edition

[2/10] Monarchs: Tamar the Great of Georgia

Queen of Kings and Queens, Glory of the World, Kingdom and Faith, Champion of the Messiah, may God Increase her victories.

[silentambassadors]

ცხონდეს, ღმერთმა აცხონოს, Tamar of Georgia.  Like King Hatshepsut before her, King Tamar took the title “king” to emphasize her legitimate rule and leave no room for doubt who was the rightful monarch.  During her reign, Tamar the Great consolidated and enforced Georgia’s power in the Caucasus and ensured her exulted place in Georgian history as the leader of Georgia’s Golden Age.  Her grave has never been found, but as Georgian writer Grigol Robakidze iterates, the physical location is unimportant:

Thus far, nobody knows where Tamar's grave is.  She belongs to everyone and to no one: her grave is in the heart of the Georgian.  And in the Georgians' perception, this is not a grave, but a beautiful vase in which an unfading flower, the great Tamar, flourishes.

She quite possibly died on this date in 1213 in her early 50s.

Stamp details: Stamps on top: Issued in: February 1920 From: Tbilisi, Georgia MC #7-9

Stamp on bottom: Issued on: December 22, 2014 From: Tbilisi, Georgia MC #641

[valkyries-things]

TAMAR // QUEEN OF GEORGIA

“She reigned as the Queen of Georgia from 1184 to 1213, presiding over the apex of the Georgian Golden Age. A member of the Bagrationi dynasty, her position as the first woman to rule Georgia in her own right was emphasised by the title mepe (king), afforded to Tamar. She was proclaimed heir and co-ruler by her father George III, but faced significant opposition upon her ascension. She was successful in neutralising this opposition and her reign was associated with a period of marked political and military successes and cultural achievements. This, combined with her role as a female ruler, has contributed to her status as a idealised and romanticised figure in Georgian arts and historical memory.”

[i-merani]

if you want to listen to something new and interesting, (and if you are interested in history) i suggest this podcast about the 12th century Georgian Queen(officially King) Tamar, she was amazing and her rule is regarded as the golden period in georgian history. Here's the link

[unofficialchronicle]

[celtic-romulan]

Atomic-age theme for Georgia - “Shen Khar Venakhi” and “Tsaiqvanes Tamar Kali” from Civilization 6.  

I just found out that Civ 6 just added a whole bunch of new factions to the game, with Queen Tamar as the Georgian leader! 

I’m a little disappointed they didn’t use “Chakrulo” as their song, though. It’s one of the best known Georgian folktunes. So much so, it was immortalized on the golden record sent into space on the Voyager 2 probe. All the same, Georgian polyphonic music is absolutely sublime...it gives me goosebumps every time. To hear it included in a video game makes me so happy! Geoff Knorr really outdid himself here. 

[deskgirl]

Shota Rustaveli presents his poem to Queen Tamar by  Mihály Zichy 1880s