Background
A son of Daud Khan of Kartli, he took refuge in Persia after his father was dislodged by the Ottoman invasion in 1578.
A son of Daud Khan of Kartli, he took refuge in Persia after his father was dislodged by the Ottoman invasion in 1578.
Later, for his efforts, he was given a fiefdom in mainland Iran. Around the mid 1590s, he assisted Farhad Khan Qaramanlu in arranging a match for Abbas I with a daughter of the Amilakhori noble family. He exercised only a limited power confined to Lower Kartli and largely relied on Persian forces.
Considered as a renegade, he was disgusted by most of the kingdom’s population and, in spite of the Persian presence, he was unable to control even seemingly loyal nobility.
His half-brother Khosrow was given his land in Iran. Bagrat was married to Anna, daughter of Alexander II of Kakheti.
They had the following children:
Simon II, King of Kartli. Pahrijan-Begum, given in marriage to Shah Abbas I.