Nasra

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Nasra or Nasr (died 885), the oldest son of Guaram Mampali, was a Georgian prince from the Bagratid house of Tao-Klarjeti.

He got involved, toward 881, in a bitter feud with his relatives concluded with the assassination of his uncle, David I Kuropalates, by Nasra. The reason for committing this crime probably was that Guaram Mampali prior to his death had given away his all territories which had practically left Nasra without an inheritance. The murderer soon had to flee the country and to take refuge at the court of his brother-in-law, King Bagrat I of Abkhazia. The latter provided him with a large army and Nasra returned in 885 to claim his inheritance. He succeeded in taking the forts of Odzrkhe, Juaristsikhe and Lomsianta, but was subsequently defeated by the united forces of his relatives – Adarnase I Kuropalates and Gurgen I Mampali. Nasra himself was killed in the battle at Aspindza.