Dmitry, Prince of Abkhazia

Dmitry Giorgievitch Shirvashidze, or Umar Bey, was briefly the Prince of Abkhazia 1821-22. He was a colonel in the Russian army. He converted to Christianity and was baptised into the Orthodox faith under the name of Dmitry.

He succeeded as the Prince of Abkhazia on the death of his father, February 7 (or November 13) 1821. He was poisoned at Lykhny, October 16, 1822.

References

• The Shirvashidze (Chachba) Dynasty