Palavandishvili

When Georgia had a war, they agreed with their enemy not to shed one's blood and to choose one of their chosen warriors and to fight one on one.

[1][2] According to Cyril Toumanoff, dynastic patronymic of this family – Palavandishvili literally translates as “the sons of Palavandi” – betrays their connection with the Armenian house of Pahlavuni of ancient Arsacid (Parthian) stock; and the family legend of migration may be a vague memory of the Palavandishvili's Pahlavid descent.

[3] The Palavandishvili first established themselves in Akhaltsikhe in south Georgian province of Samtskhe which fell to the Ottoman Empire in the 16th century.

[1] In Kartli, the family were confirmed in princely rank (tavadi) and received a hereditary fief – known as Sapalavando – in the Prone valley the latter being their offshoot.

In the contemporary aristocratic hierarchy, the Palavandishvili were grandees of the first class and vassals to the Princes of Mukhrani.