Salipartiano

The fiefdom, its ruler titled as Lipartiani, was mostly in possession of the cadets of the House of Dadiani, the ruling princely dynasty of Mingrelia.

Salipartiano, literally, "of Lipartiani", was located in the northeastern portion of Mingrelia, or Odishi proper, covering most of what is now the Martvili Municipality,[1] traversed by the Tekhuri River, on the border with Imereti.

Around 1662, the fiefdom was granted, in hereditary possession, to the Chikovani family of Lechkhumi, who went on to become, in the person of Katsia I, the ruling dynasty of Mingrelia as the second House of Dadiani in 1704.

Thenceforth, Salipartiano became a princely domain, not infrequently bestowed by the rulers of Mingrelia upon members of their family to buy their loyalty or appease their dynastic ambitions.

Thus, in 1799, Manuchar was appanaged with Salipartiano by his brother Grigol Dadiani, Prince of Mingrelia, as part of a peace deal.