Tsikhistavi (Georgian: ციხისთავი) was a military-administrative official; the governor of castles (military administrative building) or small fortified cities and associated suburbs in feudal Georgia Tsikhistavi in Mtskheta-Mtianeti were governing since the 6th century.
In the document: "List of donations of King Bagrat III of Imereti to the Gelati Monastery" (dated by 1545), the Tsikhistavt-tsikhistavni of Kutaisi and Tsikhistavis of Likht-ameri and Likht-imeri are mentioned.
For the small towns Thsikhistavi had the same function as an Amirta-amira (Georgian: ამირთა-ამირა) in the bigger ones.
A Tsikhistavi's and his family rights were determined by Giorgi Brtskinvales codex (14th century).
Tsikhistavi's income sometimes was collected in the form of a special tax (Satsikhistavo, Georgian: საციხისთავო).