Abstract:
There is a number of folklore texts preserved in Georgian peoples’
poetry, which tell about the important historical military-political events. Some
of these texts are unique as there are few or no other sources preserved
describing these types of events.
On the festival of “Lomisoba”, which is celebrated annually in Lomisi’s
St. Giorgi Church (8th-9th centuries) situated in one of Georgia’s historygeographic
regions called Mtiuleti, an ancient military song “Perkhisa” is sung.
There were many versions of the song’s texts published in Georgia over
different years. One of them was published by us in 1989.
Various versions of the above song’s texts are presented and analyzed
in this article. In all of them, participation of Georgian highlanders – Mtiulis – is
reflected in Georgians’ military invasion of Khorasan (proved by Georgian
historical sources).
In Georgian historiography it is proved that Georgian army conquered
the following towns: Marandi, Tabriz, Miana, Zenjan, Kazvin etc. and reached
Khorasan (Persia) in 1210. The army came back to Georgia with large booty.
The above invasion took place not only for booty and demonstration of power,
but its main goal was fighting with and defeating of the Shah of Khorezm –
Muhamad.
