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It is usually attributed to the first king of all-Georgia, Bagrat III , who began his reign as the Abkhazian king in 978 . Somewhat of a manifesto-style, this document may have been issued by Bagrat, a representative of the new dynasty of the Bagrationi , in support of his rights to the Abkhazian throne. The ''Divan'' lists 22 successive rulers from Anos to Bagrat, and styles each of them as “king” (Georgian: ''mepe'') (though until the mid- 780s they functioned as the Archon s under the Byzantine authority). The text does provide the information about the family relationships among these rulers as well as the duration of the last 11 kings’ reigns, but lacks chronology. The two kings of the Shavliani clan ( 878 - 887 ) are omitted probably because they were regarded as usurpers. The dates and achievements of the most of the early Abkhazian rulers remain conjectural. The names below are given in original transliteration. The dates are as per Prince Cyril Toumanoff and other modern scholars.
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