General.
*Brosset (M. F.), Histoire de la Géorgie (two volumes of
Georgian text, and six volumes of French translation and
notes). S. Pbg. (Acad. Scient.), 1849-58. 4to. M. Brosset has written
a great many books and articles on Georgian history, published
by the Imperial Academy of Sciences in S. Pbg.; some of them may
still be purchased. Cf. Bibliographie analytique des ouvrages de
M. Marie-Félicité Brosset ... par M. Laurent Brosset. S. Pbg., 1887.
Joselian (Plato), Istoriya gruzinskoi tserkvi. S. Pbg.,
1843. Translated into English under the title of "A Short History
of the Georgian Church," translated from the Russian by the
Rev. S. C. Malan. London, 1866. 8vo.
---- ----, Razlichniya naimenovaniya Gruzin (On the various
Appellations of the Georgians). Tiflis, 1846. 12mo.
---- ----, Istorichskii vzglad na sostoyanie drevnei Gruzii (Historical
glance at the condition of ancient Georgia). In Zhurnal Ministerstva
narodn. Prosv. S. Pbg., 1843. Cf. also his periodical Zakavkazskii
Vestnik from 1845. Tiflis.
Baratov (Prince Sulkhan), Istoriya Gruzii. S. Pbg., 1865, &c. 8vo.
David (Tsarevich of Georgia), Kratkaya istoriya o Gruzii. S. Pbg.,
1805. 12mo.
Barataiev, Numizmatichskie fakti Gruzinskavo tsarstva (Georgian
numismatics). S. Pbg., 1844. 8vo.
Villeneuve (de), La Géorgie. Paris, 1870. 8vo.
Breitenbauch (Georg Aug. von), Geschichte der Staaten von
Georgien. Memmingen, 1788. Thin 8vo.
Reineggs (Jacob), Kurzer Auszug der Geschichte von Georgien. Published
in P. S. Pallas's Neue Nordische Beitraege, III. Bd., S. Pbg.,
1781. 8vo.
*Evgeny (Bolkovitinov, Metropolitan of Kiev), Georgien, oder
historisches Gemaelde von Grusien, aus dem Russischen uebers. von
F. Schmidt. Riga, 1804. 8vo. A capital little book.
Malcolm (Sir John), History of Persia. 2nd edition. London, 1829. 8vo.
Fraser, An Historical and Descriptive Account of Persia. Edinburgh,
1834. 12mo.
Kazem-Beg, Derbend Nâmeh, or the History of Derbend. Translated from
the Turkish (into English). S. Pbg., 1851. 4to.
Early History.
Ditmar (T. J.), Von den kaukasischen Voelkern der mythischen
Zeit. Berlin, 1789. 8vo.
Ritter (Carl), Die Vorhalle Europaeischer Voelkergeschichten vor
Herodotus, um den Kaukasus und an den Gestaden des Pontus, eine
Abhandlung zur Alterthumskunde. Berlin, 1820. 8vo. The copy in the
British Museum is lettered "Ritter's Wahnsinn," and we must own that
we think the book more interesting than instructive.
Neumann (Carl), Die Hellenen im Skythenlande. Berlin, 1855. 8vo.
Shea (D.), Mir Khwand. History of the Early Kings of Persia from
Kaiomars to ... Alexander the Great. London. Oriental Translation
Fund. 1832. 8vo.
Procopius, De bello persico ... De bello gothico. Continued down to
560 A.D. by Agathias.
Constantinus Porphyrius (X. cent, A.D.), De administrando imperio.
Boyer, De muro caucasico. In vol. i. of Comment. de l'Acad. de
Sciences. S. Pbg.
Polybius, De bello persico. Lib. i., cap. xii. et passim.
Ruffinus, Historia ecclesiastica. Lib. i., cap. x. Conversion of
Georgia.
Saint-Martin (Jean Antoine), Mémoires historiques et géographiques
sur l'Arménie. 2 tom. Paris, 1818 and 1819. 8vo.
Ashik (Anton), Bosforskoye Tsarstvo s yevo paleografichskimi i
nadgrobnimi pamyatnikami, raspisnimi vasami, planami, kartami i
vidami (The Kingdom of the Bosphorus, with its paleographic and
monumental remains, inscribed vases, plans, maps, and views). Odessa,
1848-49. Three parts. 4to.
Neumann (C. F.), Elisha Vartabed. The History of Vartan, and of
the battles of the Armenians. 1830. 8vo. And Vahram's Chronicle of
the Armenian Kingdom in Cilicia. 1831. 8vo. Published by Oriental
Translation Fund. London.
D'Ohsson (Chév.), Des peuples du Caucase au Xe. siècle. Paris, 1828.
Lebeau (Charles), Histoire du Bas Empire. Corrigée et augm. par
M. de Saint-Martin et continuée par M. Brosset jeune. 20 tom. Paris,
1824-36. 8vo.
Vivien de Saint-Martin (Louis), Recherches sur les populations
primitives et les plus anciennes traditions du Caucase. Paris,
1847. 8vo.
Stritter (J. G.), Memoriæ populorum olim ad Danubium, Pontum
Euxinum, Paludem Mæotidem, Caucasum, Mare Caspium, et inde magis ad
Septentriones, incolentium, e scriptoribus Historiæ Byzantinæ erutæ
et digestæ. Petropoli, 1771-79. 4 vols. 4to. (Vol. iv. refers to
Georgian History.)
Modern History.
Klaproth (J. von), Aperçu des entreprises des Mongols en Géorgie
... dans le XIII. siècle. Paris, 1833. 8vo.
Comte L. S. (? Seristori), Memoria sulle colonie del Mar Nero nei
secoli di mezzo. 26 pp. 8vo. (n. d.) An account of the Genoese
trading colonies.
Dorn (B.), Beitraege zur Geschichte der Kaukasischen Laender und
Voelker, aus morgenlaendischen Quellen. Esp. III. Bd. (Geschichte der
Georgier), which contains a work by a Mahometan writer named Iskender
Munshi, and a History of the Szafid Dynasty; it deals with the period
1540-1663. Acad. Scient. S. Pbg., 1844. 4to.
*Perepiska na inostrannikh yazikakh gruzinskikh tsarei s rosiiskimi
gosudaryami ot 1639 g. do 1770 g. (Correspondence in foreign languages
between the Kings of Georgia and the Sovereigns of Russia from 1639
to 1770.) Acad. Scient. S. Pbg., 1861. 4to.
Hanway (Jonas), The Revolutions of Persia during the present century
(being the second volume of the Historical Account of the British
trade over the Caspian). 2nd edition. London, 1754. 4to.
Der allerneueste Staat von Casan ... Georgien und vieler andern
dem Czaren, Sultan und Schach ... unterthanen Tartarn Landschaften
... Nuernberg, 1724. 8vo.
Van der Quelle (Philander--pseudonym), Leben und Thaten des persischen
Monarchen Schach Nadyr. Leipzig, 1738. 8vo.
Peyssonnel (French Consul in Smyrna), Histoire des Troubles dans
la Géorgie. (? Paris, 1754.) 8vo. Translated into German, also into
English as a continuation of Hanway's History. London, 1756. 4to.
Ouosk' Herdjan (Jean), Mémoire pour servir à l'histoire des événemens
qui ont eu lieu en Arménie et en Géorgie à la fin du XVIIIe. siècle et
au commencement du XIXe. Trad. de l'arménien par J. Klaproth. Paris,
1818. 8vo.
Cirbied (J.), Histoire arménienne; details sur les changements
politiques en Géorgie et en Arménie dans les premières années du
XIXe. siècle. (? Paris, 1818.) 8vo.
Rottiers (Col.), Notice biographique sur Marie, dernière reine de
Géorgie. Journal Asiatique. Tom. 10. Paris, 1827.
*Zubov, Podvigi russkikh voisk v stranakh kavkazskikh v 1810-34 (The
Exploits of the Russian Army in the Caucasian Countries from 1810 to
1834). S. Pbg., 1835-36. Ten vols. 8vo. With portraits and plans.
----, Kartina voini s Persieiu (A Picture of the War with
Persia). S. Pbg., 1834. 8vo.
Fonton (Félix de), La Russie dans l'Asie Mineure. Histoire de la
campagne du Maréchal Paskewitch. Paris, 1831. 8vo. With atlas.
Urquhart (David), Progress and Present Position of Russia in the
East. London, 1836. 8vo. And second edition "continued to the present
time." London, 1854. 8vo.
Hommaire de Hell, Situation des Russes dans le Caucase. Paris,
1844. 8vo.
Holland (Thomas Erskine), Lecture on the Treaty Relations of Russia
and Turkey from 1774-1853. London and Oxford, 1877. 8vo.
Haxthausen (August, Baron von), The Tribes of the Caucasus, with an
account of Shamyl. Translated by J. E. Taylor. London, 1855. 12mo.
Moser (L.), Der Kaukasus, seine Voelkerschaften ... nebst einer
Charakteristik Schamils. Wien, 1854. 8vo.
Our Dangerous Neighbour over the Way, and Two Questions upon the
Caucasus. London, 1854. 8vo.
*Bodenstedt (Friedrich Martin), Die Voelker des Kaukasus und ihre
Freiheitskaempfe gegen die Russen. 2 Bde. 2te. Ausg. Berlin, 1855. 8vo.
Wagner (Dr. Friedr.), Schamyl als Feldherr, Sultan und
Prophet. Leipzig, 1854. 8vo. English translation by L. Wraxall. London,
1856. 8vo.
Douhaire (P.), Les Russes au Caucase. Prise de Schamyl. Paris,
1859. 8vo.
*Dubrovin, Istoriya voini i vladichestva russkikh na Kavkazié
(History of the War and Supremacy of the Russians in the Caucasus). 3
vols. S. Pbg., 1871. The first volume is introductory, and contains
an excellent ethnographical account of the country.
Baumgarten (G.), Sechzig Jahre des kaukasischen Krieges. Nach
russischen Originalen.... Leipzig, 1861. 8vo.
Dulaurier, La Russie dans le Caucase. In Revue des Deux Mondes. Paris,
1865-66.
Boys (A. du), Le Caucase depuis Shamyl. In Le Contemporain. Paris,
25 Août, 1876.