Question
The Abulasan and Zakarid factions fought for a marriage pact to this ruler, who expanded the patronkmoba system of vassalage to one of its heights. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this ruler allegorized as Nestan-Darejan in Shota Rustaveli’s epic The Knight in the Panther Skin. Guillaume de Bois dubiously claimed that this ruler was reburied in Jerusalem after being relocated from Gelati.
ANSWER: Tamar the Great [or Tamar of Georgia; or King Tamar or Queen Tamar; accept Saint Tamara]
[10e] Tamar persuaded Saladin to return treasures taken from these institutions including one in Jerusalem dedicated to the Cross. Many Georgian Orthodox monks studied at these institutions at Mount Athos in Greece and Gelati.
ANSWER: monasteries [or monastic communities; accept abbeys or convents or cloisters; prompt on churches or cathedrals]
[10m] Disputes with the Byzantines over monastic funding partly convinced Tamar to install a ruler of this name as the first emperor of Trebizond. An earlier Komnenian king of this name called for assistance from the Crusaders against the Seljuk Turks.
ANSWER: Alexios [or Alexius; accept Alexios I Megas Komnenos of Trebizond; accept Alexios I Komnenos]
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