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title: Queen Tamar of Georgia
author: Kober
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/11715/queen-tamar-of-georgia/
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updated: 2025-02-19
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# Queen Tamar of Georgia

_Authored by Kober_

## Image File

[![Queen Tamar of Georgia](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/11715.jpg)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/11715.jpg)

## Image Caption

[Queen Tamar](https://www.worldhistory.org/Queen_Tamar/) of Georgia (r. 1184-1213), detail of a mural in the Vardzia Monastery in southern Georgia. 12th-13th-century. Tamar was the first ruling queen of Georgia and presided over a period of the state's greatest ever expansion.

## Cite This Work

### APA
Kober. (2020, January 17). Queen Tamar of Georgia. *World History Encyclopedia*. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/11715/queen-tamar-of-georgia/>
### Chicago
Kober. "Queen Tamar of Georgia." *World History Encyclopedia*, January 17, 2020. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/11715/queen-tamar-of-georgia/>.
### MLA
Kober. "Queen Tamar of Georgia." *World History Encyclopedia*, 17 Jan 2020, <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/11715/queen-tamar-of-georgia/>.

## License & Copyright

[Original image](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tamar_(Vardzia_fresco_detail).jpg) by [**Kober**](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tamar_(Vardzia_fresco_detail).jpg). Submitted by [Ibolya Horváth](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/horvath.ibolya/ "User Page: Ibolya Horváth"), published on 17 January 2020. The copyright holder has published this content under the following license: [Public Domain](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_domain). This item is in the public domain, and can be used, copied, and modified without any restrictions. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.