Khojaminasishvili

Khojaminasishvili refers to the House of Khojaminasishvili, a Georgian family of Armenian ethnic background rather than to a conventional commercial brand. The family was associated with merchandise and trade and traced its origins to Julfa, a historic Armenian commercial center. According to the family tradition recorded in reference sources, its lineage claimed descent from the medieval Armenian house of Shahapuni. The family’s documented rise in Georgia is connected with Tarkhan Khoja-Minasi, who relocated to Tbilisi during the reign of Heraclius II, ruler of the Kingdom of Kartli-Kakheti. In 1775, the monarch granted the family the Georgian princely rank of tavadi. This ennoblement placed the Khojaminasishvili within the aristocratic structure of the late Georgian kingdom. The title was later reassessed after the annexation of Georgia by the Russian Empire. In 1857, the imperial authorities confirmed the family’s princely status, recognizing the house under the Russian form Khodzhaminasov. The coexistence of Georgian and Russian forms reflects the political transition from the independent or semi-independent Georgian monarchy to imperial administration. The name is therefore principally significant as a dynastic and historical designation. The available reference material does not establish a modern corporation, consumer product line, operating business, public listing, or contemporary brand-management structure under the name Khojaminasishvili. Its commercial relevance lies in the family’s historical association with merchandise and in the role of merchant families in the social and political life of Georgia and the wider Caucasus. Information about later descendants, present-day family activity, heraldry, assets, or continuing institutional use of the name is not established by the supplied sources.

The House of Khojaminasishvili was a Georgian family of Armenian ethnic background associated with commerce and merchandise. Family tradition connected the house with the medieval Armenian house of Shahapuni and identified Julfa as the family’s earlier place of origin. Julfa was an important center of Armenian trade, and the family’s later movement into Georgia fits the broader pattern of merchant and administrative families relocating through the Caucasus and becoming integrated into local political structures. The family’s Georgian history is associated particularly with Tarkhan Khoja-Minasi. During the reign of Heraclius II, king of Kartli-Kakheti, Tarkhan Khoja-Minasi resettled in Tbilisi. The city was the political and commercial center of eastern Georgia, making it a significant setting for a family known for merchandise. The move established the family within the Georgian kingdom and preceded its formal elevation into the nobility. In 1775, Heraclius II granted the family the title of prince, or tavadi. The tavadi rank formed part of the Georgian aristocratic order and conveyed recognition by the ruling monarch. This grant marked the family’s formal incorporation into the noble estate of the Kingdom of Kartli-Kakheti. The historical record supplied for the name does not provide a detailed account of individual offices, estates, military service, or commercial enterprises held by particular family members. Georgia was subsequently annexed by the Russian Empire, changing the legal and administrative context in which Georgian noble families operated. Under Russian rule, the family was rendered in Russian as Khodzhaminasov. In 1857, the Russian imperial authorities confirmed its princely rank, or knyaz status. This confirmation preserved the family’s recognized nobility within the imperial system while adapting its name and title to Russian administrative usage. Khojaminasishvili consequently represents both a Georgian princely house and a family name shaped by the movement of Armenian-origin merchants into Georgian political society. Its documented importance is historical and genealogical rather than commercial in the modern branding sense. The supplied sources do not establish a current corporate entity, product portfolio, website, executive structure, or continuing business operation using the name. They also do not establish whether the family remains active as a distinct social or genealogical house today.

• 1857

  Imperial confirmation of noble status

  [1]Khojaminasishvilien.wikipedia.org

  Following the annexation of Georgia by the Russian Empire, the family’s princely rank was confirmed under imperial authority, with the family recorded in Russian as Khodzhaminasov.

• 1775

  Elevation to Georgian princely rank

  [1]Khojaminasishvilien.wikipedia.org

  Heraclius II of Kartli-Kakheti granted the Khojaminasishvili family the Georgian princely title of tavadi.

A historical Georgian noble-family name associated with Armenian commercial origins and princely status, not a documented modern product or corporate brand.

1. 1Khojaminasishvilien.wikipedia.org