Many modern scholars, however, question the above version, referring to a more complex analysis of primary Armenian and Georgian sources.

He made extensive use of foreign, primarily Persian, historical works in order to confirm or supplement information from native Georgian sources.

In Georgian sources, the fifth son (or offspring) of Togarmah.

Georgian sources speak of the Khazars, but do not mention Rus' in connection with this event.

The name first appears in Georgian and Persian sources of the 13th and 14th centuries.

It was when the name Hereti first appeared in the Georgian sources.

While the Georgian sources remain silent about the engagement, Abkhazian officials confirmed that some battle took place off their coast.

He features prominently in the medieval Georgian sources, being nicknamed as "the Great".

Ambrosius is also a known as a prolific historian of church and researcher of primary Georgian sources.

In the 8th century, the name Poti entered Georgian written sources.