are still read and sung in their musical versions. Terian was born in the Gandza village (განძანი) of Javakheti region of Georgia (then in Russian Empire)
The Gandzieli family (literally meaning "of Gandza") was a noble family of Tavadi (Dukes) and later downgraded to the rank of Aznauri in the Kingdom of
sultan handed the duchies of Samshvilde and Arran to a certain "Sarang of Gandza", referred to as Savthang in Arabic sources[citation needed]. Leaving 48