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The ultimate mamluk

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This is the story of one Georgian man called Davit Manvelashvili.He was born in the family of peasants in Kvemo Kartli region of Georgia.He was separated from his parents,brothers and sisters at the age of 5.This happened because he was kidnapped by thugs who traded with slaves.These thugs took him to the Ottoman capital-Istanbul,where he changed several masters and eventually ended up with the man called-Mustafa.He bestowed 11 year-old Davit to the governor of Iraq-Suleiman pasha the Great,who was Georgian.This governor named him Davut and send him to the islamic school-Madrassie.There he learned islamic law,Quran and oriental languages:Arabic,Ottoman Turkish and Persian.He learned all of these subjects very well and as a result,his master paid him special attention.Suleiman personally taught Davut horseriding,swordsmanship and archery.After finishing his studies Suleiman released Davut from slavery and made him free man.Davut became his official bodyguard.At the age of 27,Davut got married with Suleiman's daughter-Rabia.They had 3 sons and 1 daughter. In 1822,he officially became the governor of Iraq.He made Iraq flourish with irrigation channels and wells.He constructed libraries,mosques,silk factories,public bathhouses,hospitals and bridges.He also founded the very first publishing house in 1828-1829.Besides,he had extremely strong army that consisted of 100 thousand Georgian mamluk soldiers.This army was divided in 3 units among his 3 sons.In 1831,he attempted to make Iraq independent from Ottoman empire,but he failed and was captured by Ottoman forces with his family.The Ottoman sultan-Mahmud II exiled him in Bursa(City in Turkey).
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Chapter 1 - Chapter 1

It was dawn,the 5th April of 1774.Georgian noble-Orbeliani's peasants woke up.They were young husband and wife in their late 20s.The woman's large stomach was aching too much.

-Is the doctor sent by our master here?I feel,that I am about to give birth.

-She is here,of course.Our master sent her especially for you.Don't worry!

-Ah!My stomach hurts!Call this midwife right away,please!

-Okay,my love!I will get back to you instantly with your doctor!

The man went out and he brought the midwife along.

-Mister Giorgi,assist me in lying your wife down on her bed.

Giorgi made his wife lie down on the bed quickly and left the room.Giving birth started and it was extremely painful.

-Aaah!It hurts like someone is stabbing me with the sword!

-Please breathe deeply and stop being nervous!Calm down!I will make sure,that both you and the baby are safe!-Said the midwife.

The woman called Mariam gave birth pretty swiftly.However,it was the most painful thing she had ever experienced.She gave birth for the first time.The baby cried a lot.The midwife barely calmed him down.Soon,the midwife brought the newborn to his mother.

-Look,how adorable boy he is!

-Indeed,doctor!

-Don't call me doctor,please!I just know how to make mothers give birth.You should name him first.

-Of course!I want to name him Davit.I heard,that this name means beloved.I want him to be the reflection of love towards humans.I want him to be loved too.

-Well done,Mariam!You've just selected the best name for our firstborn.Let it be as you said!

-Let it be!Congratulations again!Breastfeed the baby first!He is already hungry!

Young mother fed her baby and caressed him on his golden brown hair.Her husband went out after seeing his baby in order to extract milk from the cows.He was outside of the farm with 3 cows tied on the fence around his house.

He was extracting milk,when he heard someone calling him:

-Hey,man!Halt working!I want to tell you about your newborn baby-boy!

-Who are you?

-I'm a fortune teller!Believe it or not,everything I predicted came true,so shall we talk about your child?

-Come in!

The man got up from the chair and went to the fence.He opened the door and let the woman enter.This woman had completely gray hair,blue eyes and she was wearing torn gray dress.