Manuchar, Prince of Abkhazia

Manuchar I, or Manch I, from the house of Shervashidze, or Chachba, was a prince of the Principality of Abkhazia from circa 1730 to 1757. "Manuchar" was forcefully deposed from the throne by Ottoman Turkey and sent into exile to that empire, where he converted to Islam together with his brothers Levan, Shirvan and Zurab.