Gugars

The Gugars were a people of Caucasian Iberia, settling near the Debeda river, mentioned by Strabo.

They were presumably an early Georgian (Kartvelian) people (Georgian: გუგარები, gugarebi).The toponym Gogarene, an integral part of Caucasian Iberia, is derived from their name. The region is first mentioned by Strabo who records it as a province of Iberia. Later it was renamed Gugark, after the conquests of Arshakid Armenian rulers in the 2nd century BC.

References

↑ . The Sasanian World through Georgian Eyes: Caucasia and the Iranian Commonwealth in Late Antique Georgian Literature. Ashgate Publishing. 28 September 2014. ISBN 978-1-4724-2552-2.
↑ Strabo. "Strabo about Gugars".

Georgian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 3, pg. 289, Tb., 1978
Iv. Javakhishvili, Introduction to the History of the Georgian Nation, Book 1 — Ethnological and historical problems of Georgia, Caucasus and the Middle East, Tb., 1950;
D. Muskhelishvili,Georgian Soviet Encyclopedia, Vol. 3, pg. 196, Tbilisi., 1978
https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Strabo/11N*.html

[1] . The Sasanian World through Georgian Eyes: Caucasia and the Iranian Commonwealth in Late Antique Georgian Literature. Ashgate Publishing. 28 September 2014. ISBN 978-1-4724-2552-2.

[2] Strabo. "Strabo about Gugars".