Amilakhvari (Amilakhori, Amilakhvarovi) (Kartli kingdom – princes, Imereti kingdom – nobles) – Second-highest military position in the feudal Georgian kingdom, the deputy of the amirspasalar. The term was derived from the Arabic term amir meaning “commander, governor, prince”; in subsequent Seljuk usage, amir was employed to designate various military commanders of state, including the amir-e akˇor (master of the horse).
The term was introduced to Georgia following the Seljuk incursions in the 11th century, and it gradually replaced the Georgian term mejinibetukhutsesi to designate the deputy commander of the Georgian military.
Amilakhors directed three major bodies: stables (sajinibo) with its staff of mejinibetukhutsesi, mejinibeni, misratultukhutsesi, and misratulni; armory (zardakhana) with its staff of
meabjretukhutsesi, meabjreni, zardakhnisukhutsesi, zardakhnis mtsignobari, molare and mejinibe; and saremo with its staff of meremetukhutsesi, saremos nacvali, and meremeni. Although the amilakhor did not have the status of vizier to the king, he attended royal councils and enjoyed privileges of lesser viziers, e.g., mechurchletukhutsesi (finance) and msakhurtukhutssi (majordomo).
After the collapse of the united Georgian kingdom in the 15th century, the term amilakhor lost its official meaning and evolved into the last name (amilakhvari) of several princely families that had held it in Samtskhe (15–16th centuries) and Kartli (15th–18th centuries).