Page "Tamar of Georgia" Paragraph 9

Tamar was also pressured into dismissing her father's appointees, among them the constable Qubasar, a Georgianized Kipchak of ignoble birth, who had helped George III in his crackdown on the defiant nobility.

One of the few untitled servitors of George III to escape this fate was the treasurer Qutlu Arslan who now led a group of nobles and wealthy citizens in a struggle to limit the royal authority by creating a new council, karavi, whose members would alone deliberate and decide policy.

This attempt at " feudal constitutionalism " was rendered abortive when Tamar had Qutlu Arslan arrested and his supporters were inveigled into submission.

Yet, Tamar ’ s first moves to reduce the power of the aristocratic élite were unsuccessful.

She failed in her attempt to use a church synod to dismiss the catholicos Michael, and the noble council, darbazi, asserted the right to approve royal decrees.

Even the queen ’ s first husband, the Rus ' prince Yuri, was forced on her by the nobles.