Dmitry
Prince of Abkhazia
Reign1821–1822
PredecessorSefer Ali-Bey
SuccessorMikhail
Died16 October 1822
Lykhny
Names
Dmitry Sharvashidze
HouseSharvashidze
FatherPrince Giorgi Sharvashidze
MotherPrincess Tamara Dadiani

Dmitry Giorgievitch Sharvashidze, or Umar Bey (Abkhaz: Князь Омарбеи Сафарбеи-иԥа Шарвашидзе), was briefly the Prince of Abkhazia in 1821–1822. He was a colonel in the Russian army. He converted to Christianity and was baptised into the Orthodox faith under the name of Dmitry.

He succeeded as the Prince of Abkhazia on the death of his father, February 7 (or November 13) 1821. He was poisoned at Lykhny by Urus Lakoba, October 16, 1822.

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