Alexander Sulkhanishvili (Georgian: ალექსანდრე სულხანიშვილი; 1808 in Tbilisi ?) was a Georgian translator and calligrapher of the 19th century.

In 1825, he rewrote the works of Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani. He also spoke Russian, Persian and Turkish languages. In 1828, he translated from Persian to Georgian the work of the 15th-century poet Panah, Bakhtiarnameh. From the 1840s, Sulkhanishvili lived in Saint Petersburg. In 1839, he published a Georgian-French-Russian dictionary.

References

  • Georgian Soviet Encyclopedia, ტ. 9, გვ. 602–603, თბ., 1985
  • გვახარია ა., სპარსული ხალხური დასთანების ქართული ვერსიები, I — ბახთირ-ნამე, თბ., 1968
  • რუხაძე ტ., ქართული ეპოსი „გარდამავალი ხანის“ ლიტერატურაში, თბ., 1939
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