By birth member of the
House of Sharvashidze, family that ruled
Abkhazia for centuries, he was the eldest son of Hamid Bey Shirvashidze, Prince of Abkhazia (d. 1730).
Manuchar was forcefully deposed from the throne by
Ottoman Turkey and sent into exile to that empire, where he converted to Islam together with his brothers
Levan,
Shirvan and
Zurab. His son,
Kelesh Ahmed-Bey Sharvashidze, also became a ruling Prince in 1780. ==References==