The family claimed roots in the ancient Armenian noble dynasty of the
Mamikonians (Mamikonids), They were acknowledged by the Kings of Georgia as
tavadi (princes), and received hereditary rank as the King's "mdivanbeg" (
counselor or
vizier). The Tumanishvili family was on the list of Georgian high nobility that was attached to the
Treaty of Georgievsk concluded with the Georgian King
Erekle II on July 24, 1783, and was recognized on the
Russian Empire's list of princely families in December 1850. The Prince Mikhail Tumanov was the Ambassador (Minister plenipotentiary) of
Armenia to
Georgia during the
first republic of Armenia. == People with these names ==