sentences:  In 1786, he ran afoul of Heraclius II, who stripped him of the office of Grand Master of the Court ("sakhlt-ukhutsesi") and granted it to Ioann, Prince of Mukhrani.David Orbeliani made several diplomatic journeys to Iran, from where he brought manuscripts of "Qahraman-e qatel", a Persian prose romance of chivalry and adventure, and translated it as "Qaramaniani" (ყარამანიანი) which, although given some local Georgian color, follows its Persian original very closely and gained a considerable popularity in Georgia.He is also a hero of panegyrics by the contemporary Georgian poet Besiki (1750-1791), whom he responded by writing love-poetry very much in the spirit of Besiki.