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Zurab Avalishvili (Georgian: ზურაბ ავალიშვილი) (1876 – May 21, 1944) was a Georgian historian, jurist and diplomat in the service of the Democratic Republic of Georgia (1918-1921). He was also known as Zurab Davidovich Avalov in a Russian manner.

Born in Tbilisi, Georgia (then part of the Russian Empire), into the family of Prince David Avalishvili, he graduated from St. Petersburg University in 1900 and took post-graduate courses at the Department of Law, University of Paris from 1900 to 1903. He became a Docent at the St. Petersburg University in 1904 and a Professor of Public Law at the St. Petersburg Polytechnical Institute in 1907. He was an official adviser to the Russian Ministry of Trade and Commerce for many years.

After the February Revolution in Russia, Avalishvili was named a Senator by the Provisional Government in May 1917. When Georgia declared independence on May 26 1918, Avalishvili entered Georgian diplomatic service and was appointed a Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs. He rendered important services to his homeland as a member of her delegation to the 1919 Paris Peace Conference.

The Red Army invasion of Georgia forced him into exile in March 1921. He lived thereafter in Germany where he worked as a Professor at the University of Munich. He was one of the founding members of the Georgian Association in Germany and worked for the editorial boars of historical journals Georgica (London) and Byzantion (Brussels). He died in 1944, in Germany, and was reburied to Didube Pantheon, Tbilisi, in 1994.

Avalishvili’s main works focuses on the history of Georgia and the Caucasus, Georgian literature (particularly in the field of Rustvelology, i.e., critical studies of Shota Rustaveli), international law and Georgia’s foreign relations.

Some of the main works of Zurab Avalishvili

"Joining of Georgia to Russia" (a monograph), St.Petersburg, 1901, 1906 (in Russian)
"The Independence of Georgia in the International Politics of 1918-1921" (a monograph), Tbilisi, 1925
"Questions of "The Knight in the Panther's Skin"" (a monograph), Paris, 1931 (in Georgian)
"Geschichte Georgiens" (a monograph), Muenchen, 1944 (in German)
"King Teimuraz I and his work "Martyrdom of Queen Ketevan"" (a monograph), Paris, 1938 (in Georgian)
"History of the Caucasian Politics" (a monograph).- J. "Kavkaz", Muenchen, No 35-40, 1936-1937 (in Russian)
"Geographie et legende dans un ecrit apocriphe de Saint Basile".- J. "Revue de l'Orient Christien", 3 serie, Paris, 1927-28, t. 6 (26), No 3-4 (in French)
"A fifteenth-century Georgian painting in the Metropolitan Museum".- J. "Georgica", London, vol. 1, No 1, 1935
"The Cross from Overseas".- J. "Georgica", London, Vol. 1, No 2-3, 1936
"La succession du Curopalate David d'Iberie, Dynastie de Tao".- J. "Byzantion", Bruxells, t. 7, 1933 (in French)

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 '''Zurab Avalishvili''' ({{lang-ka|ზურაბ ავალიშვილი}}) ([[1876]] – [[May 21]], [[1944]]) was a [[Georgia (country)|Georgian]] historian, jurist and diplomat in the service of the [[Democratic Republic of Georgia]] (1918-1921). He was also known as '''Zurab Davidovich Avalov''' in a [[Russian language|Russian]] manner.
-Born in [[Tbilisi]], [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]] (then part of the [[Russian Empire]]), into the family of Prince David [[Avalishvili]], he graduated from [[St Petersburg University]] in 1900 and took post-graduate courses at the Faculty of Law of the [[University of Paris]] in 1900-1903. He became an Associate Professor at St Petersburg University (1904) and a Professor at [[St Petersburg Technical Institute]] (1907) where he chaired the Department of Administrative Law.
+Born in [[Tbilisi]], Georgia (then part of the [[Russian Empire]]), into the family of Prince David [[Avalishvili]], he graduated from [[St. Petersburg University]] in 1900 and took post-graduate courses at the Department of Law, [[University of Paris]] from 1900 to 1903. He became a [[Docent]] at the St. Petersburg University in 1904 and a [[Professor]] of [[Public Law]] at the [[Saint Petersburg Polytechnical University|St. Petersburg Polytechnical Institute]] in 1907. He was an official adviser to the Russian Ministry of Trade and Commerce for many years.
-During the [[Russian revolution of 1917|revolutionary turmoil]] of 1917 he was a member of the Russian [[Governing Senate|Senate]]. When the [[Democratic Republic of Georgia]] (DRG) proclaimed independence on [[May 26]] [[1918]], Avalishvili was appointed a Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and remained on this post until the country was invaded by the [[Russian SFSR|Soviet]] forces in 1921. During the years of the short-lived independence, he saw an active diplomatic service including being a deputy head of the Georgian delegation at the [[Paris Peace Conference, 1919|Paris Peace Conference]], 1919.
+After the [[February Revolution]] in Russia, Avalishvili was named a [[Governing Senate|Senator]] by the [[Russian Provisional Government|Provisional Government]] in May 1917. When Georgia declared independence on [[May 26]] [[1918]], Avalishvili entered Georgian diplomatic service and was appointed a Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs. He rendered important services to his homeland as a member of her delegation to the 1919 [[Paris Peace Conference, 1919|Paris Peace Conference]].
+The [[Red Army invasion of Georgia]] forced him into exile in March 1921. He lived thereafter in [[Germany]] where he worked as a Professor at the [[University of Munich]]. He was one of the founding members of the Georgian Association in Germany and worked for the editorial boars of historical journals ''Georgica'' ([[London]]) and ''Byzantion'' ([[Brussels]]). He died in 1944, in Germany, and was reburied to [[Didube Pantheon]], Tbilisi, in 1994.
-One of the founders of the [[Tbilisi State University]] in 1918, he was also one of the first professors there.
-The [[Red Army invasion of Georgia]] forced him into exile in March 1921. He lived thereafter in [[Germany]] where he worked as a Professor at the [[University of Munich]]. He was one of the founding members of the Georgian Association in Germany and worked for the editorial boars of historical journals ''Georgica'' ([[London]]) and ''Byzantion'' ([[Brussels]]).
-He died in 1944, in Germany, and was reburied to [[Didube Pantheon]], Tbilisi, in 1994.
 Avalishvili’s main works focuses on the history of [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]] and the [[Caucasus]], Georgian literature (particularly in the field of Rustvelology, i.e., critical studies of [[Shota Rustaveli]]), international law and Georgia’s foreign relations.