Suny 1994, p. 35: "In the formation of his ruling apparatus, David employed the great eristavni, thus making them dependent on him. The eristavi of Svaneti, Iovane Vardanisdze, became the protostratori (later called amirakhori), the second-in-command of the army, and later was given the post of mechurchletukhutsesi, the director of finances." Suny, Ronald Grigor (1994) [1988]. The Making of the Georgian Nation. Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press. ISBN0-253-20915-3.