Irhuleni

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| succession = King of Hamath

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| reign = {{c.|850s–840s BCE}}

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| successor = Uratami/Rudamu

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Irhuleni (Luwian: Urhilina) was King of Hamath. He led a coalition against the Assyrian expansion under Shalmaneser III, alongside Hadadezer of Damascus.{{cite book | last = Bryce | first = Trevor | title = The world of the Neo-Hittite kingdoms : a political and military history | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=gp8lMpoFAUsC&pg=PA135 | publisher = Oxford University Press | location = Oxford New York | year = 2012 | page = 135 | isbn = 978-0199218721 }} This coalition succeeded in 853 BC in the Battle of Qarqar a victory over the Assyrians, halting their advance to the west for two years. Later Irhuleni maintained good relations with Assyria. His son was, in Luwian, Uratami.{{cite book | last = Bryce | first = Trevor | title = The world of the Neo-Hittite kingdoms : a political and military history | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=gp8lMpoFAUsC&pg=PA136 | publisher = Oxford University Press | location = Oxford New York | year = 2012 | page = 136 | isbn = 978-0199218721 }}

His name also appears in inscriptions on votive offerings found in Nimrud.

King Zakkur is known as the ruler of Hamath around 785 BC.Luis Robert Siddall, [https://books.google.com/books?id=rb0dAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA37 The Reign of Adad-nīrārī III: An Historical and Ideological Analysis of An Assyrian King and His Times.] BRILL, 2013 {{ISBN|9004256148}} p.37

See also

==Bibliography ==

  • Hawkins,RLA IV, 67–70.
  • Hawkins,CAH III.1, 393–396.
  • Klengel,Syria. 3000 to 300 BC, Berlin 1992, 213

References