Ilim-Ilimma I Explained

Ilim-Ilimma I
King of Halab (Yamhad)
Reign:Middle 16th century BC – c. 1524 BC
Predecessor:Abba-El II
Successor:Kingdom abolished
next king of Halab was : Telepinus.[1]

Ilim-Ilimma I (reigned middle 16th century BC - c. 1524 BC - Middle chronology)[2] was the king of Yamhad (present-day Halab) succeeding his father Abba-El II.[3] [4]

Reign

Ilim-Ilimma is known through the inscriptions found on the Statue of his Son Idrimi:[5] his queen belonged to Emar royalty,[6] and he had many children of which Idrimi was the youngest.[7]

Ilim-Ilimma was under the threats of king Parshatatar of Mitanni,[8] and a rebellion probably instigated by him ended Ilim-Ilimma's reign and life in ca. 1524 BC,[9] and the royal family fled to Emar.[10]

Dynasty's Fate

Aleppo came under the authority of Mitanni,[11] while Idrimi stayed in exile for seven years,[12] after which he conquered Alalakh and continued the dynasty as the King of Mukis.[13] Ilim-Ilimma I was the last king of the Yamhad dynasty to rule as King of Halab;[14] his grandchild Niqmepa might have controlled Halab, but as king of Alalakh.[15]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Tutankhamun and the Daughter of Ra. Moyra Caldecott. January 2003. 260. 9781899142880.
  2. Book: Hittite History and Absolute Chronology of the Bronze Age. Michael C. Astour. 92.
  3. Book: Hittite history and absolute chronology of the Bronze Age. Michael C. Astour. 1989. 19. 9789186098865.
  4. Book: Orientalia: Vol. 38. Michael C. Astour. 382.
  5. Book: Syria, 3000 to 300 B.C.: a handbook of political history. Horst Klengel. 20 March 1992. 87. 9783050018201.
  6. Book: Essays on Ancient Anatolia and Syria in the Second and Third Millennium B.C.. Masamichi Yamada. 1996. 304. 9783447037594.
  7. Book: The Statue of Idri-Mi. Sidney Smith. 1949. 60.
  8. Book: The Kingdom of the Hittites. Trevor Bryce. 1999. 126. 978-0-19-924010-4.
  9. Book: Hittite History and Absolute Chronology of the Bronze Age. Michael C. Astour. 92.
  10. Book: Journal, Volumes 6-9. Columbia University, Ancient Near Eastern Society. 1974. 67.
  11. Book: Syria, 3000 to 300 B.C.: a handbook of political history. Horst Klengel. 20 March 1992. 88. 9783050018201.
  12. Book: Ancient Syria: A Three Thousand Year History. Trevor Bryce. 5 March 2014. 35. 978-0-19-100293-9.
  13. Book: Ancient Syria: A Three Thousand Year History. Trevor Bryce. 5 March 2014. 36. 978-0-19-100293-9.
  14. Book: The Chronology of Genesis: A Complete History of the Nefilim. Neil Zimmerer. August 2003. 57. 9781931882224.
  15. Book: Orientalia: Vol. 38. Michael C. Astour. 384.

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