Ilim-Ilimma I

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Ilim-Ilimma I
King of Halab (Yamhad)
ReignMiddle 16th century BC – c. 1524 BC
Predecessor Abba-El II
SuccessorKingdom 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]

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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]

Ilim-Ilimma I of Halab
 Died: 1525 BC
Regnal titles
Preceded by King of Halab (Yamhad)
– 1525 BC		Vacant
Title next held by
Telepinus

References

Citations

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