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Ilim-Ilimma I
King of Halab (Yamhad)
ReignMiddle 16th century BC – c. 1524 BC
PredecessorAbba-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 Halab (formerly Yamhad) 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] he had many children of which Idrimi was the youngest.[7]

Ilim-Ilimma was under the threats of king Parshatatar of Mitanni,[8] 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] 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. Tutankhamun and the Daughter of Ra. p. 260.
  2. ^ Michael C. Astour. Hittite History and Absolute Chronology of the Bronze Age. p. 92.
  3. ^ Michael C. Astour. Hittite history and absolute chronology of the Bronze Age. p. 19.
  4. ^ Michael C. Astour. Orientalia: Vol. 38. p. 382.
  5. ^ Horst Klengel. Syria, 3000 to 300 B.C.: a handbook of political history. p. 87.
  6. ^ Masamichi Yamada. Essays on Ancient Anatolia and Syria in the Second and Third Millennium B.C. p. 304.
  7. ^ Sidney Smith. The Statue of Idri-Mi. p. 60.
  8. ^ Trevor Bryce. The Kingdom of the Hittites. p. 126.
  9. ^ Michael C. Astour. Hittite History and Absolute Chronology of the Bronze Age. p. 92.
  10. ^ Columbia University, Ancient Near Eastern Society. Journal, Volumes 6-9. p. 67.
  11. ^ Horst Klengel. Syria, 3000 to 300 B.C.: a handbook of political history. p. 88.
  12. ^ Trevor Bryce. Ancient Syria: A Three Thousand Year History. p. 35.
  13. ^ Trevor Bryce. Ancient Syria: A Three Thousand Year History. p. 36.
  14. ^ Neil Zimmerer. The Chronology of Genesis: A Complete History of the Nefilim. p. 57.
  15. ^ Michael C. Astour. Orientalia: Vol. 38. p. 384.
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