Battle of Halule

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Battle of Halule
Date691 BC
Location
Result Assyrian victory
Belligerents
Assyria
Commanders and leaders
Mushezib-Marduk
Humban-nimena
Khumban-umena III
Sennacherib

The Battle of Halule took place in 691 BC between the

Aramaic tribes.[1]

Background

During the reign of King

King of Babylon
led the Babylonian populace in revolt against Assyria and King Sennacherib.

Rebellion forces

Persia, Anzan, Ellipi, etc.) joined in rebellion against the Assyrians. The nucleus of the army consisted of Elamite, Median and Persian charioteers, infantry, and cavalrymen.[1]

Result

Sennacherib during his Babylonian war

The battle was indecisive, or at least both sides claimed the victory in their annals and all rulers remained on their thrones. However, Sennacherib captured Babylon after a 9 month siege and Ashurbanipal destroyed Elam after 40 years of fighting.[2]

Mushezib-Marduk lost his ally when the Elamite king Humban-nimena suffered a stroke later that same year, an opportunity King Sennacherib quickly seized by attacking Babylon, and eventually capturing it after a nine-month siege.

Persians and Medes were then subjugated. There was further fighting between Elam and Assyria over the next 40 years until Elam was destroyed by Ashurbanipal
.

References

  1. ^ a b "Welcome to Encyclopaedia Iranica".
  2. ^ The Encyclopedia of World History Archived February 16, 2008, at the Wayback Machine