Hapalla

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Anatolia during the Late Bronze Age

Hapalla (

Hittite Empire
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History

The first mention of Hapalla is when Arnuwanda I asks for help against a local uprising there. He bestows this duty to his vassal Madduwatta, who betrays him by taking Hapalla for himself. After threats from Arnuwanda, Madduwatta yields and hands it back to the Hittites.[1]

Later, when the Hittites are retaking their lands under

Apasa, and the surrounding land.[3]

The first sovereign known to us from Hapalla was Targasnalli who, after the failure of the uprising of

Hattuša and therefore was "...re-installed on the throne of Hapalla by the Hittite ruler".[4]
From the subsequent treaty of Kupanta-Kurunta, we learn that Targasnalli was still on the throne of Hapalla around 1310 BC.

The second ruler of Hapalla, a certain Ura-Hattusa, who appears in Alaksandu's treaty of 1280 BC, where the Hittite ruler Muwatalli II, son of Mursili, lists the four sovereigns of the surviving Arzawa kingdoms (What remained of Arzawa had been annexed by Mira) mentioning Ura-Hattusa as king of Hapalla. It is uncertain whether the two rulers came from the same family.

After this treaty, there are no more references to the kingdom of Hapalla.

It is now believed by scholars that towards the end of the Hittite empire (c. 1230 BC), King Tudhaliya IV established the State of Mira as the regional supervisor of Western Anatolia, with Hapalla most likely under its supervision.[5]

Geography

All we know about Hapalla comes from Hittite royal archives. It bordered to the west by Mira, to the east by the

Tarhuntassa,[6] thus Hapalla may correspond to the classical region of Pisidia
. Because of its position so close to the heart of the empire, it was often paid more attention by the Hittites, which considered it a bit like a buffer between the motherland and its Arzawa vassals.

Kings of Hapalla

King Dates
Targasnalli c. 1319 – c. 1310 BC
Ura-Hattusa c. 1280 BC

References

  1. ISBN 978-1589832688
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  2. ^ See KUB xix 22, 8–11, or the Deeds of Suppiluliuma, Fragment 20, at the Wayback Machine.
  3. OCLC 264593433
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  4. ^ See CTH 67. Treaty with Targasnalli, king of Hapalla, tablet concordance KBo V, 4 - CTH 67
  5. ^ Hawkins, J.D. 2009. The Arzawa letters in recent perspective. BMSAES 14: 73–83. https://www.britishmuseum.org/pdf/Hawkins.pdf British Museum
  6. OCLC 264593433.https://books.google.co.uk/books/about/The_Kingdom_of_the_Hittites.html?id=Agg5-lpVI2MC

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