Ilim-Ilimma I

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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 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]

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. ISBN 9781899142880
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  2. ^ Michael C. Astour. Hittite History and Absolute Chronology of the Bronze Age. p. 92.
  3. ISBN 9789186098865
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  4. ^ Michael C. Astour. Orientalia: Vol. 38. p. 382.
  5. ISBN 9783050018201
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  6. ISBN 9783447037594
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  7. ^ Sidney Smith (1949). The Statue of Idri-Mi. p. 60.
  8. ISBN 978-0-19-924010-4
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  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. ISBN 9783050018201
    .
  12. ISBN 978-0-19-100293-9
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  13. ISBN 978-0-19-100293-9
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  14. ISBN 9781931882224
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  15. ^ Michael C. Astour. Orientalia: Vol. 38. p. 384.
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