Yamhad dynasty

thumb|Statue of Idrimi in the British Museum. Idrimi (meaning "It is my help") was the king of Alalakh 1490–1465 BC, or around 1450 BC. He is known mainly from an inscription on his statue found at Alalakh by Leonard Woolley in 1939. According to that inscription, he was a son of Ilim-Ilimma I, King of Halab (now Aleppo), who would have been deposed by the new regional master Barattarna, King of Mitanni. Idrimi probably succeeded in gaining the throne of Alalakh with the assistance of a group known as the Habiru, founding the Kingdom of Mukish as a vassal state to the Kingdom of Mitanni. He al

Sumu-Epuh (died 1780 BC) is the first attested king of Yamhad (Halab). He founded the Yamhad dynasty which controlled northern Syria throughout the 18th and 17th centuries BC.

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politician

Shibtu (died 1761 BC) was the wife of Zimri-Lim and queen consort of the ancient city-state of Mari in modern-day Syria. Historian Abraham Malamat described her as "the most prominent of the Mari ladies."

politician

Irkabtum (reigned c. Middle 17th century BC - Middle chronology) was the king of Yamhad (Halab), succeeding his father Niqmi-Epuh.

Niqmi-Epuḫ, also given as Niqmepa (reigned - Middle chronology) was the king of Yamḫad (Halab) succeeding his father Yarim-Lim II.

Amorite great King of Yamhad

king of Yamhad

great King of Yamhad

king of Halab (Yamhad)

king of Alalakh

Sarra-El also written Šarran (reigned Early 16th century BC - Middle chronology) was a prince of Yamhad who might have regained the throne after the assassination of the Hittite king Mursili I.

great King of Yamhad

ancient Amorite royal family