Arukku
Sign in to saveArukku (Old Persian: or , or ; ; ; ; * before 656 BC) was the eldest son of King Kuras (Cyrus I) from Parsumaš.
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- Mention in Assyrian records
- Traditional identifications
- Alternative explanations
- References
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Arukku (Old Persian: or , or ; ; ; ; * before 656 BC) was the eldest son of King Kuras (Cyrus I) from Parsumaš.
==Mention in Assyrian records== In connection with the destruction of Susa, which was effectively the dissolution of the kingdom of Elam by Ashurbanipal, Kuras (Cyrus I) sent Arukku to Nineveh to recognize the supremacy of the Assyrians in 639 BC. The distinction equating Parsua with Parsumaš would mean that the referenced Cyrus may have meanwhile taken over the sovereignty of one of many kings. In 835 BC, in the 24th year of the reign of Shalmaneser III, Parsua was described as a country with 27 kings.