Category:Idrimi

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<nowiki>Idrimi; Idrimi; ኢድሪሚ; Idrimi; Idrimi; Idrimi; İdrimi; イドリミ; Idrimi; Ідрімі; Idrimi; Idrimi; Idrimi; Идри-ми; Idrimi; Idrimi; إدريمي; אדרימי; Idrimi; rei d'Alalakh; Herrscher von Alalach; King of Alalakh; ملك ألالاخ في القرن الخامس عشر قبل الميلاد; roi du royaume syrien d'Alalakh au XVe siècle AEC; koning van Alalakh</nowiki>
Idrimi 
King of Alalakh
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Date of birth15th century BC (statement with Gregorian date earlier than 1584)
Date of death15th century BC (statement with Gregorian date earlier than 1584)
Father
  • Ilim-Ilimma I
Child
  • Niq-mepa
  • Niqmepa, King of Alalakh
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Wikidata Q887396
VIAF ID: 57515674
GND ID: 123228778
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Idrimi was the king of Alalakh in the 15th century BC.

Idrimi was a Hurrianised Semitic son of the king of Aleppo (in Syria) who had been deposed by the new regional master, Barattarna, king of the Mitanni. Nevertheless he succeeded in regaining his seat and was recognized as a vassal by Barattarna. Idrimi founded the kingdom of Mushki, and ruled from Alalakh as a vassal to the Mitanni. He also invaded the Hittite territories to the north, resulting in a treaty with the country Kizzuwatna.

An inscription on a statue base found at Alalakh records Idrimi's vicissitudes. After his family had been forced to flee to Emar, with his mother's people, he left them and joined the "Apiru" in "Ammija in the land of Canaan", where other refugees from Aleppo recognized him as the "son of their overlord" and "gathered around him;" after living among them for seven years, he led his new friends and Habiru allies in a successful attack by sea on Alalakh, where he became king.

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