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Iddin-Dagan
Iddin-Dagan (Iddin-Dagān) was the third king of the First Dynasty of Isin, a Mesopotamian kingdom, who reigned for 21 years from 1976 to 1956 BC and was succeeded by his son Ishme-Dagan.
Ikunum
Ikunum was a king of Aššur in the early Old Assyrian period, son of Erišum I and father of Sargon I, reigning about 1934–1920 BC.
Iltani
Iltani was an Old Babylonian princess of Karana in northwestern Iraq, daughter of King Samu-Addu and wife of the diviner Aqba-Hammu, in the early 18th century BC.
Ilu-Mer
Ilu-Mer is an early king of Assyria known only from the Assyrian King List, which records him as the son of Hayani and father of Yakmesi.
Ilu-shumma
Ilu-shumma (Ilu-šumma, also Ilushuma) was an early ruler of the city-state of Assur around 1975 BCE, known for an inscription granting freedom to the Akkadians.
Ilum-ma-ili
Ilum-ma-ili, also written Ili-ma-ilu, was the founder and first king of the First Sealand dynasty, a southern Mesopotamian state that broke away from Babylon around 1720 BCE.
Ilūni
Ilūni was a ruler of the Mesopotamian kingdom of Eshnunna in the Old Babylonian period, defeated and put to death by Samsu-iluna, Hammurabi's son and successor.
Inibshina
Inibshina (Inib-šīna) was an Old Babylonian princess of Ešnunna, daughter of King Daduša, known only from an inscribed balance weight found at Assur that may point to a marriage alliance with Assyria.
Ipiq-Adad I
Ipiq-Adad I of Eshnunna was an early Old Babylonian ruler of the Mesopotamian city of Eshnunna, modern Tell Asmar, attested as governor (ensi) on a seal from about 2000–1900 BC.
Ipiq-Adad II
Ipiq-Adad II (Akkadian Ipîq-Adad) was a king of Eshnunna, a city-state in the Diyala region of Mesopotamia, whose 45-year reign brought great expansion, with campaigns reaching as far as Aleppo, and ended around 1811–1810 BC.
Irdanene
Irdanene, also rendered Urdunene, was a king of Uruk in southern Mesopotamia during the early Old Babylonian period, around 1816–1810 BC, son and successor of An-am and known from his year names.
Ishbi-Erra
Ishbi-Erra (Išbi-Erra) was a king of Isin in southern Mesopotamia who founded the Dynasty of Isin as the Third Dynasty of Ur collapsed, reigning roughly 2017–1985 BC.
Ishgum-Addu
Ishgum-Addu (Išgum-Addu) was the sixth shakkanakku, or military governor, of Mari on the middle Euphrates, ruling 8 years between his brother Ishtup-Ilum and Apil-kin; he is known almost entirely from the dynastic lists.
Ishma-Dagan
Ishma-Dagan (Išma-Dagan) was the third shakkanakku, or military governor, of Mari in northern Mesopotamia, ruling for 45 years, dated 2199–2154 BC; he was succeeded by his sons Nur-Mer and Ishtup-Ilum.
Ishme-Dagan (king of Isin)
Ishme-Dagan was the fourth king of the First Dynasty of Isin, who styled himself king of Sumer and Akkad, was worshipped as a god, and reigned about twenty years.
Ishme-Dagan I
Išme-Dagan I, elder son of Shamshi-Adad I, was king of Ekallatum and then Assyria from about 1775 BC, warring against Eshnunna, the Turukkeans, and Hammurabi of Babylon.
Iter-pisha
Iter-piša, also written Iter-pisa, was a king of the First Dynasty of Isin in southern Mesopotamia, ruling about 1835–1832 BC as the dynasty's 12th ruler, between Zambiya and Urdukuga.
Kirum
Kirum, also spelled Kīrum, was a princess of Mari and daughter of its last king, Zimri-Lim, married to Haya-Sumu of Ilan-Sura and known from letters in the Mari archives.
Libaya
Libaya was, according to the Assyrian King List, the 49th ruler of Assyria in the early Adaside dynasty, a son of Belu-bani who reigned 17 years.
Lipit-Enlil
Lipit-Enlil of Isin was the eighth king of the First Dynasty of Isin, a son of Būr-Sîn who ruled for five years, c. 1873-1869 BC.
Lipit-Ishtar
Lipit-Ishtar, also known as Lipit-Eštar, was the fifth king of the First Dynasty of Isin, reigning about 1934 to 1924 BC and best known for his Sumerian law code.
Mandaru
Mandaru is the sixth of seventeen early "kings who lived in tents" in the Assyrian King List, named between Harharu and Imsu; the list assigns him no regnal years.
Naplanum
Naplanum (Naplanûm) is the figure the Larsa King List names as the first ruler of Larsa, credited with a 21-year reign c. 2025–2005 BC that no contemporary record confirms.
Naram-Sin of Eshnunna
Narām-Sîn of Eshnunna was a king of Eshnunna who reigned around 1810–1801 BC, conquering lands along the Tigris and Euphrates and forcing Mari into a treaty.
Nur-Adad
Nur-Adad, also written Nūr-Adad, was the eighth king of the Larsa dynasty in southern Iraq, reigning 16 years from 1865 to 1850 BC and known for temple building at Ur and Eridu.
Nur-ahum
Nur-ahum (Nūr-aḫum) was an early governor (ensi) of the Mesopotamian city-state of Eshnunna around 2000 BC, known almost entirely from seal inscriptions found at Tell Asmar.
Peshgaldaramesh
Peshgaldaramesh, also written Pešgaldarameš, was a king of the First Sealand Dynasty in 16th-century BC southern Mesopotamia, son of Gulkišar, known from a 474-tablet archive.
Puzur-Ashur I
Puzur-Ashur I (Puzur-Aššur I) was an early independent ruler of the city-state of Assur around 2025 BC, father of Šalim-aḫum and ancestor of the native kings Ilušuma and Erišum I.
Puzur-Ashur II
Puzur-Ashur II (Puzur-Aššur II) was an early Old Assyrian king of Ashur, reigning about eight years around 1865–1857 BC, son of Sargon I and father of Naram-Sin.
Puzur-Sin
Puzur-Sin was a ruler of Assur shortly after Shamshi-Adad I who deposed Asinum, ending that dynasty's control, and is known solely from a single inscribed stone tablet.