Hana was located on the Euphrates River close to the junction of the Khabur River in what is now Syria and Iraq. Following the fall of Mari around 1760 BC, the 1st Kingdom formed. It was followed by the 2nd Kingdom, which emerged during the Middle Babylonian period.Amanda H. Podany, A Middle Babylonian Date for the Ḫana Kingdom, Journal of Cuneiform Studies, vol. 43/45, pp. 53-62, (1991 - 1993)
Monarchs of the 1st Kingdom NameReignLifespanCommentsIapah-sumu-abuc. 1755 BCMay be mentioned as an "Overseer of the Haneans" in a tablet in Alalakh during the time of Abban-El I of YamhadIsi-Sumuabic. 1735 BCYadih-Abuc. 1722 - c. 1718 BCDied c. 1718 BCAttested as defeated in Year 28 of Samsu-iluna of BabylonKastiliasuHis name is Kassite indicating he was not part of the royal succession, perhaps installed by Samsu-IlunaSunuhru-AmmuAmmi-madar
Monarchs of the 2nd Kingdom NameReignLifespanCommentsIddin-KakkaIsar-LimIggid-Lim Podany, Amanda H., et al., "An Adoption and Inheritance Contract from the Reign of Iggid-Lim of Ḫana", Journal of Cuneiform Studies, vol. 43/45, pp. 39–51, 1991Isih-DaganAhuniHammurabiQis-Adduc. 1420 BCWas a contemporary with the Mitannian kings Parattarna/Parittarna, Sausadatra, and SaitarnaPagiruRouault, Olivier, "Assyrians, Aramaeans and Babylonians: The Syrian lower middle Euphrates valley at the end of the Bronze Age", Syria. Archéologie, art et histoire 86, pp. 133-139, 2009Kühne, Hartmut, "Politics and Water Management at the Lower Ḫābūr (Syria) in the Middle Assyrian Period and beyond – a New Appraisal", in Water for Assyria edited by Hartmut Kühne, Studia Chaburensia 7, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, pp. 137-194, 2018c. 1420 BC
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