Shattiwaza: Last King of Independent Mitanni
Shattiwaza (c. 1330 BCE) was the son of Tushratta, installed as Hittite vassal king of Mitanni after Suppiluliuma I sacked Washukanni. Discover his place in Kurdish ancestral history.
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Shuttarna III: Son of the Usurper and the Return of Assur's Doors
Shuttarna III (c. 1330 BCE) was a Mitanni king, son of Artatama II, whose reign saw the symbolic reversal of Mitanni imperial power. Discover his place in Kurdish ancestral history.
Read article →Artatama II: Rival King and the Mitanni Civil War
Artatama II (c. 1335 BCE) was a rival Mitanni king whose Assyrian alliance accelerated the empire's decline. Discover his place in Kurdish ancestral history.
Read article →Tushratta: The Mitanni King of the Amarna Letters
Tushratta (c. 1358–1350 BCE) was the most documented Mitanni king, known through the Amarna Letters. Discover his dramatic reign and place in Kurdish ancestral history.
Read article →Artashumara: The Mitanni King Murdered at Succession
Artashumara (c. 1360 BCE) was a Mitanni king murdered by court official Na'wa shortly after taking the throne. Discover his place in Kurdish ancestral history.
Read article →Shuttarna II: Mitanni King at the Height of Empire
Shuttarna II (c. 1380 BCE) reigned at the peak of Mitanni power, sending his daughter Kile-Hepa to marry Amenhotep III of Egypt. Discover his place in Kurdish ancestral history.
Read article →Artatama I: The Mitanni King Who Allied with Egypt
Artatama I (c. 1400 BCE) forged the Mitanni-Egypt alliance by giving his daughter to Pharaoh Thutmose IV. Discover his place in Kurdish ancestral history.
Read article →Shaitarna: King of the Mitanni Empire
Shaitarna was a Mitanni king c. 1425 BCE, part of the Hurrian empire that Kurdish historians regard as Kurdish ancestral civilisation. Discover his place in Mitanni and Kurdish history.
Read article →Larkutla: Last King of the Lullubi Kingdom
Larkutla was the twelfth and final Lullubi king c. 675 BCE. Discover his place in Kurdish ancestral history and the extraordinary 1,800-year Lullubi Kingdom.
Read article →Dada: The Late Lullubi King of the Zagros
Dada was a later Lullubi ruler of the Zagros, linked to Lulubum, Sharazor and the ancient mountain world of the Kurdish ancestral homeland.
Read article →Hubaia: Tenth King of the Lullubi Kingdom
Hubaia was the tenth Lullubi king c. 830 BCE. Discover his place in Kurdish ancestral history and the extraordinary 1,800-year Lullubi Kingdom.
Read article →Zabini: Ninth King of the Lullubi Kingdom
Zabini was the ninth known Lullubi king c. 881 BCE. Discover his place in Kurdish ancestral history and the Lullubi Kingdom.
Read article →Nur-Adad: Eighth King of the Lullubi Kingdom
Nur-Adad was the eighth known Lullubi king c. 881–880 BCE. Discover his place in Kurdish ancestral history and the Lullubi Kingdom.
Read article →Tardunni: Seventh King of the Lullubi Kingdom
Tardunni was the seventh known Lullubi king. Discover his place in Kurdish ancestral history and the Lullubi Kingdom.
Read article →Ikki: Sixth King of the Lullubi Kingdom
Ikki was the sixth known Lullubi king. Discover his place in the history of the Lullubi Kingdom and Kurdish ancestral heritage.
Read article →Darianam: Fifth King of the Lullubi Kingdom
Darianam was the fifth known Lullubi king c. 2000 BCE. Discover his place in the history of the Lullubi Kingdom and Kurdish ancestral heritage.
Read article →Irib: Fourth King of the Lullubi Kingdom
Irib was the fourth known Lullubi king c. 2037 BCE. Discover his place in the history of the Lullubi Kingdom and Kurdish ancestral heritage.
Read article →Satuni: Lullubi King Immortalised on the Naram-Sin Victory Stele
Satuni was a Lullubi king c. 2270 BCE whose defeat by Naram-Sin is depicted on the Victory Stele in the Louvre. Discover his place in Kurdish ancestral history.
Read article →Anubanini: Mighty King of Lullubum and Guardian of the Zagros
Anubanini, mighty king of Lullubum c. 2300 BCE, left the oldest rock relief in the Middle East at Sar-e Pol-e Zahab. Discover his place in Kurdish ancestral history.
Read article →Immashkush: Founding King of the Lullubi Kingdom
Immashkush was the founding king of the Lullubi Kingdom c. 2400 BCE. Discover his place in Kurdish ancestral history and the origins of the Zagros mountain civilisation.
Read article →Tirigan: Last Kurdish King of the Gutian Dynasty
Tirigan was the last Gutian king of Mesopotamia c. 2090 BCE. Discover the dramatic final chapter of the first Kurdish empire and his defeat by Utu-hengal of Uruk.
Read article →Yarlaganda: Sixteenth Kurdish King of the Gutian Dynasty
Yarlaganda was the sixteenth and penultimate Gutian king of Mesopotamia c. 2103 BCE. Discover his place in Kurdish history and the twilight of the first Kurdish empire.
Read article →Puzur-Suen (Puzur-Sin): Fifteenth Kurdish King of the Gutian Dynasty
Puzur-Suen (Puzur-Sin) was the fifteenth Gutian king of Mesopotamia c. 2110 BCE. Discover his place in Kurdish history and the culturally sophisticated final era of the first Kurdish empire.
Read article →Hablum: Fourteenth Kurdish King of the Gutian Dynasty
Hablum was the fourteenth Gutian king of Mesopotamia c. 2112 BCE. Discover his place in Kurdish ancestral history and the first Kurdish empire.
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