Irhuleni (Luwian language, Luwian: ''Urhilina'') was King of Hamath. He led a coalition against the Assyrian expansion under Shalmaneser III, alongside Hadadezer of Damascus. This coalition succeeded in 853 BC in the Battle of Qarqar a victory over the Assyrians, halting their advance to the west for two years. Later Irhuleni maintained good relations with Assyria. His son was, in Luwian, ''Uratami''.
His name also appears in inscriptions on votive offerings found in Nimrud.
King Zakkur is known as the ruler of Hamath around 785 BC.
[Luis Robert Siddall]
''The Reign of Adad-nīrārī III: An Historical and Ideological Analysis of An Assyrian King and His Times.''
BRILL, 2013 p.37
See also
* List of Neo-Hittite kings
Bibliography
* Hawkins,''Lexicon of Assyriology and Near Eastern Archaeology, RLA IV'', 67–70.
* Hawkins,''Cambridge Ancient History, CAH III.1'', 393–396.
* Klengel,''Syria. 3000 to 300 BC'', Berlin 1992, 213
References
9th-century BC deaths
9th-century BC monarchs
Syro-Hittite kings
Year of birth missing
9th-century BC Aramean kings
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