Ibiranu (reigned 1235 BC – 1225/20 BC) was the sixth king of

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, a city-state in northwestern Syria. Ibiranu reigned between c. 1235 and 1225/20 BC, and was a contemporary of

Tudhaliya IV Tudhaliya is the name of several Hittite kings: *Tudhaliya (also Tudhaliya I) is a hypothetic pre-Empire king of the Hittites. He would have reigned in the late 17th century BC ( short chronology). Forlanini (1993) conjectures that this king corres ...

and

Arnuwanda III Arnuwanda III was the penultimate king of the Hittite empire (New Kingdom) c. 1215–1210 BC (middle chronology) or c. 1209–1207 BC ( short chronology). Family Arnuwanda was a son of Tudhaliya IV and grandson of Hattusili III Ḫattušili (''� ...

of Hatti. As a

vassal state A vassal state is any state that has a mutual obligation to a superior state or empire, in a status similar to that of a vassal in the feudal system in medieval Europe. Vassal states were common among the empires of the Near East, dating back to ...

of Hatti the king was answerable to the viceroy at

Carchemish Carchemish ( Turkish: ''Karkamış''; or ), also spelled Karkemish ( hit, ; Hieroglyphic Luwian: , /; Akkadian: ; Egyptian: ; Hebrew: ) was an important ancient capital in the northern part of the region of Syria. At times during it ...

.Bryce, 2003, pp. 215–217Watson, 1999, p. 686

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