Iranzu was an important king of

Mannae Mannaea (, sometimes written as Mannea; Akkadian: ''Mannai'', Biblical Hebrew: ''Minni'', (מנּי)) was an ancient kingdom located in northwestern Iran, south of Lake Urmia, around the 10th to 7th centuries BCE. It neighbored Assyria and Urart ...

. He is said to have risen to power circa 725 BCE during a period of struggle between the Assyrians and the Urartians. Iranzu, king of the Mannaeans (a people who lived in northwestern Iran) to personally meet with Tiglath-Pileser in 744 and forged an alliance. Iranzu's predecessors had usually maintained their kingdom's independence through changing allegiance between Urartu and Assyria, but Iranzu made a firm choice to side with Assyria and Tiglath-Pileser eagerly accepted the alliance since Iranzu's realm was ideally placed to protect Assyria from Urartian raids. King Iranzu died in 716 BC (estimated). His son

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succeeded him.

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Mannaeans 8th-century BC monarchs Year of death uncertain {{AncientNearEast-stub