Shalmaneser I was a king of Assyria

Assyria

Assyria was a Semitic Akkadian kingdom, extant as a nation state from the mid–23rd century BC to 608 BC centred on the Upper Tigris river, in northern Mesopotamia , that came to rule regional empires a number of times through history. It was named for its original capital, the ancient city of Assur...

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Son of Adad-nirari I

Adad-nirari I

Adad-nirari I was a king of Assyria. He is the earliest Assyrian king whose annals survive in any detail. Adad-nirari I achieved major military victories that significantly strengthened the Assyrian kingdom and enabled Assyria to start to play a major role in Mesopotamian politics...

, he succeeded his father as king in 1265 BC.

According to his annals, discovered at Assur

Assur

Assur , was one of the capitals of ancient Assyria. The remains of the city are situated on the western bank of river Tigris, north of the confluence with the tributary Little Zab river, in modern day Iraq, more precisely in the Al-Shirqat District .Assur is also...

, in his first year he conquered eight countries in the northwest and destroyed the fortress of Arinnu

Arinnu

According to the annals of Shalmaneser I, discovered at Assur , in his first year he conquered eight countries in the north-west and destroyed the fortress of Arinnu, the dust of which he brought to Assur....

, the dust of which he brought to Assur. In his second year he defeated Shattuara

Shattuara

Shattuara, also spelled Šattuara, was a king of the Hurrian kingdom of Hanigalbat in the thirteenth century BC.Shattuara was a vassal of the Assyrian king Adad-nirari I...

, king of Hanilgalbat, and his Hittite

Hittites

The Hittites were a Bronze Age people of Anatolia.They established a kingdom centered at Hattusa in north-central Anatolia c. the 18th century BC. The Hittite empire reached its height c...

 and Ahlamu allies. He incorporated the remains of the Mittani kingdom as part of one of the Assyrian provinces. Shalmaneser I also claimed to have blinded

Blinding

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 14,400 enemy prisoners in one eye. He was one of the first Assyrian kings who was known to deport his defeated enemies to various lands rather than simply slaughtering them all.

He conquered the whole country from Taidu

Taidu

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 to Irridu, from Mount Kashiar to Eluhat, and from the fortresses of Sudu and Harranu to Carchemish

Carchemish

Carchemish or Kargamış was an important ancient city of the Mitanni, Hittite and Neo Assyrian Empires, now on the frontier between Turkey and Syria. It was the location of an important battle between the Babylonians and Egyptians, mentioned in the Bible...

 on the Euphrates

Euphrates

The Euphrates is the longest and one of the most historically important rivers of Western Asia. Together with the Tigris, it is one of the two defining rivers of Mesopotamia...

. He built palaces at Assur

Assur

Assur , was one of the capitals of ancient Assyria. The remains of the city are situated on the western bank of river Tigris, north of the confluence with the tributary Little Zab river, in modern day Iraq, more precisely in the Al-Shirqat District .Assur is also...

 and Nineveh

Nineveh

Nineveh was an ancient Assyrian city on the eastern bank of the Tigris River, and capital of the Neo Assyrian Empire. Its ruins are across the river from the modern-day major city of Mosul, in the Ninawa Governorate of Iraq....

, restored the "world-temple" at Assur, and founded the city of Nimrud

Nimrud

Nimrud is an ancient Assyrian city located south of Nineveh on the river Tigris in modern Ninawa Governorate Iraq. In ancient times the city was called Kalḫu. The Arabs called the city Nimrud after the Biblical Nimrod, a legendary hunting hero .The city covered an area of around . Ruins of the city...

. He was succeeded by his son Tukulti-Ninurta I

Tukulti-Ninurta I

Tukulti-Ninurta I was a king of Assyria.He succeeded Shalmaneser I, his father, as king and won a major victory against the Hittites at the Battle of Nihriya in the first half of his reign...

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Limmu Officials by Year

Annual limmu officials beginning with the year of accession of Šulmanu-ašared. The list is partly derived from Freydank and McIntyre. The exact order of the earliest limmus is conjectural but the ordering from Šerriya onwards is essentially fixed.

1265 Adad-šumu-lešir son of Sin-ašared

1264 Šulmanu-ašared (king)

1263 Mušabšiu-Šibitti

1262 Ber-šumu-iddina

1261 Abi-ili son Aššur-šumu-lešir

1260 Aššur-alik-pana

1259 Adad-Šamši son of Adad-šumu-lešir

1258 Kidin-Sin son Adad-teya

1257 Šerriya

1256 Aššur-kašid

1255 Aššur-mušabši son of Iddin-Mer

1254 Aššur-mušabši son of Anu-mušallim

1253 Qibi-Aššur son of Šamaš-aḫa-iddina

1252 Aššur-nadin-šume

1251 Mušallim-Aššur

1250 Qibi-Aššur son of Ṣilli-Marduk

1249 Ina-pi-Aššur-lišlim son of Babu-aḫa-iddina

1248 Ber-šumu-lešir son of Ete-pi-Tašmete

1247 Aššur-dammiq son of Abi-ili

1246 Ber-bel-lite

1245 Ištar-eriš son of Šulmanu-qarrad

1244 Lullayu son of Adad-šumu-iddina

1243 Aššur-ketti-ide son of Abi-ili

1242 Ekaltayu

1241 Aššur-daʼissunu son of Ululayu

1240 Riš-Adad

1239 Nabu-bela-uṣur

1238 Usat-Marduk

1237 Ellil-ašared

1236 Ittabši-den-Aššur

1235 Ubru