Ila-kabkabu

Ila-kabkabu

The Amorite name Ila-kabkabu appears twice in the Assyrian King List: Ila-kabkabu (Akkadian: 𒀭𒆏𒅗𒁉, romanized: ILA-KAB-ka-bi) appears within the Assyrian King List among the “kings whose fathers are known” (alongside both: Ila-kabkabu's father and predecessor, Yazkur-el; Ila-kabkabu's son and successor, Aminu), Ila-kabkabu of Terqa is also mentioned as the father of one other king named within the Assyrian King List: Šamši-Adad I. Šamši-Adad I had not inherited the Assyrian throne from his father, but had instead been a conqueror. Ila-kabkabu had been an Amorite king not of Aššur (within Assyria), instead; Ila-kabkabu had been king of Terqa (within Syria) during the same time as that of the King Iagitlim of Mari (also within Syria.) According to the Mari Eponyms Chronicle, Ila-kabkabu had seized Shuprum (possibly c. 1790 BC), then Šamši-Adad I had, “entered his father's house,” (e.g.. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ila-kabkabu has received more than 33,957 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Ila-kabkabu is the 12,884th most popular politician, the 141st most popular biography from Syria and the 68th most popular Syrian Politician.