Kandalanu
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Kandalanu () was a vassal king of Babylon under the Neo-Assyrian kings Ashurbanipal and Ashur-etil-ilani, ruling from his appointment by Ashurbanipal in 647 BC to his own death in 627 BC.
Key facts
- Monarch.name
- Kandalanu
- Monarch.reign
- 647–627 BC
- Monarch.predecessor
- Shamash-shum-ukin
- Monarch.successor
- Sin-shumu-lishir
- Monarch.death_date
- 627 BC
- Monarch.succession
- King of Babylon(vassal of the Neo-Assyrian Empire)
- Monarch.native_lang1
- Akkadian
- Monarch.native_lang1_name1
- Kandalānu
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- date of death
- 0627-01-01
- date of birth
- 0650-00-00
- described by source
- Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
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Encyclopedic overview
6 sectionsContents
- Historical background
- Reign and role
- Identification with Ashurbanipal
- References
- Sources
- Further reading
Kandalanu () was a vassal king of Babylon under the Neo-Assyrian kings Ashurbanipal and Ashur-etil-ilani, ruling from his appointment by Ashurbanipal in 647 BC to his own death in 627 BC.
After the failed rebellion by the preceding king of Babylon, Shamash-shum-ukin, against Ashurbanipal, Kandalanu was proclaimed as the new vassal king of Babylon. His background is uncertain; it is possible that he was one of Ashurbanipal's younger brothers, a Babylonian noble who had sided with him in Shamash-shum-ukin's revolt, or a simple-minded or deformed man appointed as king to ensure he did not gain the support of the Babylonians for further actions against Assyrian rule.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kandalanu” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.