11 Facts About Ishme-Dagan I

Ishme-Dagan I was a monarch of Ekallatum and Assur during the Old Assyrian period.

Ishme-Dagan I's father, Shamshi-Adad I, was an Amorite king, originally of Terqa, who seized control of Assyria around 1808 BCE.

Ishme-Dagan I is called, “A forceful soldier not afraid to risk his own skin.

Shamshi-Adad I's correspondence with his younger son is not as generous, and Ishme-Dagan I appears to have picked up his father's censure of his younger brother and contributed to it.

Shamshi-Adad I, along with Ishme-Dagan I, embarked on a new campaign against both Qabra and Nurugum.

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Ishme-Dagan I eventually lost most of his domain, and was reduced to holding Ashur and Ekallatum, despite waging several counter offensives to try to regain the upper Khabur area.

Ishme-Dagan I wrote a letter to his brother, after Ishme-Dagan I assumes their father's throne and the rule of all of Upper Mesopotamia, that he:.

Ishme-Dagan I's confidence was overstated, however; as year-names of the eighth and ninth years of King Ibalpiel's reign indicate Eshnunna attacked and destroyed the armies of Ashur and Mari, and Ishme-Dagan I's control over his father's entire realm slipped, as his hold was reduced to the region of Ashur and Ekallatum.

Letter that was purportedly from Ishme-Dagan I, writing to his brother after their father had died, states:.

Some evidence indicates that after his reduction in power, Ishme-Dagan I appeared to hold tolerable relations with Babylon, Eshnunna, and Mari.

Later, it is likely that Ishme-Dagan I was the king of Ashur when Hammurabi vanquished her king and occupied Assyrian lands.