List of rulers of Mitanni

List of kings of Mittani from the 18th to the 12th century BC. All dates must be taken with caution since they are worked out only by comparison with the chronology of other ancient Near Eastern nations.

Depiction Ruler Approx. date of reign Succession Notes
Old Babylonian period (c. 2000 – c. 1000 BC)
Mitannian Empire (c. 1800 – c. 1100 BC)
Maitta Uncertain Eponymous founder
  • Possibly mythical
Kirta r. c. 1540 BC
(MC)

r. c. 1500 BC
(SC)

First known king
  • May also be legendary
Shuttarna I r. c. 1510 BC
(MC)

r. c. 1493 BC
(SC)

Son of Kirta
Parattarna I r. c. 1490 BC
(MC)

r. c. 1420 BC
(SC)

Parshatatar r. c. 1480 BC
(MC)

r. c. 1410 BC
(SC)

Son of Parattarna I
Shaushtatar r. c. 1460 BC
(MC)

r. c. 1410 BC
(SC)

Son of Parattarna I
Parattarna II r. c. 1435 BC
(MC)

r. c. 1390 BC
(SC)

  • temp. of: Qis-Addu
Shaitarna r. c. 1425 BC
(MC)

r. c. 1365 BC
(SC)

  • temp. of: Qis-Addu
Artatama I r. c. 1400 BC
(MC)

r. c. 1345 BC
(SC)

Son of Shaushtatar
Shuttarna II r. c. 1380 BC
(MC)

r. c. 1320 BC
(SC)

Son of Artatama I (?)
  • His daughter married Amenhotep III in the tenth year of his reign
Artashumara r. c. 1360 BC
(MC)

r. c. 1280 BC
(SC)

Son of Shuttarna II
  • Brief reign
Tushratta r. c. 1358 BC
(MC)

r. c. 1350 BC
(SC)

Son of Shuttarna II
Artatama II r. c. 1335 BC
(MC)

r. c. 1232 BC
(SC)

  • temp. of Ashur-uballit I
  • He signed a treaty with Suppiluliuma I
  • He ruled at the same time as Tushratta
Shuttarna III r. c. 1330 BC
(MC)

r. c. 1227 BC
(SC)

Son of Artatama II
  • temp. of Suppiluliuma I
Shattiwaza r. c. 1330 BC
(MC)

r. c. 1202 BC
(SC)

Son of Tushratta
  • Mitanni became a vassal of the Hittites
Shattuara I r. c. 1305 BC
(MC)

r. c. 1182 BC
(SC)

Wasashatta r. c. 1285 BC
(MC)

r. c. 1162 BC
(SC)

Son of Shattuara I
Shattuara II r. c. 1265 – c. 1233 BC
(MC)

r. c. 1162 – c. 1137 BC
(SC)

Brother of Tushratta (?)
  • He was the last king of the Mitanni

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