Isputahsu

 ( Kings Of Kizzuwatna ) 

Isputahsu (also transliterated as Išputaḫšu) was a king of Kizzuwatna, probably during the late 16th century BC (middle chronology). He signed a treaty of alliance with the Hittite Empire king Telepinu. The Routledge Handbook of The People and Places of Ancient Western Asia by Trevor Bryce

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Family His father was Pariyawatri, who maybe was not a king. The Kingdom of the Hittites by Trevor Bryce

The name of Isputahsu is Hittite and not Luwian.Yakubovich 2010, pp. 273–4

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Reign The first king of free Cilicia, Isputahsu was recorded as a "great king" in both cuneiform and Hittite hieroglyphs. A treaty between Ishputahshu and Telepinu is recorded in both Hittite and Akkadian.

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