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Shalmaneser I (𒁹𒀭𒁲𒈠𒉡𒊕 md sál-ma-nu-SAG Salmanu-ašared; ORACC Middle Assyrian Laws - Shalmaneser IThe name means: "the Salmanu is preeminent"; Georges Roux, Ancient Iraq (Penguin, 3rd ed., 1992), p. 295. 1273–1244 BC or 1265–1235 BC) was a king of Assyria during the Middle Assyrian Empire. He was the son and successor of Adad-nirari I.
In his second year he defeated Shattuara, king of Hanilgalbat (Mitanni), and his Hittites and Ahlamu allies. He incorporated the remains of the Mittanni kingdom as part of one of the Assyrian provinces. Shalmaneser I also claimed to have blindness 14,400 enemy prisoners in one eye. He was one of the first Assyrian people kings known to deport his defeated enemies to various lands.
He conquered the whole country from Taite to Irridu, from Mount Kashiar to Eluhat, and from the fortresses of Sudu and Harranu to Levantine Carchemish on the Euphrates. He scored a number of military victories over the Hittite Empire, Babylonia and over polities in the Levant, Anatolia and Zagros, expanding the Middle Assyrian Empire, built palaces at Assur, Nineveh and Arbela, restored the "world-temple" at Assur (Ehursagkurkurra), and founded the city of Kalhu (the biblical Calah/Nimrud). He was succeeded by his son Tukulti-Ninurta I.
limmu officials beginning with the year of accession of Šulmanu-ašared. The list is partly derived from FreydankHelmut Freydank, AoF 3 (2005), 45-56. and McIntyre. Eponyms of Shalmaneser 1 – Summary The exact order of the earliest limmus is conjectural but the ordering from Šerriya onwards is essentially fixed.
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