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Dadusha

fl. c. 1800 BCE · 19th century BCE

Dadusha was a king of Eshnunna in the Diyala region of Mesopotamia in the early 18th century BCE, the brother of Naram-Sin and son of Ipiq-Adad II. He made Eshnunna one of the great powers of the region alongside Shamshi-Adad I of Upper Mesopotamia. His victory stele, now in the Iraq Museum, records a campaign against the city of Qabara.

Dadusha
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