kingdom · Mesopotamia and Iran

Bazi Dynasty

1004 BCE – 985 BCE (approx.) · capital Babylon

A short Babylonian dynasty of three kings from the house of Bazi, reigning for about twenty years around 1000 BCE.

Origins

The Bazi Dynasty took its name from Bit-Bazi, a family or tribal group probably of Kassite descent. Its founder, Eulmash-shakin-shumi, became king of Babylon around 1004 BCE after the end of the Second Sealand Dynasty.

Rule and society

Very little is known of these reigns beyond king lists and a few chronicle entries and kudurru inscriptions. Eulmash-shakin-shumi ruled for about seventeen years; he was followed briefly by Ninurta-kudurri-usur I and Shirikti-Shuqamuna. Babylonia remained weakened by Aramean settlement and poor harvests, and the kings had limited authority beyond the main cities.

Decline and legacy

Around 985 BCE the dynasty was followed by a single Elamite king, Mar-biti-apla-usur, and then by the Dynasty of E.

Few sources survive for this state; details are uncertain.

Lineage

Second Sealand Dynasty 1025 BCE – 1005 BCEBazi DynastyDynasty of E 979 BCE – 732 BCE

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