kingdom · Mesopotamia and Iran

Kingdom of Andarig

1780 BCE – 1761 BCE (approx.) · capital Andarig

One of the small kingdoms of the Sinjar plain that rose after Shamshi-Adad's death and played the great powers against each other in the Mari letters.

Origins

Andarig lay in the plain south of Jebel Sinjar in northern Iraq; its site is uncertain. When the Kingdom of Upper Mesopotamia collapsed around 1776 BCE, local rulers took power there, among them Qarni-Lim, an ally of Zimri-Lim of Mari.

Rule and society

The Mari archives show Andarig as a regional power competing with Karana, Kurda and Ekallatum for control of the Sinjar plain. Its kings bound themselves by oath to Mari, Eshnunna or Elam as interests shifted. After Qarni-Lim was killed, Atamrum, a ruler from Allahad backed first by Elam and then by Mari, took the throne and became one of the leading kings of the region, with troops and treaties recorded in letters.

Decline and legacy

After Hammurabi of Babylon conquered Mari in 1761 BCE, he imposed his authority on the Sinjar kingdoms, and Andarig vanishes from the sources, absorbed into Babylonian and later local northern powers.

Few sources survive for this state; details are uncertain.

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APA
The Epoch Institute. (2026). Kingdom of Andarig. In The Epoch Institute States Register. https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/kingdom-of-andarig
MLA
“Kingdom of Andarig.” The Epoch Institute States Register, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/kingdom-of-andarig. Accessed .
Chicago
The Epoch Institute. “Kingdom of Andarig.” The Epoch Institute States Register. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/kingdom-of-andarig.
Harvard
The Epoch Institute (2026) ‘Kingdom of Andarig’, The Epoch Institute States Register. Available at: https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/kingdom-of-andarig (Accessed: ).

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