kingdom · Anatolia and the Levant

Shubria

1100 BCE – 673 BCE (approx.) · capital Uppumu

Shubria, a Hurrian kingdom of the upper Tigris highlands that sheltered fugitives from Assyria until Esarhaddon conquered it.

Origins

Shubria lay in the mountains north of the upper Tigris, between Assyria and the Kingdom of Urartu. It emerged as a kingdom after the Late Bronze Age, inhabited by Hurrian speakers whose culture survived longer there than elsewhere.

Rule and society

Its kings, ruling from Uppumu, played Assyria and Urartu against each other. Shubria was known as a refuge where fugitives, deserters and escaped slaves from the Assyrian Empire could find asylum, a practice its kings defended.

Decline and legacy

When King Ik-Teshub refused to hand over fugitives, Esarhaddon of the Assyrian Empire captured Uppumu in 673 BCE and annexed Shubria, recording the campaign in a letter to the god Ashur.

Few sources survive for this state; details are uncertain.

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

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