List of rulers of Mitanni explained

List of kings of Mittani from the 18th to the 12th century BC. All dates must be taken with caution since they are worked out only by comparison with the chronology of other ancient Near Eastern nations.

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DepictionRuler date of reignSuccessionNotes
Old Babylonian period
Mitannian Empire
MaittaUncertainEponymous founder
  • Possibly mythical
Kirta
(MC)

(SC)
First known king
  • May also be legendary
Shuttarna I
(MC)

(SC)
Son of Kirta
Parattarna I
(MC)

(SC)
Parshatatar
(MC)

(SC)
Son of Parattarna I
Shaushtatar
(MC)

(SC)
Son of Parattarna I
Parattarna II
(MC)

(SC)
  • temp. of: Qis-Addu
Shaitarna
(MC)

(SC)
  • temp. of: Qis-Addu
Artatama I
(MC)

(SC)
Son of Shaushtatar
Shuttarna II
(MC)

(SC)
Son of Artatama I (?)
  • His daughter married Amenhotep III in the tenth year of his reign
Artashumara
(MC)

(SC)
Son of Shuttarna II
  • Brief reign
Tushratta
(MC)

(SC)
Son of Shuttarna II
Artatama II
(MC)

(SC)
  • temp. of Ashur-uballit I
  • He signed a treaty with Suppiluliuma I
  • He ruled at the same time as Tushratta
Shuttarna III
(MC)

(SC)
Son of Artatama II
  • temp. of Suppiluliuma I
Shattiwaza
(MC)

(SC)
Son of Tushratta
  • Mitanni became a vassal of the Hittites
Shattuara I
(MC)

(SC)
Wasashatta
(MC)

(SC)
Son of Shattuara I
Shattuara II
(MC)

(SC)
Brother of Tushratta (?)
  • He was the last king of the Mitanni