Armani was an ancient kingdom mentioned bySargon of Akkad.
Syria:Armani was mentioned alongsideIbla in the geographical treaties of Sargon. This led some historians to identifyIbla with SyrianEbla andArmani with SyrianArmi.[2]
Mesopotamia: Michael C. Astour refused to identifyArmani with Armi, asNaram-Sin makes it clear that theIbla he sacked (in c. 2240 BC) was a border town of the land ofArmani, while the Armi in the Eblaite tablets is a vassal to Ebla.[citation needed]Armani was attested in the treaties of Sargon in a section that mentions regions located in Assyria andBabylonia or territories adjacent to the east, in contrast to the Syrian Ebla, located in the west. The later KingAdad-Nirari I of Assyria also mentionsArmani as being located east of theTigris and on the border between Assyria and Babylon.[3] Historians who disagree with the identification of AkkadianArmani with Syrian Armi place it (along with AkkadianIbla) north of theHamrin Mountains in northern Iraq.[4]
When the GodDagon determined the verdict to Naram-Sin, the mighty God delivered into his handsRid-Adad, king of Armanum and Naram-Sin personally captured him in the middle of his palace gateway.
First mentioned as the land of Armani by Sargon. During theMiddle Assyrian andKassite periods, the land of Armani was mentioned as located east of the Tigris. KingShalmaneser III mentions his conquest of Halman, but the identification of Halman with Akkadian Armani (Arman) is dubious according to J.A. Brinkmann.[3]