Kidin-Hutran was a middle-Elamite king of theIgihalkid dynasty known for his wars withBabylonia. The Babylonian Chronicle P describes two Kidin-Hutran attacks (iv 14-22).[1] In his first raid, he crossed the Tigris, sacked Der andNippur and deposed the Babylonian king,Enlil-nadin-shumi (almost certainly an Assyrian puppet). Later on, during the reign ofAdad-shuma-iddina, he attacked Babylonia again, striking Marad andIsin[2]
Kidin-Hutran is also mentioned in the so-called Berlin letter (Pergamon Museum, VAT17020), a neo-Babylonian copy of a letter sent by an unnamed Elamite king to the Babylonian court, stating his right to the Babylonian throne.[3] The letter states that Kidin-Hurtan was a son of the kingUntash-Napirisha and a grandson of the Babylonian kingBurna-Buriash.
Since more than 100 years distance separate the end of Burna-Buriash's reign and the accession of Adad-shuma-iddina, some authors[4] assume that there was more than one king with this name.