Shutrukid dynasty
Map of the territory of Elam.
Parent family	Igihalkid dynasty
Country	Elam
Current region	Western Iran
Place of origin	Asia
Founded	c. 1200 BC
Founder	Shutruk-Nakhunte I
Final ruler	Shutur-Nahhunte I
Historic seat	Susa
Connected families	Humban-Tahrid dynasty
Traditions	Elamite religion
Dissolution	c. 970 BC
Deposition	c. 1115 BC
Cadet branches	Elamite dynasty

History ofGreater Iran
Pre-Islamic BCE / BC Prehistory Kura–Araxes culture c. 3400 – c. 2000 Helmand culture/Jiroft culture 3300-2200 Proto-Elamite civilization 3200–2800 Elamite dynasties 2800–550 Lullubi/Zamua 3100-675 Marhaši 2550-2020 Bactria–Margiana Complex 2400–1700 Gutian Dynasty 2141-2050 Avestan period c. 1500 BCE – 500 BCE Kingdom of Mannai 10th–7th century Neo-Assyrian Empire 911–609 Urartu 860–590 Median Empire 728–550 Scythian Kingdom 652–625 Achaemenid Empire 550–330 Ancient kingdom of Armenia 331 BCE – 428 CE Seleucid Empire 330–150 Caucasian Iberia c. 302 BCE – 580 CE Greco-Bactrian Kingdom 250–125 Parthian Empire 248 BCE–224 CE Caucasian Albania 2nd century BCE – 8th century CE Roman Empire 27 BCE – 330 CE CE / AD Kushan Empire 30–275 Sasanian Empire 224–651 Afrighid dynasty 305–995 Hephthalite Empire 425–557 Kabul Shahi kingdom 565–879 Dabuyid dynasty 642–760 Bagratid Armenia 880s – 1045 Alania 8th/9th century – 1238 / 9 Kingdom of Georgia 1008–1490
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TheShutrukid dynasty (c. 1200 – c. 1100 BC) was a dynasty of theElamite empire, in modernIran. Under the Shutrukids, Elam reached a height in power.^[1]

Shutruk-Nakhkhunte was the founder of this dynasty. He took as wife a Babylonian princess, the eldest daughter ofMelishihu ofBabylon.^[2] Shutruk-Nakhkhunte and his three sons, Kutir-Nakhkhunte II, Shilhak-In-Shushinak, and Khutelutush-In-Shushinak were capable of frequent military campaigns intoKassite Babylonia (which was also being ravaged by the empire ofAssyria during this period), and at the same time were exhibiting vigorous construction activity—building and restoring luxurious temples in Susa and across their Empire.^[1] Shutruk-Nakhkhunte raided Babylonia, carrying home to Susa trophies like the statues ofMarduk andManishtushu, theManishtushu Obelisk, theStele of Hammurabi and thestele ofNaram-Sin.^[1] With these trophies, he attempted to give a new aura to Elam, as the conqueror of Babylonia.^[1] Shutruk-Nakhunte added his own inscription on the stele of Naram-Sin:

"I am Shutruk-Nahhunte, son of Hallutush-Inshushinak, beloved servant of the godInshushinak, king of Anshan and Susa, who has enlarged the kingdom, who takes care of the lands of Elam, the lord of the land of Elam. When the god Inshushinak gave me the order, I defeatedSippar. I took the stele of Naram-Sin and carried it off, bringing it to the land of Elam. For Inshushinak, my god, I set it as an offering."

— Elamite inscription ofShutruk-Nahhunte on the victory stele ofNaram-Sin.^[3]

In 1158 BC, after much of Babylonia had been annexed byAshur-Dan I of Assyria and Shutruk-Nakhkhunte, the Elamites defeated permanently the Kassites, a dynasty which had ruled Mesopotamia for four centuries.^[1][4] They killed the Kassite king of Babylon,Zababa-shuma-iddin, and replaced him with Shutruk-Nakhkhunte's eldest son, Kutir-Nakhkhunte, who held it no more than three years before being ejected by the native Akkadian speakingBabylonians. The Elamites then briefly came into conflict withAssyria, managing to take the Assyrian city ofArrapha (modernKirkuk) before being ultimately defeated and having a treaty forced upon them byAshur-Dan I.

Kutir-Nakhkhunte's son Khutelutush-In-Shushinak was defeated byNebuchadnezzar I of Babylon, who sacked Susa and returned thestatue of Marduk, but who was then himself defeated by the Assyrian kingAshur-resh-ishi I. He fled to Anshan, but later returned to Susa, and his brotherShilhana-Hamru-Lagamar may have succeeded him as last king of the Shutrukid dynasty. Following Khutelutush-In-Shushinak, the power of the Elamite empire began to wane, for after the death of this ruler, Elam disappears into obscurity for more than three centuries.

The following list should not be considered complete:

#	Depiction	Name	Succession	Title	Approx. dates	Notes
Middle Elamite II period (c. 1400 – c. 1200 BC)
Shutrukid dynasty (c. 1200 – c. 970 BC)[5]
1st		Hallutush-Inshushinak	Unclear succession	King of Anshan and Susa	Uncertain,fl. c. 1217 – c. 1184 BC
2nd		Shutruk-Nakhunte I	Eponymous founder of the Shutrukid dynasty Son ofHallutush-Inshushinak Son-in-law ofMelishihu ofBabylon[2]	King of Anshan and Susa Sovereign of the land of Elam Lord of the land of Elam	Uncertain,r. c. 1184 – c. 1155 BC	temp. of: Meli-Shipak II Marduk-apla-iddina I Zababa-shuma-iddin
3rd		Kutir-Nahhunte II	Son ofShutruk-Nahhunte I	King of Anshan and Susa King of Elam King of Babylon	Uncertain,r. c. 1155 – c. 1150 BC	temp. of: Enlil-nadin-ahi
4th		Shilhak-Inshushinak I	Son ofShutruk-Nahhunte I	King of Anshan and Susa King of Elam	Uncertain,r. c. 1150 – c. 1120 BC (30 years)	temp. of: Marduk-kabit-ahheshu Itti-Marduk-balatu
5th		Hutelutush-Inshushinak	Son ofKutir-Nahhunte II	King of Anshan and Susa King of Elam King of Elam and Susiana	Uncertain,r. c. 1120 – c. 1100 BC	temp. of: Nebuchadnezzar I
Neo-Elamite I period (c. 1100 – c. 770 BC)
6th		Shilhina-Hamru-Lakamar	Son ofShilhak-Inshushinak I	King of Anshan and Susa King of Elam	Uncertain,fl. c. 1115 – c. 980 BC
Elamite dynasty of Babylonia (c. 980 – c. 975 BC)
7th		Mar-biti-apla-usur	Unclear succession	King of Babylon Son of Elam	Uncertain,r. c. 980 – c. 975 BC (6 years)	temp. of: Ashur-resh-ishi II
Elamite Dark Ages (c. 975 – c. 770 BC)
8th		Akshir-Shimut	Unclear succession	King of Anshan and Susa	Uncertain,fl. c. 1110 – c. 975 BC
9th		Akshir-Nahhunte	Unclear succession	King of Anshan and Susa	Uncertain,fl. c. 1100 – c. 970 BC
10th		Kara-Indash	Unclear succession	King of Elam	Uncertain,fl. c. 1070 – c. 830 BC
Neo-Elamite II period (c. 770 – c. 688 BC)
Humban-Tahrid dynasty (c. 830 – c. 688 BC)
11th		Unknown	Unclear succession	King of Anshan and Susa	Uncertain,fl. c. 821 BC	temp. of: Shamshi-Adad V
12th		Humban-Numena II	Unclear succession	King of Elam	Uncertain,fl. c. 1100 – c. 821 BC
13th		Shutruk-Nahhunte II	Son ofHumban-Numena II	King of Elam	Uncertain,fl. c. 1070 – c. 770 BC
14th		Shutur-Nahhunte I	Son ofHumban-Numena II	King of Anshan and Susa	Uncertain,fl. c. 1050 – c. 760 BC

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