Adad-nirari II.

Adad - nirari II was King of the Assyrian Empire in the years 911-891 BC

Adad - nirari II was the son and successor of King Ashur -dan II and regarded as the founder of the Neo-Assyrian Empire. Inscriptions tell of victories against the Syrians, as well as disputes with Nabû - šuma - ukin I., king of Babylon, with whom he eventually agreed to a peace treaty: Adad - nirari married his daughter, and gave him his daughter to wife.

Adad - nirari reported at a founding board from Nineveh (BM 12104 ) of his victories against Urartri: " Heroic King, who with the help of his men Assyria from the other bank of the lower Zab after Lulume, Habhi, Zamua, and until the beginning of the country Namri moved and subjugated the vast Qumani up by Mehri, Salua and Urarti. "After the text is incomplete, he mentions sacrifices offered up the king, and further conquests

Successor of Adad - niraris his son Tukulti -Ninurta II