Mursili I

Japanese: ムルシリ[1世]（英語表記）Mursili I

? - c.1590 BC The third king of the Old Hittite Kingdom. Reigned c.1620 BC - c.1590 BC. He ascended to the throne by the will of his grandfather, Hattusili I. When a rebellion broke out in Harpa (now Aleppo) in Syria, which had come under his control after his grandfather's conquest, he marched to the city and, after pacifying it, took advantage of the momentum and led his troops further southeast, where he attacked Babylon on the Euphrates River, a 1,200-km mountain river away from his homeland, the royal castle of Hattusa, and finally destroyed the First Babylonian Dynasty, which had boasted a long history dating back to King Hammurapi.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

？‐前1590ころ
ヒッタイト古王国の第3代の王。在位，前1620ころ‐前1590年ころ。祖父ハットゥシリ1世の遺命により王位に就いた。祖父の征討により支配下に入っていたシリアのハルパ(今のアレッポ)に反乱が起こると，同地へ向かって出陣し，その平定ののち，余勢を駆ってさらに兵を南東に進め，故国の王城ハットゥサからは実に1200kmの山河を隔てるユーフラテス河畔のバビロンを急襲して，ハンムラピ王以来の由緒を誇るバビロン第1王朝をついに攻め滅ぼしてしまった。

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