Iranzu
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Iranzu was an important king of Mannae. He is said to have risen to power circa 725 BCE during a period of struggle between the Assyrians and the Urartians.
Iranzu, king of the Mannaeans (a people who lived in northwestern Iran) to personally meet with Tiglath-Pileser in 744 and forged an alliance. Iranzu's predecessors had usually maintained their kingdom's independence through changing allegiance between Urartu and Assyria, but Iranzu made a firm choice to side with Assyria and Tiglath-Pileser eagerly accepted the alliance since Iranzu's realm was ideally placed to protect Assyria from Urartian raids.[1]
King Iranzu died in 716 BC (estimated). His son Aza succeeded him.
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Fuchs, Andreas (2017). "Assyria and the East: Western Iran and Elam". In E. Frahm (ed.). A Companion to Assyria. Hoboken: John Wiley & Sons. pp. 259–267. ISBN 978-1118325247.
