page_title: Yamhad dynasty
section_title: Family tree
hierarchical_section_title: Yamhad dynasty / Members / Family tree
caption_attribution_description: English: Alalakh, level IV, cuneiform text (AlT 15), mentioning king Niqmepa of Alalakh, using the older seal of king Abban, who maybe was a ruler of Jamchad
context_page_description: The Yamhad dynasty was an ancient Amorite royal family founded in c. 1810 BC by Sumu-Epuh of Yamhad who had his capital in the city of Aleppo. Started as a local dynasty, the family expanded its influence through the actions of its energetic ruler Yarim-Lim I who turned it into the most influential family in the Levant through both diplomatic and military tools. At its height the dynasty controlled most of northern Syria and the modern Turkish province of Hatay with a cadet branch ruling in the city of Alalakh.
  The dynasty was ousted during a short Hittite occupation of Aleppo in the beginning of the 16th century BC but was restored and expanded the kingdom again before being driven out of Aleppo by the Mitannians in c. 1524. Idrimi a member of the dynasty was able to conquer Alalakh leaving his descendants to rule until the last of them was dethroned by the Hittite king Suppiluliuma I in c. 1344 BC.
context_section_description: King of Aleppo -  King of Alalakh -  Queen -  Prince -  Princess - Dotted line : relation uncertain.
caption: Tablet of Niqmepa with the seal of Abba-El II used
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