Siege of Tarhuntassa

The Siege of Tarhuntassa was a short siege of the city, taking place a few days after the Battle of the Alashiyan Strait and the landing of Muwatalli's Hittites in Anatolia. It was the first engagement in the Hittite Civil War featuring Muwatalli himself, which quickly began turning the tide as many people started realizing that the king was indeed alive and that Hakkarpili had been lying about Muwatalli's death. 
On the 18th of Akhet I, Muwatalli's Hittites surrounded the city and put it under siege. The mayor of Tarhuntassa Sakduman ordered the soldiers to open fire on the soldiers outside, but they refused, seeing that it was indeed Muwatalli. Thus no actual combat took place, except within the city itself, where many civilians and garrison soldiers banded together and overthrew Sakduman, also initiating a purge to kill any remaining supporters of Hakkarpili. Harashi, the treasurer of the city, became the acting mayor and opened the gates to Muwatalli on the 25th, thus ending the siege. Sakduman was later executed publicly on Muwatalli's orders.
With the city secured and cleared of any enemies, it became the headquarters of OFK forces in Anatolia, from where they continued advancing north in their campaign. Muwatalli also met Zitwalla, leader of the local cell of the Alliance to Restore the True King, in the city and managed to contact the resistance leadership through him, thus also linking the two anti-Hakkarpili Hittite forces.
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