Aziru

(Akkadian: ma-zi-ra) shi ne mai mulkin Kan'ana na Amurru, Lebanon ta zamani, a karni na 14 BC. Shi dan Abdi-Ashirta ne, tsohon masarautar Masar ta Amurru kuma dan zamani ne na Akhenaton.

 Iyali 
Aziru shi ne ɗan kuma magajin Abdi-Ashirta, wanda ya kafa Masarautar Amurru . Shi ne mahaifin DU-Teššup .

 Sarauta 
Aziru ya kasance ƙaramin sarki na ƙasar Amurru, mai bin Suppiluliuma I, Arnuwanda II da Mursili II. Ya canza amincinsa ga Suppiluliuma I a kusa da 1350-1345 KZ, kuma har yanzu yana da rai a Shekara 7 na Mursili II (c. 1315 KZ), lokacin da larduna masu tayar da hankali suka yi tawaye.

 Dangantaka da Masar 
Ayyukan Aziru sanannu ne daga wasiƙun Amarna. Yayinda yake dan majalisa na Masar, ya yi ƙoƙari ya faɗaɗa mulkinsa zuwa gabar Bahar Rum kuma ya kama birnin Sumur (Simyrra). Jihohin makwabta sun ga wannan da tsoro, musamman Rib-Hadda, sarkin Gubla, (Byblos), wanda ya roki a aika da sojojin Masar don kare su. An kori Rib-Hadda - kuma mai yiwuwa ba da daɗewa ba aka kashe shi - bisa umarnin Aziru. Rib-Hadda ya bar garinsu na Byblos na tsawon watanni hudu don kammala yarjejeniya tare da sarkin Beirut, Ammunira, amma lokacin da ya dawo gida, ya fahimci cewa juyin mulkin da ɗan'uwansa Ilirabih ya jagoranta ya cire shi daga mulki. Ya nemi mafaka na ɗan lokaci tare da Ammunira kuma bai yi nasara ba don neman goyon baya daga Masar don mayar da shi ga kursiyin.  (EA 136-138; EA 141 & EA 142)  Lokacin da wannan ya gaza, an tilasta Rib-Hadda ya yi kira ga abokin gaba da ya rantse, Aziru, don mayar da shi a kan kursiyin birninsa. Aziru nan da nan ya ci amanarsa kuma ya tura Rib-Hadda a hannun sarakunan Sidon inda Rib-Hadd kusan ya sadu da mutuwarsa.

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