Armani (kingdom)
Armani was an ancient kingdom mentioned by Sargon of Akkad. Location. Syria: "Armani" was mentioned alongside "Ibla" in the geographical treaties of Sargon. This led some historians to identify "Ibla" with Syrian Ebla and "Armani" with Syrian Armi. Mesopotamia: Michael C. Astour refused to identify "Armani" with Armi, as Naram-Sin makes it clear that the "Ibla" he sacked (in c. 2240 BC) was a border town of the land of "Armani", while the Armi in the Eblaite tablets is a vassal to Ebla. "Armani" was attested in the treaties of Sargon in a section that mentions regions  located in Assyria and Babylonia or territories adjacent to the east, in contrast to the Syrian Ebla, located in the west. The later King Adad-Nirari I of Assyria also mentions "Armani" as being located east of the Tigris and on the border between Assyria and Babylon. Historians who disagree with the identification of Akkadian "Armani" with Syrian Armi place it (along with Akkadian "Ibla") north of the Hamrin Mountains in northern Iraq. History. First mentioned as the land of Armani by Sargon. Naram-Sin boasted about his victory and destruction of the city or Amarnum. He gives a detailed  account of the siege and the capture of Armarnum's king in one of his inscriptions. Armanum was later mentioned amongst the cities that rebelled against Naram-Sin. During the Middle Assyrian and Kassite periods, the land of Armani was mentioned as located east of the Tigris. King Shalmaneser III mentions his conquest of Halman, but the identification of Halman with Akkadian Armani (Arman) is dubious according to J.A. Brinkmann. Theorized connection with the name of Armenia. It was suggested by early 20th century Armenologists that Armani is the earliest form of the name Armenia.