Editing Shamshi-Adad I (section)

{{Short description|Amorite conqueror (r. 1808–1776 BC)}}
{{Infobox royalty
| name         = Shamshi-Adad I
| title        = [[King of the Universe]]<br>Pacifier of the Land between [[Tigris]] and [[Euphrates]]<ref>{{Cite book|last=Veenhof|first=Klaas R.|year=2017|chapter=The Old Assyrian Period (20th–18th century BCE)|title=A Companion to Assyria|editor=E. Frahm|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nhsmDwAAQBAJ|isbn=978-1118325247|publisher=John Wiley & Sons|location=Hoboken}}</ref>
| native_lang1 = Akkadian
| native_lang1_name1 = Šamši-Adad
| native_lang2 = Amorite
| native_lang2_name1 = Shamshi-Addu
| image        = Shamshi-Adad I.png
| caption      = Line-drawing of an incomplete seal of Shamshi-Adad I (𒀭𒌓𒅆𒀭𒅎 - <sup>[[DINGIR|d]]</sup>UTU.ši-<sup>d</sup>[[Hadad|IM]])
| succession   = King of Upper Mesopotamia
| reign        = {{circa}} 1808–1776 BC<ref>{{Cite book|last=Chen|first=Fei|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=N3znDwAAQBAJ|title=Study on the Synchronistic King List from Ashur|publisher=BRILL|year=2020|isbn=978-9004430914|location=Leiden|chapter=Appendix I: A List of Assyrian Kings|chapter-url=https://brill.com/view/book/9789004430921/back-1.xml?body=fullhtml-43184}}</ref>
| predecessor  = 
| successor    = [[Ishme-Dagan I]] <small>([[Assur]] and [[Ekallatum]])</small><br>[[Yasmah-Adad]] <small>([[Mari, Syria|Mari]])</small>
| father       = [[Ila-kabkabu]]
| birth_date   = 
| birth_place  = 
| death_date   = {{circa}} 1776 BC
| death_place  = [[Tell Leilan|Šubat-Enlil]]|
}}
'''Shamshi-Adad''' ({{langx|akk|Šamši-Adad}}; [[Amorite language|Amorite]]: ''Shamshi-Addu''), ruled {{Circa}} 1813–1776 BC, was an [[Amorite]] [[warlord]] and conqueror who had conquered lands across much of [[Syria]], [[Anatolia]], and [[Upper Mesopotamia]].<ref name="Rice">Some of the Mari letters addressed to Shamsi-Adad by his son can be found in the Mari Letters section of {{cite book|author=Shaika Haya Ali Al Khalifa and Michael Rice|year=1986|title=Bahrain through the Ages|publisher=KPI|isbn=0-7103-0112-X}}</ref> His capital was originally at [[Ekallatum]] and later moved to [[Tell Leilan|Šubat-Enlil]].<ref>[https://hal.science/hal-04379401v1/file/Ziegler-Otto-2023_BBVO-30_Ekallatum.pdf]Ziegler, Nele, and Adelheid Otto, "Ekallatum, Samsi-Addu’s capital city, localised", Entre les fleuves–III. On the Way in Upper Mesopotamia: Travels, Routes and Environment as Basis for the Reconstruction of Historical Geography 30, pp. 221-252, 2023</ref>