![]() The remains of Haddu | |
Location | Syria |
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Region | Deir ez-Zor Governorate |
Coordinates | 35°55′48″N 40°20′49″E / 35.93°N 40.347°E |
Haddu, was an ancient kingdom in northern Syria, identified with the modern Tell Malhat ed-Deru (تل مليحة الدور) in Deir ez-Zor Governorate.[1]
The kingdom flourished in the middle of the third millennium BC and controlled the middle Khabur valley.[2] It was ruled by its own monarch who was a vassal of Ebla,[3] and fought against the kingdom of Mari.[4] The king of Haddu declared to Mari's ambassador that he "I and Ebla have a pact of peace. And the oath of the pact is before Kura (the main Eblaite god) and before Hadda".[5]