Bit Adini was ruled by a figure called Ahuni (also referred to as Akhuni Bit Adini has also exerted some degree of power and influence based on its interactions with Assyria. For instance, Bit-Adini - together with Babylon - supported the unsuccessful rebellion under
Assurnasirpal I's reign in the states of Suhu (Suru Later, in 853 BCE, Aḫuni joined a broader coalition of Levantine states at the Battle of Qarqar, inflicting enough casualties to force Shalmaneser III to campaign again but not to halt Assyrian expansion. Ahuni, the then ruler of the kingdom, submitted and gave tribute. In 856-5 BC, the kingdom was conquered and absorbed into the
Assyrian Empire during the reign of
Shalmaneser III. ==See also==