Haddu

This article is about the ancient city of Haddu, modern Malhat ed-Deru. For the Syrian storm deity, see Hadad.

Haddu, identified with the modern Tell Malhat ed-Deru (تل مليحة الدور), was an ancient kingdom in northern Syria in Deir ez-Zor Governorate.^[1]

Haddu

The remains of Haddu
Shown within Syria
Location	Syria
Region	Deir ez-Zor Governorate
Coordinates	35.93°N 40.347°E / 35.93; 40.347

History

Early Bronze

In the middle of the third millennium BC, the Kingdom of Haddu flourished and controlled the middle Khabur valley.^[2]

Ebla-Mari War

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]