(reigned 911–891 B.C.)
King of Assyria, son and successor of Ashur-dan II. The Synchronistic History reports that he defeated the Babylonian king Shamash-mudammiq. Hostilities between the two states ceased when a peace agreement was drawn up between Nabu-shuma-ukin I, the new Babylonian king, and Adad-nirari in 891. They also took each other’s daughters in marriage.The good relations between Assyria and Babylonia that this alliance initiated were to last some 80 years.
Historical Dictionary of Mesopotamia. EdwART. 2012.