Puqudu
historical area, Mesopotamia
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conquest by Tiglath-pileser III
- In Tiglath-pileser III: Military campaigns.
The tribal lands of Puqudu, northeast of Baghdad, were joined to the Arrapkha (Kirkūk) province, thereby holding the Aramaean tribes in check. This and contiguous operations strengthened the hands of Nabonassar, the native king of Babylonia, who maintained peace until his death in 734. All this was facilitated by…
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