Haddu

Haddu, identified with the modern Tell Malhat ed-Deru, was an ancient kingdom in northern Syria in Deir ez-Zor Governorate.

History

Early Bronze

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

Ebla-Mari War

It was ruled by its own monarch who was a vassal of Ebla, and fought against the kingdom of Mari. 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 and before Hadda".