{{Infobox royalty | name = Parštatar | title = King of Mitanni |image= |caption= |succession= King of Mitanni | reign = | predecessor = Founder | successor = Shaushtatar |spouse= |issue= |death_date = {{circa|1470 BC}} |death_place = |}} thumbnail|A map of the Mitanni kingdom. This extent was likely reached during the reign of Barattarna '''Barattarna''', Parattarna, Paršatar, or Parshatatar is the first known King of Mitanni and is considered to have reigned, as per middle chronology between c. 1510 and 1490 BC by J. A. Belmonte-Marin quoting H. Klengel.<ref>Belmonte-Marin, Juan Antonio, (2015). [https://www.researchgate.net/publication/287490208_Reflexiones_sobre_el_territorio_de_Carquemis_durante_el_periodo_mittanio "Reflexiones sobre el territorio de Cárquemis durante el periodo mittanio"], in Orientalística en tiempos de crísis, Pórtico, Zaragoza, p. 59.</ref> He is also said to have ruled during the peak of Mitanni, and during its greatest extent.
==Reign== Very few records of him are known as sources from Mitanni are rare. Most information we have about the kingdom, especially its early history and kings come from records outside of the state.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Van De Mieroop|first1=Marc|title=A History of the Ancient Near East c. 3000-323BC|date=2007|publisher=Blackwell Publishing|location=Malden, MA, USA|isbn=978-1-4051-4911-2|page=150|edition=2nd}}</ref> Dates for the kings can be deduced by comparing the chronology of Mitanni and other states, especially ancient Egypt, at a later date and working back the figures.<ref>Van De Mieroop, 150.</ref> Information is found in the biography of Idrimi of Alalakh (or Alalah, which became the capital of Aleppo<ref>{{cite book|last1=Bryce|first1=Trevor|title=The Kingdom of the Hittites|date=1999|publisher=Oxford University|isbn=978-0-19-924010-4|page=126}}</ref>). Barattarna conquered the area and made Idrimi his vassal, Idrimi becoming king of Aleppo according to a treaty that also declared Pilliya, the king of Kizzuwatna, his vassal.<ref>Magnetti, Donald L. “The Function of the Oath in the Ancient Near Eastern International Treaty.” The American Journal of International Law, vol. 72, no. 4, 1978, pp. 815–29</ref><ref>Beal, Richard H. “The History of Kizzuwatna and the Date of the Šunaššura Treaty.” Orientalia, vol. 55, no. 4, 1986, pp. 424–45</ref> Mitanni in his time probably extended as far as Arrapha in the east, Terqa in the south, and Kizzuwatna in the West.<ref>HOUWINK TEN CATE, PHILO H. J.. "An alternative Date for the Sunassuras Treaty (KBo 1.5)" Altorientalische Forschungen, vol. 25, no. 1, 1998, pp. 34-53</ref><ref>Van De Mieroop, 151.</ref> Barattarna may have been{{citation needed|date=January 2021}} the Mitannian king the Egyptian Pharaoh Thutmosis I met at the Euphrates River in a campaign early in his reign (around 1493).<ref>Bryce, 125</ref>
===Kizzuwatna=== Pilliya, the king of Kizzuwatna, apparently signed a treaty with Idrimi and became a vassal of the Mitanni Empire.<ref>{{cite book | title=The Ancient Near East: An Anthology of Texts and Pictures | first1=James B. | last1=Pritchard | first2=Daniel E. | last2=Fleming | publisher=Princeton University Press| year=2010 | isbn=978-0-691-14726-0 | page=210 }}</ref> He is also known to have entered peace with Zidanta II of Hatti.<ref>CTH 25</ref>
===Death=== Information about his death is mentioned in a record from Nuzi dated to the death of king Barattarna, possibly around 1420, as per short chronology.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Grosz|first1=Katarzyna|title=The Archive of the Wullu Family|date=1988|publisher=Museum Tusculanum Press|location=University of Copenhagen|isbn=978-87-7289-040-1|page=11}}</ref>
== Alternative views == Several scholars disagree with the views as expressed above. For example, according to Eva von Dassow (2022), “Barattarna/Parattarna” and “Paršatar/Parshatatar” of Mitanni<ref>As spelled in this Wikipedia article.</ref> are two different kings. Furthermore there are two kings named as “Barattarna/Parattarna”.<ref>Eva von Dassow 2022, [https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Oxford_History_of_the_Ancient_Near_E/pDNtEAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA471 Mittani and Its Empire.] Pages 455–528, in ''From the Hyksos to the Late Second Millennium BC.'' Vol. 3 of The Oxford History of the Ancient Near East. Edited by Karen Radner et al. New York: Oxford University Press. p.471</ref>
In the chart accompanying her article (p.471), von Dassow gives the following sequence of the kings of Mitanni.
: Parattarna I, Parsatatar, Saustatar, Saitarna, Parattarna II
In her chart, the start of Parattarna I’s rule is associated with Idrimi of Alalakh, and the start of Saustatar’s rule is associated with his son Niqmepa. Additionally, Kingdom of Ḫana ruler at Terqa Qis-Addu is shown to have ruled at the time of three Mitanni kings, Saustatar, Saitarna, and Parattarna II.<ref>[https://www.cairn-int.info/load_pdf.php?ID_ARTICLE=E_ASSY_105_0061&download=1]Yamada, Shigeo, "An adoption contract from Tell Taban, the kings of the land of Hana, and the Hana-style scribal tradition", Revue d’assyriologie et d’archéologie orientale 105.1, pp. 61-84, 2011</ref>
==See also== {{Portal|Asia}} *Mitanni
==References== <references />
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