Sarra el

Sarra-El ( Sharrael ) - King Yamhad , who ruled around the beginning of the XVI century BC. e. Perhaps the son of Jarim Lim III .

Sarra-El could be the prince of Yamhad, who may have seized the throne after the capture of Aleppo by the Hittite king Mursili I and the overthrow (and, possibly, the murder of the rightful king).

Apparently, Sarah-El captured Aleppo and proclaimed himself "the great king." However, he could no longer revive the powerful state, which played a paramount role in the political life of Syria and partly Mesopotamia . Apparently, the destruction caused by the Hittites was so significant that there was no longer any strength for a genuine restoration of a powerful kingdom. However, in a relative political vacuum, when the Hittite kingdom fell into disrepair for some time, Mithanni had not yet claimed power in Syria, Babylon was ruled by the Kassites , and Egypt had not yet freed itself from the rule of the Hyksos , Sarah El and his son Abba El II was able for some period to achieve the independence of his kingdom.