Haddu, was an ancient kingdom in northern
Syria, identified with the modern Tell Malhat ed-Deru (تل مليحة الدور) in
Deir ez-Zor Governorate.
The kingdom flourished in the middle of the third millennium BC and controlled the middle
Khabur valley. It was ruled by its own monarch who was a vassal of
Ebla
Ebla ( Sumerian: ''eb₂-la'', ar, إبلا, modern: , Tell Mardikh) was one of the earliest kingdoms in Syria. Its remains constitute a tell located about southwest of Aleppo near the village of Mardikh. Ebla was an important center t ...
, 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 (the main Eblaite god) and before
Hadda".
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Former populated places in Syria
Archaeological sites in Deir ez-Zor Governorate
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