Sîn-šar-iškun

Assyrian king (died 612 BC) Sîn-šar-iškunKing of AssyriaKing of BabylonKing of the UniverseKing of the Neo-Assyrian EmpireReign627–612 BCEPredecessorAššur-etil-ilāniSuccessorAššur-uballiṭ II(Assyria)Nabopolassar(Babylon)BornBefore 660 BCEDiedAugust 612 BCENinevehSpouseAna-Tašmētum-taklāk (?)IssueAššur-uballiṭ II (?)AkkadianSîn-šar-iškunSîn-šarru-iškunDynastySargonid dynastyFatherAshurbanipalMotherLibbāli-šarrat Sîn-šar-iškun (Neo-Assyrian Akkadian: 𒁹𒀭𒌍𒌋𒌋𒃻𒌦, romanized: Sîn-šar-iškun or Sîn-šarru-iškun, meaning "Sîn has established the king") was the penultimate king of the Neo-Assyrian Empire, reigning from the death of his brother and predecessor Aššur-etil-ilāni in 627 BCE to his own death at the Fall of Nineveh in 612 BCE. Succeeding his brother in uncertain, possibly violent circumstances, Sîn-šar-iškun was immediately faced by the revolt of one of his brother's chief generals, Sîn-šumu-līšir, who attempted to usurp the throne for himself and briefly took over much of Babylonia. Though Sîn-šumu-līšir was defeated relatively quickly, the instability caused by his revolt, combined with an ongoing interregnum i