title: Isputahsu
text: # Isputahsu
  
  Isputahsu (also transliterated as Išputaḫšu) was a king of Kizzuwatna, probably during the mid 15th century BC (short chronology). He signed a treaty of alliance with the Hittite king Telepinu.
  
  ## Family
  
  His father was Pariyawatri, who maybe was not a king.
  
  The name of Isputahsu is Hittite and not Luwian.
  
  ## Reign
  
  The first king of free Cilicia, Isputahsu was recorded as a "great king" in both cuneiform and Hittite hieroglyphs. A treaty between Ishputahshu and Telepinu is recorded in both Hittite and Akkadian.
  
  ## Sources
  
  * ↑ The Routledge Handbook of The People and Places of Ancient Western Asia by Trevor Bryce
  * ↑ The Kingdom of the Hittites by Trevor Bryce
  * ↑ Yakubovich 2010, pp. 273–4
  * ↑ Hallo, William W. (1971). The Ancient Near East: A History. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. pp. 111–112.
  