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Kidin-Hutran isa middle-Elamite king of the Igihalkid dynasty known for his wars with Babylonia.The Babylonian Chronicle Pdescribes two Kidin-Hutran attacks (iv 14-22).In his first raid, he crossed Tigris, sacked Der and Nippur and deposed the Babylonian king (almost certainly an Assyrian puppet) Enlil-nadin-shumi. Later on, during the reign of Addad-Shuma-Iddina, he attacked Babylonia again, striking Marad and Isin
Kidin-Hutran is also mentioned in the so-called Berlin letter (Pergamon Museum ,VAT17020), a neo-Babylonian copy of a letter sent by an unnamed Elamite king to the Babylonian court, stating his right to the Babylonian throne.The letter states thatKidin-Hurtan was a son of the king Untash-Napirisha and a grandson of the Babylonian king Burna-Buriash.
Since there is more than 100 years distance between the end of Burna-Buriash reign and the accession of Addad-Shuma-Iddina, some authorsassume that there were more than one king with this name.