Shaushtatar

Šauštatar
King of Mitanni
King of Mitanni
PredecessorParshatatar
SuccessorArtatama I
Diedc. 1450 BC

Šauštatar (also spelled Shaushtatar) was the King of Mitanni in the fifteenth century BC. He significantly expanded the Mitanni Empire to include Assyria and Nuzi in the east to Alalakh and Kizzuwatna in the west. He was in conflict with Thutmose III competing for territory in Syria.