Nairi , an old district Southwest Asia located at the upper upper reaches of the Tigris and the Euphrates and at Lake Van (called the Sea of Nairi by the Assyrians; now in Turkey) and at Lake Urmia (now in Iran). It is known mainly from Assyrian inscriptions, including those of the Tiglatpileser I (ruled c. . 1115- c. . 1077 BCE ), who called me the winner of the lands of Nairi, and Ashurnasirpal II (reigned 883-859 vdZ ) who claimed he destroyed 250 cities in Nairi. It appears to have been a loose confederation of small kingdoms ruled by Sarduri I ( approx. 840–830 v . . ) From Urartu the others defeated and the first Urartian Dynasty founded .
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