ASSUR-NIRARI.  "Assur my Helper."  Assur-Nirari I., an early ruler of Assyria, of whom little is known. He was the father of Nebo-dan.  Assur-Nirari II., succeeded Assurdan III. and began his reign with an expedition against Hadrach in Northern Palestine, and in the second year of his monarchy to Arpad.  A period of inaction ensued, followed by a revolution, the particulars of which are not known, but it ended in the destruction of the dynasty, and the accession to the throne of the usurper Tiglath Pileser II. (An Archaic Dictionary, Cooper, 1876).