Asia of Diauehi

Asia was a king of the ancient people of Diauehi (Daiaeni) in northeastern Anatolia (circa 850 BC-825 BC). He was forced to submit to the Assyrian king Shalmaneser III, in 845 BC, after the latter had overrun Urartu and made a foray into Diauehi.

References and further reading

*Ronald Grigor Suny, The Making of the Georgian Nation: 2nd edition (December 1994), Indiana University Press, ISBN 0-253-20915-3, page 45
*Antonio Sagona, Claudia Sagona, Archaeology At The North-east Anatolian Frontier, I: An Historical Geography And A Field Survey of the Bayburt Province (Ancient Near Eastern Studies) (Hardcover), Peeters (January 30, 2005), ISBN 90-429-1390-8