Notwithstanding its natural strength and the resistance of the inhabitants, this country was completely overrun in an incredibly short space.

The armies which defended it were defeated, the cities burnt, the strongholds taken.

Arin, the capital, submitted, and was spared, after which a set tribute was imposed on the entire region, the amount of which is not mentioned.

The Assyrian arms were then turned against a neighboring district, the country of the Comani.

The Comani, though Assyrian subjects, had lent assistance to the people of Musr, and it was to punish this insolence that Tiglath-Pileser resolved to invade their territory.