Casa Editrice Persiani Hunara: Journal of Ancient Iranian Arts and History 2975-1608 3 No. 2 2025 12 01 Who Was Arakha, Son of Ḫaldita? 1 15 225610 10.22034/hunara.2025.225610 EN Hovhannes Khorikyan M. Nalbandyan State University of Shirak 0009-0006-9810-1441 Journal Article 2025 07 08 One of the most intriguing episodes in the history of ancient Armenia and Achaemenid Persia is associated with Arakha, son of H/Ḫaldita, who seized control of Babylon and proclaimed himself king under the name Nebuchadnezzar IV. Unfortunately, our only primary source regarding Arakha’s revolt is the Behistun inscription, which has resulted in various scholarly interpretations―many of which lack coherence or, at times, even contradict the information provided by the primary sources. This article proposes a new hypothesis concerning Arakha’s identity, which will be examined in correlation with other source-based references. https://www.hunara.org/article_225610_b2a3820d1332706683cf0ce8bf90b5a2.pdf