Rulers
Known rulers of the Fifteenth Dynasty are as follows:
| Name | Dates |
|---|---|
| Salitis | |
| Sakir-Har | Named as an early Hyksos king on a door jamb found at Avaris. Regnal order uncertain. |
| Khyan | |
| Apophis | c. 1590? BC-1550 BC |
| Khamudi | c. 1550-1540 BC |
The Fifteenth Dynasty of Egypt was the first Hyksos dynasty, ruled from Avaris, without control of the entire land. The Hyksos preferred to stay in northern Egypt since they infiltrated from the north-east. The names and order of kings is uncertain. The Turin Kinglist indicates that there were six Hyksos kings, with an obscure Khamudi listed as the final king of the Fifteenth Dynasty. (line X.21 of the cited web link clearly provides this summary for the dynasty: "6 kings functioning 100+X years.") The surviving traces on the X figure appears to give the figure 8 which suggests that the summation should be read as 6 kings ruling 108 years.
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