 In the following year, age required the king to hand over the command of his armies to the Tartan ("turtānu" commander-in-chief) Dayyan-Assur, and six years later, Nineveh and other cities revolted against him under his rebel son Assur-danin-pal.Civil war continued for two years; but the rebellion was at last crushed by Shamshi-Adad V, another son of Shalmaneser.Shalmaneser died soon afterwards.