Samsi (also Shamsi) was an Arab queen who reigned in the 8th century BCE. As an ally of Rakhianu of Damascus, she fought the Assyrian king Tiglath-Pileser III in 732 BCE. After her forces were defeated, she fled the battlefield.[1] Later, she went to Assyria to pay tribute to the king and was permitted to reign, under official Assyrian supervision.[1] Samsi's predecessor was Zabibe, and her successor Yatie.