Charles Allen Burney a kis-ázsiai mušku népről:

Historical Dictionary of the Hittites; Scarecrow Press, Lanham (Maryland), 2004, 210. o.

A hellének Midász királya pedig az asszír ékiratok Mita nevű mušku királyával azonosítható.

It is mostly accepted that the king Mita of the Mushkis mentioned by the Assyrian sources can be identified with Mida. Mita-Midas was a feared enemy of the Assyrians and he was apparently able to fight as an opponent of equal strength until 709 BC where a Assyrian text mentions the signature of a peace treaty between them, to the great relief of Sargon II. The reason why the Phrygian accepted this treaty may be found in the domestic policy: the NE borders were threatened by the Cimmerians, nomads and fierce horse-riders who destroyed the Phrygian state and are said to be responsible of Midas’s suicide in 696.