Min Saw Hla မင်းစောလှ | |
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King of Arakan | |
Reign | 6 March 1556 – 24 July 1564 |
Predecessor | Dikkha |
Successor | Sekkya |
Born | 1532/33 Tuesday, 894 ME Mrauk-U |
Died | 24 July 1564 (aged 31) Monday, Full moon of Wagaung 926 ME Mrauk-U |
Consort | Saw Bon-Htut Saw Thanda |
House | Min Bin |
Father | Dikkha |
Mother | Saw Mi Latt |
Religion | Theravada Buddhism |
Min Saw Hla (Burmese: မင်းစောလှ, [mɪ́ɴ sɔ́ l̥a̰]; 1532–1564) was king of Arakan from 1556 to 1564. At accession, he made his first wife Saw Bon-Htut the chief queen but also married his father's chief queen Saw Thanda. He ordered a massive building program which built and repaired dams, irrigation canals as well as improved the defenses of Mrauk-U and other key towns around the kingdom. In 1561, he commissioned the building of Htukkanthein Temple.
He tightened control of Chittagong and the kingdom's northern perimeter. In the early 1560s, he sent the army to Tripura, whose ruler, according to Arakanese chronicles, submitted to Mrauk-U. He died in 1564 after a long illness. He had chosen his half-brother Min Sekkya to succeed him, and married Sekkya to his own full sister Dhamma Dewi.
Notes
- Based on the chronicle reporting of his age at his accession and his death (Sandamala Linkara Vol. 2 1999: 46–47), he was born between full moon of Wagaung 894 ME (17 July 1532) and 10th waning of Tabaung 894 ME (18 February 1533). Since he was born on a Tuesday, the range can be reduced to between 23 July 1532 and 17 February 1533.
- (Gutman 2001: 118) says the temple "is said to have been built in 1571 by King Min Phalaung". But the Rakhine Razawin Thit chronicle (Sandamala Linkara Vol. 2 1999: 46) says Htukkanthein was built by King Min Saw Hla in 923 ME (1561/62).
References
Bibliography
- Gutman, Pamela (2001). Burma's Lost Kingdoms: Splendours of Arakan. Bangkok: Orchid Press. ISBN 974-8304-98-1.
- Sandamala Linkara, Ashin (1931). Rakhine Yazawinthit Kyan (in Burmese). Vol. 1–2 (1997–1999 ed.). Yangon: Tetlan Sarpay.
Min Saw Hla Mrauk-U KingdomBorn: 1532 Died: 24 July 1564 | ||
Regnal titles | ||
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Preceded byDikkha | King of Mrauk-U 6 March 1556 – 24 July 1564 |
Succeeded bySekkya |
Burmese monarchs | |
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Pagan dynasty 849–1297 | |
Myinsaing and Pinya Kingdoms 1297–1364 | |
Sagaing Kingdom 1315–1364 | |
Kingdom of Ava 1364–1555 | |
Hanthawaddy Kingdom 1287–1539, 1550–1552 | |
Mrauk U Kingdom 1429–1785 |
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Prome Kingdom 1482–1542 | |
Toungoo dynasty 1510–1752 | |
Restored Hanthawaddy Kingdom 1740–1757 | |
Konbaung dynasty 1752–1885 | |
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