Min Khayi

Naranu Min Khayi
မင်းခရီ
Ali Khan (အလီခင်)
King of Arakan
Reign9 May 1433 – c. January 1459
PredecessorSaw Mon
SuccessorBa Saw Phyu
Bornc. March 1392
Tuesday, c. Late Tagu 753 ME
Launggyet
Diedc. January 1459 (aged 66)
c. Tabodwe 820 ME
Mrauk-U
ConsortSaw Pa-Ba
Saw Pyinsa
Saw Yin Mi
Saw Khamout
IssueSaw San-Me
Ba Saw Phyu
Ba Saw Nyo
Min Swe of Launggyet
FatherRazathu II[1]
MotherSaw Hla Mway
ReligionTheravada Buddhism

Min Khayi (Burmese: မင်းခရီ, Burmese pronunciation: [mɪ́ɴ kʰəjì]; also spelled Meng Khari, Arakanese pronunciation: [máɴ kʰəɹì]; also known as Ali Khan; 1392–1459) was the second king of the Mrauk-U Kingdom from 1433 to 1459.

He began his reign as a vassal of the Bengal Sultanate, and successfully unified the entire Arakan coastline (present-day Rakhine State) in 1437. He then took full advantage of the political turmoil in Bengal by seizing Ramu, the southernmost territory of his erstwhile overlord,[2][3] and raiding as far north as Chittagong.[4] In 1455, his kingdom finally achieved recognition by Ava, which had long interfered in the affairs of Arakan, as a sovereign state.[5] His 25-year reign brought much needed stability to the Arakan littoral, and prepared his nascent kingdom for future expansions by his successors.[3]

The earliest extant work of Arakanese literature in Burmese script, Rakhine Minthami Eigyin was composed during his reign in 1455.[6]

  1. ^ Sandamala Linkara Vol. 1 1997: 183
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