| Minye Kyawhtin မင်းရဲကျော်ထင် | |||||
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| King of Burma | |||||
| Reign | 27 February 1673 – 4 May 1698 | ||||
| Predecessor | Narawara | ||||
| Successor | Sanay | ||||
| Born | c. April 1651 (Tuesday born)[1] | ||||
| Died | 4 May 1698 (aged 47) Sunday, 11th waning of Kason 1060 ME[1] Ava (Inwa) | ||||
| Burial | 5 May 1698 | ||||
| Consort | Atula Thiri[2] Sanda Dewi[3] Yaza Dewi[1] | ||||
| Issue | Sanay Min | ||||
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| House | Toungoo | ||||
| Father | Ne Myo Ye Kyaw of Pindale[4] | ||||
| Mother | Khin Ma Min Sit[4] | ||||
| Religion | Theravada Buddhism | ||||
Minye Kyawhtin (Burmese: မင်းရဲကျော်ထင်, pronounced [mɪ́ɰ̃jɛ́ tɕɔ̀dɪ̀ɰ̃]; also transliterated as Minyekyawdin 1651–1698) was king of Toungoo dynasty of Burma (Myanmar) from 1673 to 1698. Minye Kyawhtin, governor of Pindale, was elected by the ministers of the court over several elder princes as king after his step-brother King Narawara's sudden death in 1673. The group of nobles that had supported the king gained power and purged other groups of the nobles and royalties. The power of the kingdom gradually declined during his quarter-century rule.[5] Burma was attacked by Siam during his reign.[6]: 278
It was in his reign that Zatadawbon Yazawin, formerly a simple constantly updated list of regnal dates of all Burmese dynasties, was made into a full chronicle.[7]