Nawrahta Minsaw

This article is about the ruler of Lan Na. For the founder of Pagan Empire, see Anawrahta. For other uses of Nawrahta, see Anawrahta (disambiguation).
Nawrahta Minsaw
နော်ရထာ မင်းစော
King of Lan Na
Reign28 January 1579 – 1607/08
Coronation2 July 1579
PredecessorWisutthi Thewi
SuccessorThado Minsaw (Tu Laung) and
Minye Deibba
EmperorBayinnaung (1579–1581)
Nanda Bayin (1581–c. 1597)
Naresuan (c. 1602–1605)
Ekathotsarot (1605–1607/08)
Born1551/52
913 ME
Toungoo
Toungoo Empire
Diedlate 1607/early 1608
969 ME
Chiang Mai
Lan Na
Burial
Wat Ku Tao
SpouseHsinbyushin Medaw
Issue
among others		Five sons and six daughters, including:[1][2]
Yodaya Mibaya
Thado Minsaw
Minye Deibba
Thado Kyaw
Names
Anawrahta Minsaw Min Tha Sit
HouseToungoo
FatherBayinnaung
MotherYaza Dewi
ReligionTheravada Buddhism
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Nawrahta Minsaw (Burmese: နော်ရထာ မင်းစော, pronounced [nɔ̀jətʰà mɪ́ɴ sɔ́]; formally, Anawrahta Minsaw; also known as Nawrahta Saw and Tharrawaddy Min; 1551/52–1607/08) was king of Lan Na from 1579 to 1607/08, and the first Burmese-born vassal king of Lan Na.[3] He was also an accomplished poet.[4]

Appointed to the Lan Na throne by his father King Bayinnaung of Burma, Nawrahta dutifully contributed to his half-brother King Nanda's debilitating war effort against Siam (1584–95). He declared independence in 1597 after having defeated a 1595–96 invasion by Lan Xang on his own.[5] From 1599 onward, he was forced to deal with a Lan Xang backed rebellion in Nan, and a Siam-backed rebellion in Chiang Rai and Chiang Saen. He defeated the Chiang Rai rebellion in 1601–02 but was eventually forced to submit to Siam soon after. He defeated an invasion by Lan Xang in 1602–03, regaining Nan in the process. He ruled all of Lan Na, as a Siamese vassal, until his death.[6]

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  3. ^ Wyatt 2003: 104–105, 310
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  6. ^ Fernquest 2005: 47–57