Min Saw Hla

Min Saw Hla
မင်းစောလှ
King of Arakan
Reign6 March 1556 – 24 July 1564
PredecessorDikkha
SuccessorSekkya
Born1532/33
Tuesday, 894 ME[note 1]
Mrauk-U
Died24 July 1564 (aged 31)
Monday, Full moon of Wagaung 926 ME[1]
Mrauk-U
ConsortSaw Bon-Htut
Saw Thanda
HouseMin Bin
FatherDikkha
MotherSaw Mi Latt[1]
ReligionTheravada 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.[1] In 1561, he commissioned the building of Htukkanthein Temple.[note 2]

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.[1]


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  1. ^ a b c d Sandamala Linkara Vol. 2 1999: 46–47