Minye Kyawhtin

Minye Kyawhtin
မင်းရဲကျော်ထင်
King of Burma
Reign27 February 1673 – 4 May 1698
PredecessorNarawara
SuccessorSanay
Bornc. April 1651
(Tuesday born)[1]
Died4 May 1698 (aged 47)
Sunday, 11th waning of Kason 1060 ME[1]
Ava (Inwa)
Burial5 May 1698
ConsortAtula Thiri[2]
Sanda Dewi[3]
Yaza Dewi[1]
IssueSanay Min
Names
Thiri Pawara Ti-Bawana Thiha Thura Agga Panita Maha Dhamma Yaza[1]
HouseToungoo
FatherNe Myo Ye Kyaw of Pindale[4]
MotherKhin Ma Min Sit[4]
ReligionTheravada 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]

  1. ^ a b c d Hmannan Vol. 3 2003: 321
  2. ^ Hmannan Vol. 3 2003: 293
  3. ^ Hmannan Vol. 3 2003: 295
  4. ^ a b Maha Yazawin Vol. 3 2006: 214
  5. ^ Phayre 1967: 140
  6. ^ Rajanubhab, D., 2001, Our Wars With the Burmese, Bangkok: White Lotus Co. Ltd., ISBN 9747534584
  7. ^ Aung-Thwin and Aung-Thwin 2012: 151