Min Khamaung
မင်းခမောင်း
Naradhipati Wara Dhamma Raza
Hussein Shah (ဥသျှောင်သျှာ)
King of Arakan
Reign7 July [O.S. 27 June] 1612 – 1 June [O.S. 11 May] 1622
Coronation10th waxing of Waso, 974 ME
PredecessorMin Razagyi
SuccessorThiri Thudhamma
Born1577/1578 (Monday born)
Kha Maung Seik (ခမောင်းဆိပ်)
Died1 June [O.S. 11 May] 1622 (aged 45)
Saturday, 4th waxing of Nayone 984 ME
Mrauk U
ConsortDhamma Déwi II
Shin Htwe
Thupaba Déwi II
IssueThiri Thudhamma
Nat Shin Mae and many others
Names
Naradhipati Waradhamma Raza
နရာဓိပတိ ဝရဓမ္မရာဇာ
Hsinphyushin Waradhamma Hussein Shah
ဆင်ဖြူရှင် ဝရဓမ္မ ဥသျှောင်သျှာ
Hsinphyuthakhin, Hsinnithakhin Mintaragyi Hussein Shah
ဆင်ဖြူသခင်၊ ဆင်နီသခင် မင်းတရားကြီး ဥသျှောင်သျှာ
HouseMin Bin
FatherMin Razagyi
MotherPyinsala Sanda (ပဉ္စလစန္ဒာ)
ReligionTheravada Buddhism

Min Khamaung (Arakanese:မင်းခမောင်း; Burmese pronunciation: [mɪ́ɴ kʰa̰ máʊɴ], Arakanese pronunciation: [máɴ kʰa̰ máʊɴ];1557 - c. May 1622) also known as Hussein Shah; was a king of Arakan from 1612 to 1622.

Early life

The future king was born to Princess Pyinsala Sanda (ပဥ္စလစန္ဒာ) and Prince Razagyi in Khamaungseit (ခမောင်းဆိပ်) which is modern day Maungdaw Township on the year 1577.

Reign

Min Khamaung succeeded the throne after his father, Min Razagyi death in 1612 . [1] At that time, the Kingdom had been chaotic due to the Portuguese insurrections. Min Kamaung's Military repelled and crushed these Portuguese insurrection and invasion with the aid of Dutch military assistance from Dutch East India company VOC in 1625. [2]

Death

The King died on 1 June [O.S. 11 May] 1622 Saturday, 4th waxing of Nayone 984 ME in Mrauk U at age 45 of natural illness. He was succededed by his son Heir-apparent Min Hari Thiri Thudhamma.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Rakhine Razawin Gyi (in Burmese). U Htun Shwe. p. 139 Phase.
  2. ↑ Catherine Raymond (2000). Illustrating the Kingdom of Arakan in the XVIIth Century: An Arakanese Perspective from the Dutch Sources. Institut national des langues et civilisations orientales. p. 10Phase.
  3. ↑ Rakhine Razawin Gyi (in Burmese). U Htun Shwe. p. 143 Phase.

Bibliography

  • Harvey, G. E. (1925). History of Burma: From the Earliest Times to 10 March 1824. London: Frank Cass & Co. Ltd.
  • Myat Soe, ed. (1964). Myanma Swezon Kyan (in Burmese). Vol. 9 (1 ed.). Yangon: Sarpay Beikman.
  • Myint-U, Thant (2006). The River of Lost Footsteps—Histories of Burma. Farrar, Straus and Giroux. ISBN 978-0-374-16342-6.
  • Sandamala Linkara, Ashin (1931). Rakhine Yazawinthit Kyan (in Burmese). Vol. 1–2 (1997 ed.). Yangon: Tetlan Sarpay.


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