Type: | monarch |
Min Dawlya Mathu Shah (မောဓုသျှာ) | |
Reign: | 5 August 1482 – c. February 1492 |
Succession: | King of Arakan |
Predecessor: | Ba Saw Phyu |
Successor: | Ba Saw Nyo |
Suc-Type: | Successor |
Spouse: | Saw Pan-Phya Min Pan Hla Saw Ru Saw 11 queens in total[1] |
Issue: | Ran Aung Saw Mi Saw Phwa Saw Thazata |
Father: | Ba Saw Phyu |
Mother: | Saw Nandi |
Birth Date: | c. January 1456 |
Birth Place: | Mrauk-U |
Death Date: | c. February 1492 (aged 36) |
Death Place: | Mrauk-U |
Religion: | Theravada Buddhism |
Min Dawlya (Burmese: မင်းဒေါလျာ, in Burmese pronounced as /mɪ́ɴ dɔ́ l̥à/, Arakanese pronunciation: in Burmese pronounced as /máɴ dɔ́ l̥à/; also known as Mathu Shah; (1456–1492) was king of Arakan from 1482 to 1492. He came to power by having his father King Ba Saw Phyu assassinated after his father had chosen another son as his heir apparent.[2] Dawlya proved an able king, however. Known as Hsinbyushin for possessing a white elephant,[1] the king "extended Mrauk-U control to the east and west".[3] He died on the war elephant after having returned from a failed expedition to the Chittagong Hill Tracts.[1]