Min Bilu of Launggyet explained

Type:monarch
Min Bilu of Launggyet
မင်းဘီလူး
Succession:King of Arakan
Reign:1274 - 1276; 1278-1279
Coronation:1277
Predecessor:Nankyargyi
Successor:Sithabin I
Birth Place:Launggyet
Birth Date:early 1250s
Death Date: 1279 (aged around 26)
Issue:Min Hti
Spouse:Saw Mae Nyo
Saw Thamar
Saw Mar-La
House:Alawmaphyu
Father:Nankyargyi
Mother:Saw Paw May
Religion:Therevada Buddhism

Min Bilu (Arakanese:မင်းဘီလူး, was the 7th monarch of the Laungyet Dynasty of Arakan.[1]

Reign

Min Bilu succeeded his father, Nankyakyi who had been assassinated on his way from Mahamuni Temple to the capital due to the tyrannical rule.As for a newly king, he was very unpopular and more hateful than his father throughout his reign simply for its abused power, neglecting religious duties and even cast away his infant son Min Hti, lucky the child was miraculously preserved. Widespread acts of tyrannies he committed, he was eventually killed in coup led by Sithabin I.

Notes and References

  1. Book: Rakhine Razawin Thit Vol 6. Ven. Sandamala Likãra. Phase 7. my.