Type: | monarch |
Min Saw O Jalal Shah (ဇလသျှာ) | |
Reign: | January 1515 – July 1515 |
Succession: | King of Arakan |
Predecessor: | Gazapati |
Successor: | Thazata |
Suc-Type: | Successor |
Spouse: | Taung-Nan Mibara |
Birth Date: | January 1456 |
Birth Place: | Mrauk-U |
Death Date: | July 1515 (aged 59) Wagaung 877 ME[1] |
Death Place: | Mrauk-U |
Religion: | Theravada Buddhism |
Min Saw O (Burmese: မင်းစောအို, in Burmese pronounced as /mɪ́ɴ sɔ́ ò/; Arakanese pronunciation: in Burmese pronounced as /máɴ sɔ́ ò/; also known as Jalal Shah; 1456–1515) was king of Arakan for six months in 1515. He was a brother of King Salingathu (r. 1494–1502). He was put on the throne by the ministers of the court who had beheaded his grandnephew King Gazapati. Saw O died only after six months of reign in July 1515.[2]