Type: | monarch |
Minkhaung | |
Reign: | c. April 1521 – 27 May 1531 |
Succession: | King of Arakan |
Predecessor: | Thazata |
Successor: | Min Bin |
Suc-Type: | Successor |
Spouse: | Saw Nan-Hset |
Father: | Dawlya[1] |
Mother: | Saw Ru Saw |
Birth Date: | c. March 1477 (Thursday born) |
Birth Place: | Mrauk-U |
Death Date: | 27 May 1531 (aged 54) Saturday, 11th waxing of Nayon 893 ME[2] |
Death Place: | Daingkyi[3] |
Religion: | Theravada Buddhism |
Minkhaung of Mrauk-U (Burmese: မင်းခေါင်, in Burmese pronounced as /mɪ́ɴɡàʊɴ/, Arakanese pronunciation: in Burmese pronounced as /máɴ ɡàʊɴ/; 1477–1531) was king of Arakan from 1521 to 1531. He was a son of King Dawlya (r. 1482–1492), and succeeded his elder brother King Thazata. He ascended the throne and married his brother's chief queen, Saw Nan-Hset. He was overthrown and killed by Min Bin, then governor of Sandoway (Thandwe) in 1531.[3]