Sanda Thudhamma Explained

Type:monarch
Sanda Thudhamma Raza
Reign:c. May 1652 - 11 June 1674
Succession:King of Arakan
Predecessor:Thado of Mrauk-U
Successor:Uggabala
Suc-Type:Successor
Spouse:Ratana Piya
Issue:Uggabala
Wara Dhammaraza
Thuwanna Kalya
Full Name:Shwenanthakhin Sanda Thudhamma Raza
ရွှေနန်းသခင် စန္ဒသုဓမ္မရာဇာ
House:Narapatigyi
Father:Thado of Mrauk-U
Mother:Raatana Kounmari
Birth Date: 1637 Tabaung 983 ME
Birth Name:Nga Twan Khin
ငထွန်းခင်
Birth Place:Mrauk U
Death Date:20 December 1684 (aged 47) Wednesday, 3rd waxing of Pyatho 1030 ME
Death Place:Mrauk U
Religion:Theravada Buddhism

Sanda Thudhamma Raza (Arakanese: စန္ဒသုဓမ္မရာဇာ, was 24th king of the Mrauk U Kingdom. He reigned from 1652 to 1674. He lost the control of Chittagong during his reign.

The famous Bengali poet Syed Alaol was the poet in his court. He translated Tohfa at the request of Shrichondro Sudhormo or Sanda Thudhamma.

Reign

Prince ascended to the throne after death of his father, Thado in 1652.

In 1664, Sanda Thudamma had to cede large amounts of his territories due to an invasion by Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb. In 1666, another invasion by Shaista Khan captured the port of Chittagong. Chittagong remained a key port throughout Mughal rule.[1]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: 2004 . First published 1994 as Histoire de l'Inde Moderne . Claude . Markovits . A History of Modern India, 1480–1950 . 2nd . London . Anthem Press . 106 . 978-1-84331-004-4 . Shayista Khan ... was appointed [Bengal's] governor in 1664 and swept the region clean of Portuguese and Arakanese pirates ... in 1666, he recaptured the port of Chittagong ... from the king of Arakan. A strategic outpost, Chittagong would remain the principal commercial port of call before entering the waters of the delta..