Min Dawlya

Min Dawlya (Burmese: မင်းဒေါလျာ, Burmese pronunciation: [mɪ́ɴ dɔ́ l̥à], Arakanese pronunciation: [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]

Min Dawlya မင်းဒေါလျာ Mathu Shah
King of Arakan
Reign	5 August 1482 – c. February 1492
Predecessor	Ba Saw Phyu
Successor	Ba Saw Nyo
Born	c. January 1456 Mrauk-U
Died	c. February 1492 (aged 36) Mrauk-U
Consort	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
Religion	Theravada Buddhism

In this Burmese name, Min is an honorific, not a surname.

References

1. Sandamala Linkara Vol. 2 1999: 25
2. Phayre 1967: 78–79
3. Topich, Leitich 2013: 20

Bibliography

• Phayre, Lt. Gen. Sir Arthur P. (1883). History of Burma (1967 ed.). London: Susil Gupta.
• Sandamala Linkara, Ashin (1931). Rakhine Yazawinthit Kyan (in Burmese). 1–2 (1997–1999 ed.). Yangon: Tetlan Sarpay.
• Topich, William J.; Keith A. Leitich (2013). The History of Myanmar. ABC-CLIO. ISBN 9780313357244.

Min Dawlya Mrauk-U Kingdom Born: c. January 1456 Died: c. February 1492
Regnal titles
Preceded by Ba Saw Phyu	King of Mrauk-U 5 August 1482 – c. February 1492	Succeeded by Ba Saw Nyo