Nyaungyan Min ညောင်ရမ်းမင်း | |||||
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King of Burma | |||||
Reign | 19 December 1599 – 5 November 1605 | ||||
Coronation | 25 February 1600 | ||||
Predecessor | Nanda | ||||
Successor | Anaukpetlun | ||||
Chief Ministers | Maha Okka Dhamma and Maha Okka Thena | ||||
King of Ava | |||||
Reign | 19 April 1597 – 19 December 1599 | ||||
Predecessor | Baya Yawda and Let-Yway-Gyi Myin-Hmu (Co-Administrators) | ||||
Successor | Minye Uzana (Self-Styled King) | ||||
Born | 8 November 1555 Friday, 11th waning of Tazaungmon 917 ME Pegu (Bago) | ||||
Died | 5 November 1605 Saturday, 11th waning of Tazaungmon 967 ME near Hsipaw (Thibaw) | (aged 49) ||||
Burial | 7 November 1605 Sandamuni Pagoda, Ava (Inwa) | ||||
Consort | Thiri Maha Dhamma Yaza Dipadi Dewi Khin Me, the daughter of Min Letya and the great granddaughter of Tabinshwehti | ||||
Issue among others... | Anaukpetlun Thalun | ||||
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House | Toungoo | ||||
Father | Bayinnaung | ||||
Mother | Khin Pyezon | ||||
Religion | Theravada Buddhism |
Nyaungyan Min (Burmese: ညောင်ရမ်းမင်း [ɲàʊɰ̃jáɰ̃ mɪ́ɰ̃]; 8 November 1555 – 5 November [O.S. 26 October] 1605) was king of the Toungoo dynasty of Burma (Myanmar) from 1599 to 1605. He is also referred to as the founder of the restored Toungoo dynasty or Nyaungyan dynasty for starting the reunification process following the collapse of the First Toungoo Empire.
A son of King Bayinnaung by a minor queen, Nyaungyan gradually emerged as a power in Upper Burma in the mid-1590s. When major vassal rulers renounced their ties with King Nanda in 1597, he too broke away by seizing Ava (Inwa). But he stayed out of myriad wars in the low country. Instead, he methodically consolidated his base in the upcountry, and went on to acquire the surrounding cis-Salween Shan states until his death in 1605. He also rebuilt the economy of Upper Burma, and (re-)established several social, financial and military standards, many of which would be retained to the end of the Toungoo dynasty in 1752. His efforts paved the way for his eldest son and successor Anaukpetlun to restore major portions of the Toungoo Empire in the next two decades.