Tharrawaddy Min

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{{Infobox Monarch | name=Tharrawaddy Min | title=King | reign=Konbaung Dynasty:1837 - 1846 | predecessor=Bagyidaw | successor=Pagan Min | queen=Min Myat Shwe | conse who led the armies into the Arakan in 1784, and younger brother of Bagyidaw. He was appointed Heir Apparent in 1819. As Prince of Tharrawaddy he fought in the First Anglo-Burmese War during the reign of his brother Bagyidaw in 1824, and towards the end of the latter's reign in 1837, he raised the standard of rebellion after escaping to Shwebo, the anscestral place of the Konbaung kings. Tharrawaddy succeeded in overthrowing Bagyidaw and was crowned king in 1840. Princess Min Myat Shwe, a granddaughter of Hsinbyushin, whom he married in 1809, was crowned as his chief queen (Nanmadaw Mibaya Hkaungyi).

In 1841 King Tharrawaddy donated a 42 ton bell called the Maha Tissada Gandha (great three-toned sweet sound) Bell and 20 kg of goldplating to the Shwedagon Pagoda in Yangon. His reign was rife with rumours of preparations for another war with the British who had added the Arakan and Tenasserim to their dominions.^[1] It was however not until 1852, after Tharrawaddy was succeeded by his son Pagan Min, that the Second Anglo-Burmese War broke out.

[edit] References

• This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.

[edit] External links

• The Royal Ark:Burma - The Konbaung Dynasty Christopher Buyers

Preceded by Bagyidaw

King of Burma 1837-1846

Succeeded by Pagan Min

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