Predecessor Ba Saw Nyo Consort Saw Shin Saw Mother Saw Pan-Phya Parents Min Dawlya, Saw Pan-Phya Great-grandparents Min Khayi, Saw Pa-Ba | Successor Salingathu Father Dawlya Died Mrauk U, Myanmar (Burma) Grandparents Ba Saw Phyu, Saw Nandi | |
Reign c. January 1494 – c. July 1494 | ||
Min Ran Aung (Burmese: မင်းရန်အောင်, [mɪ́ɴ jàɴ ʔàʊɴ]; [máɴ ɹàɴ ʔàʊɴ]; also known as Noori Shah; 1485–1494) was king of Arakan for six months in 1494. The eldest son of King Dawlya was only 8 when he was put on the throne by the ministers after his uncle King Ba Saw Nyo's death. The ministers also married the young boy to Saw Shin Saw, daughter of Ba Saw Nyo and his cousin. Still a child, the king had no interest in governing and spent much of the time playing. However, the ministers' belief that they could control the boy king was greatly shaken when the young king on a whim had one of the ministers drowned in a well. Concerned by the erratic behavior and for their own safety, the remaining ministers beheaded the king and handed the throne to his maternal uncle Salingathu.
During his short reign, the young king commissioned the construction of Htupayon Pagoda in the northern sector of Mrauk-U. The pagoda was considered auspicious by later Mrauk-U kings who visited its precincts after the coronation ceremony to take an oath for the well being of the country during their reign.