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Minkhaung of Mrauk U

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Predecessor
  
Thazata

Consort
  
Saw Nan-Hset

Mother
  
Saw Ru Saw

Parents
  
Min Dawlya, Saw Ru Saw

Great-grandparents
  
Min Khayi, Saw Pa-Ba

Successor
  
Min Bin

Father
  
Dawlya

Died
  
1531

Grandparents
  
Ba Saw Phyu, Saw Nandi

Reign
  
c. April 1521 – 27 May 1531

Minkhaung of Mrauk-U (Burmese: မင်းခေါင်, [mɪ́ɴɡàʊɴ], [máɴ ɡàʊɴ]; 1477–1531) was king of Arakan from 1521 to 1531. He was a son of King Dawlya (r. 1482–1492), and succeeded his elder brother King Thazata. He ascended the throne and married his brother's chief queen, Saw Nan-Hset. He was overthrown and killed by Min Bin, then governor of Sandoway (Thandwe) in 1531.

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