Minkhaung I
Burmese monarch · Myanmar · On the map · Historical Figures · Lived 1373 to 1422 · aged 48
Minkhaung I of Ava was king of Ava from 1400 to 1421. He is best remembered in Burmese history for his epic struggles against King Razadarit of Hanthawaddy Pegu in the Forty Years' War (1385-1424). As king, Minkhaung continued his father Swa Saw Ke's policy to restore the Pagan Empire.
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Swe's childhood rival Tarabya portrayed as Mintara nat
Key locations in the Ava-Hanthawaddy War (1385-1391)
Shin Mi-Nauk portrayed as the Anauk Mibaya nat
Hanthawaddy forces attacked Ava territories from Tharrawaddy to Tagaung in 1401-1402, and up to Prome in 1402-1403.
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Under the military leadership of his eldest son Minye Kyawswa, Ava nearly succeeded. While he ultimately failed to conquer Hanthawaddy and Launggyet Arakan, he was able to bring in most of cis-Salween Shan states to the Ava orbit.
