Ba Saw Nyo ( my, ဘစောညို, ; also known as Muhammad Shah; 1435–1494) was king of
Arakan
Arakan ( or ) is a historic coastal region in Southeast Asia. Its borders faced the Bay of Bengal to its west, the Indian subcontinent to its north and Burma proper to its east. The Arakan Mountains isolated the region and made it accessi ...
from 1492 to 1494. He came to power in 1492 after his nephew King
Dawlya
Min Dawlya ( my, မင်းဒေါလျာ, , Arakanese pronunciation: ; also known as Mathu Shah; 1456–1492) was king of Arakan from 1482 to 1492. He came to power by having his father King Ba Saw Phyu assassinated after his father had c ...
had died after a failed military expedition. He made Dawlya's mother and his sister-in-law Saw Nandi his chief queen. He faced a serious mutiny by an officer, which was put down. He died of natural causes soon after.
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Monarchs of Mrauk-U
1435 births
1494 deaths
15th century in Burma
15th-century Burmese monarchs
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