Laik-Gi ( my, လိုက်ဂီ, ) was
governor of Pegu in the late 13th and early 14th centuries. He became governor of the province 1296 after his overlord King
Wareru
Wareru ( mnw, ဝါရေဝ်ရောဝ်, my, ဝါရီရူး, ; also known as Wagaru; 20 March 1253 – 14 January 1307) was the founder of the Martaban Kingdom, located in present-day Myanmar (Burma). By using both diplomatic a ...
of
Martaban
Mottama ( my, မုတ္တမမြို့, ; Muttama mnw, မုဟ်တၟံ, ; formerly Martaban) is a town in the Thaton District of Mon State, Myanmar. Located on the west bank of the Thanlwin river (Salween), on the opposite side o ...
had defeated the self-proclaimed king of Pegu
Tarabya
Tarabya ( ota, Tarabiye, el, Θεραπειά, translit=Therapiá) is a neighbourhood in the Sarıyer district of Istanbul, Turkey. It is located on the European shoreline of the Bosphorus strait, between the neighbourhoods of Yeniköy, Istanbul, ...
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[Pan Hla 2005: 31] Prior to the appointment, Laik-Gi had served as the chief minister of Wareru's upstart
Mon-speaking kingdom since its founding in 1287. He also led the diplomatic mission to the court of King
Ram Khamhaeng
Ram Khamhaeng ( th, รามคำแหง, ) or Pho Khun Ram Khamhaeng Maharat ( th, พ่อขุนรามคำแหงมหาราช, ), also spelled Ramkhamhaeng, was the third king of the Phra Ruang Dynasty, ruling the Sukhoth ...
of
Sukhothai in 1286–1287 that secured Sukhothai's backing of Wareru's plan to declare independence from the
Pagan Empire
The Kingdom of Pagan ( my, ပုဂံခေတ်, , ; also known as the Pagan Dynasty and the Pagan Empire; also the Bagan Dynasty or Bagan Empire) was the first Burmese kingdom to unify the regions that would later constitute modern-da ...
.
[Pan Hla 2005: 24–25]
Chronicles do not state when Laik-Gi's term at Pegu ended.
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