Letya Min Nann (
Burmese:လက်ျာမင်းနန်, was the founder of the
Parein Dynasty 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 ...
.
Early life
future king was born in 1068 (430
ME) to Prince Min Re-baya (မင်းရဲဘယ) and Princess Saw Pauk Nyo (စောပေါက်ညို), both of his parents are children of King
Min Bilu.
[Dhanyawaddy Razawin Thit Vol. 1 1930:282]
The Prince grew up in
Pagan and where he later also married his younger sister, named Shwe Gu Tha due to preserving Arakanese the royal bloodline.
Ancestry
The prince's origin tracing back to
King Khittathin, founder of
Pyinsa Dynasty and whom fifth in-descend from him named
Min Bilu was slain and killed by an usurper named
Thinkhaya, son of the murdered king fled to the Court of
Kyansittha
Kyansittha ( my, ကျန်စစ်သား, ; also spelt as Kyanzittha or Hti-Hlaing Shin; 1030 – 1112/13) was king of Pagan dynasty of Burma (Myanmar) from 1084 to 1112/13, and is considered one of the greatest Burmese monarchs. He cont ...
and where resided at
Bagan and married his own sister, Su Pauk-Nyo and their son was named Letya Min-Nann.
Reign
In the year 1103, Arakanese Prince Letya Min Nann was successfully restored to the throne by accelemation of his grandfather in the name of
Pagan Sovereign. He was determined to relocate the capital from
Pyinsa to newly named place called
Launggret.
However, the site proved to be unhealthy and only held temporarily, so he moved the capital to the north past the Paungdok Creek. In the year 1106, he established the new capital,
Parein
Parein ( my, ပရိန်မြို့, ) is the former capital of the Parein Dynasty of Arakan from 1103/1106 to 1167 during the Le-Mro period. The site of the former capital is located a few miles southeast of Mrauk U and north of Laungg ...
, there and erected a palace named Nan-Oo, on the west bank of
Lemro River
The Lemro ( my, လေးမြို့မြစ်, ) originally called Aizannadi is a river of Myanmar flowing through Chin State and Rakhine State. It flows into the Bay of Bengal
The Bay of Bengal is the northeastern part of the Indian ...
. He also built the Buddhagaya Shrine in honor of his overlord,
Sithu.
His reign lasted until 1109, was succeeded by his son,
Thibaha.
References
Biblography
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12th-century Burmese monarchs
1109 deaths
Burmese people of Rakhine descent