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Ran Aung ( my, မင်းရန်အောင်, ;
Arakanese pronunciation: ; also known as Noori Shah; 1485–1494) 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 ...
for six months in 1494. The eldest son of King
Dawlya was only 8 when he was put on the throne by the ministers after his granduncle King
Ba Saw Nyo's death. The ministers also married the young boy to Saw Shin Saw, daughter of Ba Saw Nyo and his cousin.
[ Still a child, the king had no interest in governing and spent much of the time playing. However, the ministers' belief that they could control the boy king was greatly shaken when the young king on a whim had one of the ministers drowned in a well. Concerned by the erratic behavior and for their own safety, the remaining ministers beheaded the king and handed the throne to his maternal uncle ]Salingathu
Salingathu ( my, စလင်္ကာသူ , also known as Abdullah Shah 1455–1502), was King of Arakan from 1494 to 1502. The King, who came to power by overthrowing his eight-year-old nephew, Ran Aung, was extremely cautious about his pers ...
.[Sandamala Linkara Vol. 2 1999: 25–26]
During his short reign, the young king commissioned the construction of Htupayon Pagoda in the northern sector of Mrauk-U
Mrauk U ( ) is a town in northern Rakhine State, Myanmar. It is the capital of Mrauk-U Township, a subregion of the Mrauk-U District.
Mrauk U is of great cultural importance to the local Rakhine (Arakanese) people, and is the location of many ...
. The pagoda was considered auspicious by later Mrauk-U kings who visited its precincts after the coronation ceremony to take an oath for the well being of the country during their reign.[Gutman 2001: 93]
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Monarchs of Mrauk-U
1485 births
1494 deaths
15th century in Burma
15th-century Burmese monarchs
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