Nara Apaya ( my, နရအဘယ; 1694 - 28 October 1761) was a king of the Mrauk-U Dynasty of

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from 1743 until his death in 1761. Born from poor background, he inherited the throne from his nephew. During his reign, the country faced severe economic and political crisis that in order to solve, the king launched military campaign against the neighboring countries. These incursions are known as "Harama Attack" planned led by his chief minister Gu Tha. The Arakanese raided the cities of Bassein, Dala,

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and

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as much of lower Irrawaddy valley in 1744 again in 1745 as the king poccessed many war booty. Later in the period between 1745 and 1749, which

ravaged

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and carried away large amount of

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taken slaves to be sold at cattle market. These attacks led to the kingdom's external threat eventually led to internal rebellion broke out in the country where the Myu people of edge of the

Kaladan River The Kaladan River ( my, ကုလားတန်မြစ်, ; also Kysapnadi, Beino, Bawinu and Kolodyne) is a river in eastern Mizoram State of India, and in Chin State and Rakhine State of western Myanmar. The Kaladan River is called the ...

revolted. The King died soon after this and he was succeeded by his son.

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