Min Bin has turned Mrauk-U into a …
Years: 1539 - 1539
Min Bin has turned Mrauk-U into a serious regional power by the late 1530s.
Not only does he control the entire Arakan littoral to Chittagong but he also has built up a powerful navy and an army that includes many Portuguese mercenaries.
He closely monitors the developments in mainland Burma with great concern, however,especially after Toungoo's unlikely victory over Hanthawaddy that gives upstart the upstart Burmese principality control of Lower Burma.
He does not want to see a strong, united Irrawaddy valley, which in the past had interfered with the coastal kingdom.
When King Minkhaung of Prome, the only holdout in Lower Burma and a vassal of the Confederation of Shan States, asks for an alliance by presenting his sister, the former queen of Hanthawaddy, Min Bin readily agrees.
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People
Groups
- Mon people
- Rakhine State (Arakanese Kingdom)
- Bamar or Burmans
- Shan people
- Rakhine (Arakanese) people
- Shan States
- Portugal, Avizan (Joannine) Kingdom of
- Portuguese Empire
- Mrauk U, Arakanese (Rakhine) Kingdom of
- Prome Kingdom
- Toungoo Empire, First
- Portuguese Malacca
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Years: 1539 - 1539
Locations
People
Groups
- Mon people
- Rakhine State (Arakanese Kingdom)
- Bamar or Burmans
- Shan people
- Rakhine (Arakanese) people
- Shan States
- Portugal, Avizan (Joannine) Kingdom of
- Portuguese Empire
- Mrauk U, Arakanese (Rakhine) Kingdom of
- Prome Kingdom
- Toungoo Empire, First
- Portuguese Malacca
Topics
Commodoties
Subjects
Regions
Subregions