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Min Khayi

king of Arakan
Years: 1392 - 1459

Min Khayi (also known as Ali Khan; 1392–1459) is king of Arakan from 1433 to 1459.

He begins his reign as a vassal of Bengal, and successfully unifies the entire Arakan coastline (present-day Rakhine State) in 1437.

He then takes full advantage of the political turmoil in Bengal by seizing Ramu, the southernmost territory of his erstwhile overlord, and raiding as far north as Chittagong.

In 1455, his kingdom finally achieves recognition by Ava, which has long interfered in the affairs of Arakan, as a sovereign state.

His twenty-five-year reign brings much needed stability to the Arakan littoral, and prepares his nascent kingdom for future expansions by his successors.

The earliest extant work of Arakanese literature in Burmese script, Rakhine Minthami Eigyin, is composed during his reign in 1455.