Tharrawaddy Min

Tharrawaddy Min (Amarapura March 14th, 1787 - November 17th, 1846) (Burmese သာယာဝတီမင္း) was the eighth king (1837-46) of the Dynastie Konbaung of Burma. It rejected the Traité of Yandabo signed by its predecessor and failed to enter in war against the British.

Born Maung Khaing , grandson of the king Bodawpaya and younger brother of the king Bagyidaw, it was named heir in 1819. Prince de Tharrawaddy (a city close to Pégou), it fought during the first of the Guerres anglo-Burmeses (1823-1826), under the reign of his brother. Towards the end of the reign of this one, in 1837, he flees with Shwebo, cradle of the dynasty, and revolted against him.

Bagyidaw was constrained to abdicate in its favor. Tharrawaddy made carry out the queen Naked Nanmadaw Me and her brother Minthagyi Maung O, as well as the only son of Bagyidaw. It was crowned king in 1840. The princess Min Myat Shwe, a grand-daughter of Hsinbyushin which he had married in 1809, was crowned principal queen ( Nanmadaw Mibaya Hkaungyi ).

In 1841, Tharrawaddy offered a bell of 42 tons, the Maha Tissada Gandha (great ringing with three let us tons) and 20 kg of gold sheets to the Pagode Shwedagon with Rangoun.

Its reign was traversed rumors of war with the British, who had added the Arakan and the Tenasserim to their possessions. The second war anglo-Burmese burst however only in 1852, under the reign of his/her son Pagan Min.

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