Razadarit, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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ninth king of the Hanthawaddy Pegu Kingdom in Burma from 1384 to 1421. Considered one of the greatest kings in Burmese history, he successfully reunified all three Mon-speaking regions of southern Burma (Myanmar)
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Place of Birth: Donwun, Mon State, Myanmar
About Razadarit
- Razadarit (Mon: ??????????, Burmese: ??????????, Burmese pronunciation: [jà zà d???`?] or [jà za?d???`?]; also spelled Yazadarit; 1368–1421), was king of Hanthawaddy Pegu from 1384 to 1421.
- He successfully unified his Mon-speaking kingdom, and fended off major assaults by the Burmese-speaking Ava Kingdom (Inwa) in the Forty Years' War.
- The king also instituted an administrative system that left his successors with a far more integrated kingdom.
- He is one of the most famous kings in Burmese history. Razadarit came to power at 16 after a rebellion against his father King Binnya U (r.
- 1348–1384), barely controlling the Pegu province.
- By his sheer will and military leadership, the young king not only defeated Ava's first wave of invasions (1385–1391) but also unified his kingdom in the process.
- After presiding over Pegu's emergence as a regional power, he twice renewed the war with Ava in the 1400s, and outlasted Ava's fierce counterattacks with the help of Hsenwi and Ming China.
- Between 1401 and 1418, he met Ava's King Minkhaung I and Crown Prince Minye Kyawswa head-on in Lower Burma, Upper Burma, and Arakan. His life is recorded in a classic chronicle called Razadarit Ayedawbon.
- The king is remembered as a complex figure: an accomplished military leader who kept his kingdom independent; an able administrator who successfully integrated the provinces; and a ruthless paranoid figure, who drove many close to him to death.
- His battles against Minkhaung and Minye Kyawswa are still retold in Burmese popular culture.
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