Minye Kyawhtin, Date of Birth, Date of Death
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king of Toungoo dynasty of Burma (Myanmar)
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About Minye Kyawhtin
- Minye Kyawhtin (Burmese: ??????????????, pronounced [m?´?j?´ t??`d?`?]; also transliterated as Minyekyawdin 1651–1698) was king of Toungoo dynasty of Burma (Myanmar) from 1673 to 1698.
- Minye Kyawhtin, governor of Pindale, was elected by the ministers of the court over several elder princes as king after his step-brother King Narawara's sudden death in 1673.
- The group of nobles that had supported the king gained power and purged other groups of the nobles and royalties.
- The power of the kingdom gradually declined during his quarter-century rule.
- Burma was attacked by Siam during his reign.It was in his reign that Zatadawbon Yazawin, formerly a simple constantly updated list of regnal dates of all Burmese dynasties, was made into a full chronicle.
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