Min Saw Hla
Burmese monarch
About Min Saw Hla
Lived 1532 – 1564 (aged 31–32).
Infobox royalty type = monarch name = Min Saw Hla image = caption = reign = 6 March 1556 – 24 July 1564 coronation = succession = King of Arakan predecessor = Dikkha successor = Sekkya suc_type = Successor reg_type = regent = spouse = Saw Bon-Htut Saw Thanda issue = issue_link = full_name = house = Min Bin father = Dikkha mother = Saw Mi Latt birth_place = Mrauk-U death_date = 24 July 1564 (aged 31) Monday, Full moon of Wagaung 926 ME In 1561, he commissioned the building of Htukkanthein Temple.
He tightened control of Chittagong and the kingdom's northern perimeter. In the early 1560s, he sent the army to Tripura, whose ruler, according to Arakanese chronicles, submitted to Mrauk-U. He died in 1564 after a long illness. He had chosen his half-brother Min Sekkya to succeed him, and married Sekkya to his own full sister Dhamma Dewi.
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Who was Min Saw Hla?
Burmese monarch
When was Min Saw Hla born?
Min Saw Hla was born in 1532 in Mrauk U.
When did Min Saw Hla die?
Min Saw Hla died on 24 July 1564 in Mrauk U.
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