Sanda Wizaya

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Sanda Wizaya
စန္ဒာဝိဇရမင်း
King of Arakan
ReignNovember 1710 - April 1731
CoronationNovember 1710
PredecessorSanda Thuriya II
SuccessorSanda Thuriya III
Born1665 CE
Hkrit
DiedApril 1731 CE(aged 66)
Mrauk U
ConsortShwe Ku (ရွှေကူ)
IssueHmauk Taw Ma II and others
Names
Thaungnyo Sanda Wizaya Mingyi
ဒုံးညို စန္ဒာ ဝီဇယ တန္တဗိုလ်မင်းကြီး
HouseWizaya
FatherUggabala
ReligionTherevada Buddhism

Sanda Wizaya (Rakhine: စန္ဒာဝီဇရ; 1665 - April 1731) commonly known as Thaungnyo was a 35th king of the Mrauk-U Dynasty of Arakan from 1710 to 1731. His reign re-established Arakan's military might for some time, raiding east such as Mindon and Prome, in the west against Bengal. His naval fleet later sunk near Kyaukpandu upon arrival from Chittagong. He was succeeded by his son in-law.

Early life

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The future king born in the old city of Hkrit called Hkrit Creek or 'Khrit Chaung' (ခြိတ်ချောင်း), now modern day Minbya Township. His name was Thaungyo (တုံးညို), sometimes known as Tantabo Min (တန္တဗိုလ်မင်း)and was active in the service of King Sanda Wimala I. He later defeated the rebels pursuing them across the Lemro Valley.

Reign

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The King repair the city's defensive wall, moats and renovated many temples and built newly lavished palaces.

Biography

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Ever since the death of King Sanda Thudhamma, the kingdom had been a disturbed state and internal chaos crippled the nation. beginning of the 18th century, near the mouth of Lemro River, and other places were seized by robber chiefs Whose gangs devastated the country. Thaungnyo, a man of low origin but strong will, having more by good lack than anything else, defeated one of the gangs and gained over the inhabitants of the capital.[1]

Later, declared himself king and justified his authority by clearing the country of daciots who infested it and forcibly exiled the Kamein; who wore the king's palace guards after the Arakanese lost the control of Chittagong in 1666. He repaired the Mahâmuni, Mahâti and walls of the city, built himself a new palace.[1]

Also launched a military campaign against the Mughals to retake Chittagong which resulted nominal control, after taking advantages of the disturbances of Mughal Emperor Jahandar Shah, which ravaged the lower part of Bengal with his armies.

He died in 1731 after his assassination and was succeeded by his son in-law, Sanda Thuriya III.[1]

References

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