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width:100%;"></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data">27 March 1254 <br /> Friday, 7th waxing of <a href="/wiki/Tagu" title="Tagu">Late Tagu</a> 615 <a href="/wiki/Burmese_calendar" title="Burmese calendar">ME</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Donwun" title="Donwun">Tagaw Wun</a> <br /> <a href="/wiki/Pagan_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Pagan Kingdom">Pagan Empire</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">March 1311 (aged 56) <br /> Late Tagu 672 ME<br />near <a href="/wiki/Mottama" title="Mottama">Martaban</a> (Mottama) <br /> <a href="/wiki/Hanthawaddy_Kingdom" title="Hanthawaddy Kingdom">Martaban Kingdom</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Issue_(genealogy)" title="Issue (genealogy)">Issue</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Binnya_E_Law" title="Binnya E Law">Binnya E Law</a> <br /> <a href="/wiki/Sanda_Min_Hla" title="Sanda Min Hla">Sanda Min 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script</a>.</div></div> </div> <p><b>Hkun Law</b> (<a href="/wiki/Mon_language" title="Mon language">Mon</a>: <span lang="mnw">ခုန်လဴ</span>, <a href="/wiki/Burmese_language" title="Burmese language">Burmese</a>: <span lang="my">ခွန်လော</span>, <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1177148991">.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}</style><span class="IPA-label IPA-label-small">Burmese pronunciation:</span> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="my-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Burmese" title="Help:IPA/Burmese">[kʰʊ̀ɰ̃<span class="wrap"> </span>lɔ́]</a></span>; also spelled <b>Khun Law</b>; also <b>Binnya Khon-Law</b>; 1254–1311) was king of <a href="/wiki/Hanthawaddy_Kingdom" title="Hanthawaddy Kingdom">Martaban</a> from 1307 to 1311. He succeeded the throne after the death of his brother <a href="/wiki/Wareru" title="Wareru">Wareru</a>, who left no male heir. </p><p>Though Law gained the recognition of Martaban's overlord <a href="/wiki/Sukhothai_Kingdom" title="Sukhothai Kingdom">Sukhothai</a>, he could not establish any control beyond the capital <a href="/wiki/Mottama" title="Mottama">Martaban</a> (Mottama). He was powerless to defend the <a href="/wiki/Sittaung_river" class="mw-redirect" title="Sittaung river">Sittaung valley</a> from raids by the <a href="/wiki/Lan_Na" title="Lan Na">Lan Na</a> kingdom. His nominal vassals ruled like sovereigns. In 1311, he was assassinated by the troops of his brother-in-law Gov. <a href="/wiki/Min_Bala_of_Myaungmya" title="Min Bala of Myaungmya">Min Bala of Myaungmya</a>, who placed his son (and Law's nephew) <a href="/wiki/Saw_O" title="Saw O">Saw O</a> on the throne. </p><p>Most of the monarchs of the Wareru dynasty that ruled the Mon-speaking Lower Burma until the mid-16th century were descended from Law. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hkun_Law&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The future king was born <a href="/wiki/Burmese_honorific" class="mw-redirect" title="Burmese honorific">Ma</a> Gada (<a href="/wiki/Mon_language" title="Mon language">Mon</a>: <span lang="mnw">မဂဒါ</span>, <a href="/wiki/Burmese_language" title="Burmese language">Burmese</a>: <span lang="my">မဂဒါ</span>) in <a href="/wiki/Donwun" title="Donwun">Donwun</a> on 27 March 1254.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Gada had two siblings, an elder brother <a href="/wiki/Wareru" title="Wareru">Ma Gadu</a> and a younger sister <a href="/wiki/Hnin_U_Yaing" title="Hnin U Yaing">Hnin U Yaing</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-nph-16_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nph-16-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They were of <a href="/wiki/Shan_people" title="Shan people">Shan</a> and/or <a href="/wiki/Mon_people" title="Mon people">Mon</a> background.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Gada later became heir-presumptive of the polity that his brother founded in 1287. That year, Gadu, styled as <b>Wareru</b>, declared independence from the collapsing <a href="/wiki/Pagan_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Pagan Kingdom">Pagan Empire</a>. He later expanded his reach into Pegu and the Irrawaddy delta, consolidating three Mon-speaking provinces of Lower Burma into a polity, successfully fighting off Pagan's attempt to retake Lower Burma in 1295–96.<sup id="cite_ref-mat-2017-25_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mat-2017-25-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, Gada's role was likely minimal as he is not mentioned in the chronicles at all during his brother's reign. At any rate, Gada was the heir presumptive as Wareru did not have a male heir. Indeed he succeeded the Martaban throne in 1307 when King Wareru was assassinated by the king's two grandsons.<sup id="cite_ref-nph-36_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nph-36-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Reign">Reign</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hkun_Law&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Reign"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>His first act as king was to seek his overlord king of <a href="/wiki/Sukhothai_Kingdom" title="Sukhothai Kingdom">Sukhothai</a>'s recognition.<sup id="cite_ref-nph-36_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nph-36-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (Wareru had sought and received Sukhothai's support in exchange for nominal vassalage at least since 1293, and had been a <a href="/wiki/Yuan_dynasty" title="Yuan dynasty">Mongol</a> vassal since 1298.<sup id="cite_ref-geh-110-111_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-geh-110-111-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>) The king of Sukhothai recognized Gada as the rightful successor, and gave him the title of <b>Saw Ran Parakut</b>. The new vassal king was also now known as <b>Hkun Law</b>,<sup id="cite_ref-nph-36_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nph-36-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> or <b>Binnya Khon Law</b>.<sup id="cite_ref-mr-44_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mr-44-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Despite Sukhothai's support, Law was not respected by his vassals or neighbors. Within the first year of his reign, Lan Na raided deep into Martaban territory, reaching as far south as Donwun. The raid killed Gov. Nyi Yan Maw-La-Mon of Donwun, whom Law had just appointed.<sup id="cite_ref-nph-36_5-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nph-36-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The new king's inability to organize an effective defense against the raid further weakened support among his restive nominal vassals. Indeed, Law's brother-in-law Gov. <a href="/wiki/Min_Bala_of_Myaungmya" title="Min Bala of Myaungmya">Min Bala of Myaungmya</a> practically ruled the Irrawaddy delta like a sovereign. Over the next three years, Law's performance did not improve. Bala became further emboldened, and began eyeing the Martaban throne itself.<sup id="cite_ref-nph-37_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nph-37-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In March 1311,<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Bala and Hnin U Yaing seized the Martaban throne while Law was on an elephant hunting trip near <a href="/wiki/Mawlamyine" title="Mawlamyine">Moulmein</a> (Mawlamyaing). Law found out about the coup only upon his return from the hunting trip when he found the capital's gates firmly shut. He tried to flee to the nearby woods, but Bala's troops chased him and killed him there.<sup id="cite_ref-nph-37_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nph-37-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-app-66_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-app-66-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The throne was vacant for at least two weeks.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Bala initially thought about taking over the throne himself but yielded to his wife's demand that their eldest son <a href="/wiki/Saw_O" title="Saw O">Saw O</a> succeed instead.<sup id="cite_ref-nph-37-38_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nph-37-38-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Saw O became king on 10 April 1311.<sup id="cite_ref-nph-39_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nph-39-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Legacy">Legacy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hkun_Law&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Legacy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>His legacy was his progeny. Although Hkun Law was not an effective ruler, all of the monarchs of the Wareru dynasty that ruled Lower Burma from 1330 until the mid-16th century—i.e. <a href="/wiki/Binnya_E_Law" title="Binnya E Law">Binnya E Law</a> (r. 1330–1348) onwards except <a href="/wiki/Dhammazedi" title="Dhammazedi">Dhammazedi</a> (r. 1471–1492)—were his direct descendants. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hkun_Law&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The <i><a href="/wiki/Razadarit_Ayedawbon" title="Razadarit Ayedawbon">Razadarit Ayedawbon</a></i> chronicle (Pan Hla 2005: 37) says he was born on Friday, 7th waxing of Late Tagu 635 (<i>Thursday</i>, 15 March 1274). But 635 ME was likely a typographical error. The chronicle (Pan Hla 2005: 16) says he had an elder brother Ma Gadu and a younger sister Hnin U Yaing. The chronicle's later narrative (Pan Hla 2005: 37) again mentions twice that Gada was U Yaing's older brother. Since Gadu was born in 1253 per (Pan Hla 2005: 36), and since Hnin U Yaing was already in her marriage age in 1281/82 per (Pan Hla 2005: 21–23), it was highly unlikely that Gada would have been born 21 years later in 1274, and Hnin U Yaing even later. Instead, the birth date was more likely Friday, 7th waxing of Late Tagu 615 ME (<i>Friday</i>, 27 March 1254), date translated per (Eade 1989: 100).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">They had <a href="/wiki/Mon_language" title="Mon language">Mon language</a> names. Though none of the major chronicles—the <i>Razadarit Ayedawbon</i> and the <i><a href="/wiki/Pak_Lat_Chronicles" title="Pak Lat Chronicles">Pak Lat Chronicles</a></i>—says anything about their ethnicity, <a href="/wiki/British_Burma" class="mw-redirect" title="British Burma">British colonial scholarship</a> (See: Phayre 1967: 65, Harvey 1925: 110) conjectured that they were ethnic <a href="/wiki/Shan_people" title="Shan people">Shans</a>. Later scholars appear to hedge: per (Htin Aung 1967: 78), they were likely of both <a href="/wiki/Mon_people" title="Mon people">Mon</a> and Shan backgrounds, while (Aung-Thwin and Aung-Thwin 2012: 118) says they were of either Mon or Shan background.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The chronicle <i>Razadarit Ayedawbon</i> (Pan Hla 2005: 37, 39) says Hkun Law died in 672 ME, and soon after <a href="/wiki/Saw_O" title="Saw O">Saw O</a> ascended the throne on Saturday, 6th waning of <a href="/wiki/Tagu" title="Tagu">Tagu</a> 673 ME (10 April 1311). It means Law most probably died in the last weeks of 672 ME (March 1311).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Since Law was 56 (in his 57th year), he must have died by 6th waxing of Late Tagu 672 ME (26 March 1311). Per (Pan Hla 2005: 39), Saw O became king on Saturday, 6th waxing of Tagu 673 ME (10 April 1311).</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hkun_Law&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626" /><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-nph-16-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-nph-16_2-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Pan Hla 2005: 16</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-mat-2017-25-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-mat-2017-25_4-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Aung-Thwin 2017: 25</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-nph-36-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-nph-36_5-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-nph-36_5-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-nph-36_5-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-nph-36_5-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Pan Hla 2005: 36</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-geh-110-111-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-geh-110-111_6-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Harvey 1925: 110–111</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-mr-44-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-mr-44_7-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Shwe Naw 1922: 44</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-nph-37-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-nph-37_8-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-nph-37_8-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Pan Hla 2005: 37</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-app-66-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-app-66_10-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Phayre 1967: 66</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-nph-37-38-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-nph-37-38_12-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Pan Hla 2005: 37–38</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-nph-39-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-nph-39_13-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Pan Hla 2005: 39</span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Bibliography">Bibliography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hkun_Law&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Bibliography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output 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title="Narapatisithu">Sithu II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Htilominlo" title="Htilominlo">Htilominlo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naratheinga_Uzana" title="Naratheinga Uzana">Naratheinga Uzana</a><sup>1</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kyaswa" title="Kyaswa">Kyaswa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uzana_of_Pagan" title="Uzana of Pagan">Uzana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Narathihapate" title="Narathihapate">Narathihapate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kyawswa_of_Pagan" title="Kyawswa of Pagan">Kyawswa</a><sup>2</sup></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Myinsaing_Kingdom" title="Myinsaing Kingdom">Myinsaing</a> and <a href="/wiki/Pinya_Kingdom" title="Pinya Kingdom">Pinya Kingdoms</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">1297–1364</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Athinkhaya" title="Athinkhaya">Athinkhaya</a><sup>1</sup>, <a href="/wiki/Yazathingyan" title="Yazathingyan">Yazathingyan</a><sup>1</sup> and <a href="/wiki/Thihathu" title="Thihathu">Thihathu</a><sup>1</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thihathu" title="Thihathu">Thihathu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uzana_I_of_Pinya" title="Uzana I of Pinya">Uzana I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sithu_of_Pinya" title="Sithu of Pinya">Sithu</a><sup>1</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kyawswa_I_of_Pinya" title="Kyawswa I of Pinya">Kyawswa I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kyawswa_II_of_Pinya" title="Kyawswa II of Pinya">Kyawswa II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Narathu_of_Pinya" title="Narathu of Pinya">Narathu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uzana_II_of_Pinya" title="Uzana II of Pinya">Uzana II</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Sagaing_Kingdom" title="Sagaing Kingdom">Sagaing Kingdom</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">1315–1364</span></th><td 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II">Minkhaung II</a> and <a href="/wiki/Thihathura_II_of_Ava" title="Thihathura II of Ava">Thihathura II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shwenankyawshin" title="Shwenankyawshin">Narapati II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sawlon" title="Sawlon">Sawlon</a><sup>3</sup> and <a href="/wiki/Thohanbwa" title="Thohanbwa">Thohanbwa</a><sup>3</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hkonmaing" title="Hkonmaing">Hkonmaing</a><sup>3</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mobye_Narapati" title="Mobye Narapati">Narapati III</a><sup>3</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sithu_Kyawhtin" title="Sithu Kyawhtin">Narapati IV</a><sup>3</sup></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Hanthawaddy_Kingdom" title="Hanthawaddy Kingdom">Hanthawaddy Kingdom</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">1287–1539, 1550–1552</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wareru" title="Wareru">Wareru</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Hkun Law</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saw_O" title="Saw O">Saw O</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saw_Zein" title="Saw Zein">Saw Zein</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zein_Pun" title="Zein Pun">Zein Pun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saw_E" title="Saw E">Saw E</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Binnya_E_Law" title="Binnya E Law">Binnya E Law</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Binnya_U" title="Binnya U">Binnya U</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maha_Dewi_of_Hanthawaddy" title="Maha Dewi of Hanthawaddy">Maha Dewi</a><sup>1</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Razadarit" title="Razadarit">Razadarit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Binnya_Dhammaraza" title="Binnya Dhammaraza">Binnya Dhammaraza</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Binnya_Ran_I" title="Binnya Ran I">Binnya Ran I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Binnya_Waru" title="Binnya Waru">Binnya Waru</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Binnya_Kyan" title="Binnya Kyan">Binnya Kyan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leik_Munhtaw" title="Leik Munhtaw">Leik Munhtaw</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shin_Sawbu" title="Shin Sawbu">Shin Sawbu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dhammazedi" title="Dhammazedi">Dhammazedi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Binnya_Ran_II" title="Binnya Ran II">Binnya Ran II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Takayutpi" title="Takayutpi">Takayutpi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Smim_Sawhtut" title="Smim Sawhtut">Smim Sawhtut</a><sup>4</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Smim_Htaw" title="Smim Htaw">Smim Htaw</a><sup>4</sup></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Mrauk_U" title="Kingdom of Mrauk U">Mrauk U Kingdom</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">1429–1785</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Min_Saw_Mon" title="Min Saw Mon">Saw Mon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Min_Khayi" title="Min Khayi">Khayi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ba_Saw_Phyu" title="Ba Saw Phyu">Ba Saw Phyu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Min_Dawlya" title="Min Dawlya">Dawlya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ba_Saw_Nyo" title="Ba Saw Nyo">Ba Saw Nyo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Min_Ran_Aung" title="Min Ran Aung">Ran Aung</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salingathu" title="Salingathu">Salingathu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Min_Raza_of_Mrauk-U" title="Min Raza of Mrauk-U">Raza</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gazapati" title="Gazapati">Gazapati</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Min_Saw_O" title="Min Saw O">Saw O</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thazata" title="Thazata">Thazata</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minkhaung_of_Mrauk-U" title="Minkhaung of Mrauk-U">Minkhaung</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Min_Bin" title="Min Bin">Min Bin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Min_Dikkha" title="Min Dikkha">Dikkha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Min_Saw_Hla" title="Min Saw Hla">Saw Hla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Min_Sekkya" title="Min Sekkya">Sekkya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Min_Phalaung" title="Min Phalaung">Phalaung</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Min_Razagyi" title="Min Razagyi">Razagyi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Min_Khamaung" title="Min Khamaung">Khamaung</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thiri_Thudhamma" title="Thiri Thudhamma">Thiri Thudhamma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Min_Sanay" title="Min Sanay">Sanay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Narapati_of_Mrauk-U" title="Narapati of Mrauk-U">Narapati</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thado_of_Mrauk-U" title="Thado of Mrauk-U">Thado</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sanda_Thudhamma" title="Sanda Thudhamma">Sanda Thudhamma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thiri_Thuriya" title="Thiri Thuriya">Thiri Thuriya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wara_Dhammaraza" title="Wara Dhammaraza">Wara Dhammaraza</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muni_Thudhammaraza" title="Muni Thudhammaraza">Muni Thudhammaraza</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sanda_Thuriya_I" title="Sanda Thuriya I">Sanda Thuriya I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nawrahta_of_Mrauk-U" title="Nawrahta of Mrauk-U">Nawrahta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mayuppiya" title="Mayuppiya">Mayuppiya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kalamandat" title="Kalamandat">Kalamandat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naradipati" title="Naradipati">Naradipati</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sanda_Wimala_I" title="Sanda Wimala I">Sanda Wimala I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sanda_Thuriya_II" title="Sanda Thuriya II">Sanda Thuriya II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sanda_Wizaya" title="Sanda Wizaya">Sanda Wizaya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sanda_Thuriya_III" title="Sanda Thuriya III">Sanda Thuriya III</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naradipati_II" title="Naradipati II">Naradipati II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Narapawara" title="Narapawara">Narapawara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sanda_Wizala" title="Sanda Wizala">Sanda Wizala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madarit" title="Madarit">Madarit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nara_Apaya" title="Nara Apaya">Nara Apaya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thirithu" title="Thirithu">Thirithu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sanda_Parama" title="Sanda Parama">Sanda Parama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Apaya" title="Apaya">Apaya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sanda_Thumana" title="Sanda Thumana">Sanda Thumana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sanda_Wimala_II" title="Sanda Wimala II">Sanda Wimala II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sanda_Thaditha" title="Sanda Thaditha">Sanda Thaditha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maha_Thammada" title="Maha Thammada">Maha Thammada</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Prome_Kingdom" title="Prome Kingdom">Prome Kingdom</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">1482–1542</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Thado_Minsaw_of_Prome" title="Thado Minsaw of Prome">Thado Minsaw</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bayin_Htwe" title="Bayin Htwe">Bayin Htwe</a></li> <li><a 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