12 Facts About Min Bin

Min Bin's expansionist drive was to run into serious obstacles however.

Min Bin survived the invasions and later provided military aid to Ava, hoping to stop Toungoo's advance into Upper Burma.

Min Bin is credited with creating a naval fleet that dominated the Bay of Bengal, which in the following century would enable Arakan to control the entire 1600-km coastline from the Sundarbans to the Gulf of Martaban.

Min Bin's parents were first cousins; his mother was a daughter of Raza's maternal uncle.

Min Bin had at least one younger brother named Min Aung Hla, and many half-siblings.

Min Bin managed to survive intrigues and power struggles at the court which saw three different kings in the next eight years.

Min Bin was determined to restore what he called his forebears' rightful realm, which according to him, included all of Bengal, not just Chittagong.

Min Bin had to send a force to drive them out after Toungoo forces retreated.

The Arakanese coastline had not escaped their raids, which by Min Bin's reign, had grown increasingly daring.

Min Bin did not want to see a strong, united Irrawaddy valley, which in the past had interfered with the coastal kingdom.

Min Bin sent 3000 troops to aid King Sithu Kyawhtin of Ava, the enemy of Toungoo, put down rebellions.

At his accession, Min Bin appointed his brother Min Aung Hla as governor of Thandwe, the second most important city in the kingdom.