Min Phalaung presided over the continued rise of Arakan, begun under his father King Min Bin.
16 Facts About Min Phalaung
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Min Phalaung extended his realm to India Tripura and Bengal, and withstood a major invasion by Toungoo Burma.
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Min Phalaung completely stayed out of the chaos in Toungoo Burma in the following years.
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Min Phalaung left a prosperous and confident kingdom to his son Raza II, who succeeded him in 1593.
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Min Phalaung was given the town of Sittantin in fief.
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Min Phalaung grew up at a time when his father was turning the coastal kingdom into a major regional power.
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At the coronation ceremony, Min Phalaung, who was styled as Sikandar Shah, the Sultan of Bengal, took Sekkya's daughter Saw Shin Latt as queen.
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Min Phalaung married Saw Thanda, who had been queen of the previous three kings including his father.
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Min Phalaung made his eldest son Thado Dhamma Raza his heir-apparent, and his second son the chief of the armed forces.
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Min Phalaung largely continued this policy, and tried to exert control over northern Bengal and Tripura, which Arakanese kings had never had lasting control.
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Min Phalaung kept a strong garrison at Chittagong, manned by a large number of Portuguese seamen and mercenaries.
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Min Phalaung faced a serious rebellion in 1586 when the governor of Chittagong in league with some Portuguese and Indian mercenaries raised a rebellion.
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Min Phalaung built the Pitaka-Taik to house the Buddhist Scriptures received from Ceylon.
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Min Phalaung was the owner of three white elephants, considered extremely auspicious by Burmese kings.
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Min Phalaung got a third one c 1582, after the Toungoo invasion.
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Min Phalaung was succeeded by his eldest son, Thado Dhamma Raza.