Early Dutch map of Arakan (present-day Rakhine State, Myanmar, and southern part of Chittagong Division, Bangladesh)
Capital
Launggyet (1429–1430)
Mrauk U (1430–1785)
Common languages
Official Arakanese
Religion
Theravada Buddhism
Islam
Hinduism
Christianity
Animism
Government
Feudal monarchy (until 1782)
• 1429–1433
Min Saw Mon (first)
• 1433–1459
Min Khayi
• 1531–1554
Min Bin
• 1593–1612
Min Razagyi
• 1622–1638
Thiri Thudhamma
• 1652–1674
Sanda Thudhamma
• 1782–1785
Maha Thammada (last)
Legislature
Royal Parliamentary System
Historical era
AD 15th to 18th Century
• Founding of dynasty
September 1430
• Vassalage of Bengal Sultanate
1429–1437[1]
• Conquest of Chittagong
1459[2]
• Joint-control of Lower Burma
1599–1603
• Loss of Chittagong
1666
• End of kingdom
2 January 1785
Currency
Dinga
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Laymro Kingdom
Interregnum
Bengal Sultanate
Konbaung Dynasty
Bengal Sultanate
Portuguese settlement in Chittagong
History of Myanmar
Prehistory of Myanmar 11,000–200 BCE
Pyu city-states 200 BCE – 1050 CE
(Sri Ksetra Kingdom, Tagaung Kingdom)
Mon kingdoms 825?–1057? CE
(Thaton Kingdom)
Arakanese kingdoms 788?–1406
Pagan Kingdom 849–1297
Early Pagan Kingdom 849–1044
Warring states period
Upper Myanmar 1297–1555
Myinsaing and Pinya Kingdoms 1297–1365
Sagaing Kingdom 1315–1365
Kingdom of Ava 1365–1555
Prome Kingdom 1482–1542
Hanthawaddy Kingdom 1287–1539, 1550–1552
Shan States 1215–1563
Kingdom of Mrauk U 1429–1785
Toungoo dynasty 1510–1752
First Toungoo Empire 1510–1599
Nyaungyan Restoration 1599–1752
Restored Hanthawaddy 1740–1757
Konbaung dynasty 1752–1885
British colonial period 1824–1948
Anglo-Burmese Wars 1824–1885
Resistance movement 1885–1895
Nationalist movement 1900–1948
Japanese occupation 1942–1945
Modern era 1948–present
AFPFL government 1948–1962
Ne Win dictatorship 1962–1988
SLORC / SPDC junta 1988–2010
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The Kingdom of Mrauk-U (Arakanese: မြောက်ဦး ဘုရင့်နိုင်ငံတော်) was a kingdom that existed on the Arakan littoral from 1429 to 1785. Based in the capital Mrauk-U, near the eastern coast of the Bay of Bengal, the kingdom ruled over what is now Rakhine State, Myanmar and southern part of Chittagong Division, Bangladesh. Though started out as a protectorate of the Bengal Sultanate from 1429 to 1531, Mrauk-U went on to conquer Chittagong with the help of the Portuguese. It twice fended off the Toungoo Burma's attempts to conquer the kingdom in 1546–1547, and 1580–1581. At its height of power, it briefly controlled the Bay of Bengal coastline from the Sundarbans to the Gulf of Martaban from 1599 to 1603.[3][4] In 1666, it lost control of Chittagong after a war with the Mughal Empire. Its reign continued until 1785, when it was conquered by the Konbaung dynasty of Burma.[5][6]
It was home to a multiethnic population with the city of Mrauk U being home to mosques, temples, shrines, seminaries and libraries.[7] The kingdom was also a center of piracy and the slave trade. It was frequented by Arab, Danish, Dutch and Portuguese traders.[7]
^Rakhine Razawin Thit Vol 2 (in Burmese). Ashin. Sandamala Likãra. p. 8 to 21.
^Rakhine Razawin Thit Vol 2 (in Burmese). Ashin. Sandamala Likãra. p. 23 to 25.
^Myint-U 2006: 77
^Topich, Leitich 2013: 21
^Phayre 1883: 78
^Harvey 1925: 140–141
^ abWilliam J. Topich; Keith A. Leitich (9 January 2013). The History of Myanmar. ABC-CLIO. pp. 17–22. ISBN 978-0-313-35725-1.
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