Sanda Thudhamma
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| Sanda Thudhamma Raza စန္ဒသုဓမ္မရာဇာ | |||||
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 Going around the Palace of Arakanese King Sanda Thudhamma Raza in Mrauk-U, AD 1664 | |||||
| King of Arakan | |||||
| Reign | c. May 1652 - 20 December 1684 | ||||
| Predecessor | Thado of Mrauk-U | ||||
| Successor | Uggabala | ||||
| Born | c. February 1637 Tabaung 983 ME Mrauk U | ||||
| Died | 20 December 1684 (aged 47) Wednesday, 3rd waxing of Pyatho 1030 ME Mrauk U | ||||
| Consort | Radanar-Piya | ||||
| Issue | Uggabala Wara Dhammaraza Thuwanna Kalya | ||||
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| House | Narapatigyi | ||||
| Father | Thado of Mrauk-U | ||||
| Mother | Radanar Kounmari | ||||
| Religion | Theravada Buddhism | ||||
Sanda Thudhamma Raza (Arakanese: စန္ဒသုဓမ္မရာဇာ, February 1637 - 20 December 1684) was 24th king of the Mrauk U Kingdom. He reigned from 1652 to 1674. He lost the control of Chittagong during his reign and last king to ruled over powerful Mrauk-U Kingdom.
The king built and constructed five prominant pagodas of Mrauk-U which still stood today. After his death in 1684, the kingdom fell into dismantled state which internal struggles of the royal court and subsequents overthrowing of kings became common for the next 100 years till the end of the monarchy came in 1784.
The famous Bengali poet Syed Alaol was the poet in his court. He translated Tohfa at the request of Shrichondro Sudhormo or Sanda Thudhamma.
Reign
[edit]Prince ascended to the throne after death of his father, Thado in 1652.
In 1664, Sanda Thudamma had to cede large amounts of his territories due to an invasion by Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb. In 1666, another invasion by Shaista Khan captured the port of Chittagong. Chittagong remained a key port throughout Mughal rule.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ Markovits, Claude, ed. (2004) [First published 1994 as Histoire de l'Inde Moderne]. A History of Modern India, 1480–1950 (2nd ed.). London: Anthem Press. p. 106. ISBN 978-1-84331-004-4.
Shayista Khan ... was appointed [Bengal's] governor in 1664 and swept the region clean of Portuguese and Arakanese pirates ... in 1666, he recaptured the port of Chittagong ... from the king of Arakan. A strategic outpost, Chittagong would remain the principal commercial port of call before entering the waters of the delta.
Bibliography
[edit]- Harvey, G. E. (1925). History of Burma: From the Earliest Times to 10 March 1824. London: Frank Cass & Co. Ltd.
- Myat Soe, ed. (1964). Myanma Swezon Kyan (in Burmese). Vol. 9 (1 ed.). Yangon: Sarpay Beikman.
- Myint-U, Thant (2006). The River of Lost Footsteps—Histories of Burma. Farrar, Straus and Giroux. ISBN 978-0-374-16342-6.
- Sandamala Linkara, Ashin (1931). Rakhine Yazawinthit Kyan (in Burmese). Vol. 1–2 (1997 ed.). Yangon: Tetlan Sarpay.
See also
[edit]| Pagan dynasty 849–1297 | |
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| Myinsaing and Pinya Kingdoms 1297–1364 | |
| Sagaing Kingdom 1315–1364 | |
| Kingdom of Ava 1364–1555 | |
| Hanthawaddy Kingdom 1287–1539, 1550–1552 | |
| Mrauk U Kingdom 1429–1785 |
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| Prome Kingdom 1482–1542 | |
| Toungoo dynasty 1510–1752 | |
| Restored Hanthawaddy Kingdom 1740–1757 | |
| Konbaung dynasty 1752–1885 | |
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