Bayinnaung

Bayinnaung Kyawhtin Nawrahta was king of Toungoo Dynasty of Burma from 1550 to 1581. During his 31year reign, which has been called the greatest explosion of human energy ever seen in Burma, Bayinnaung assembled the largest empire in the history of Southeast Asia, which included much of modernday Burma, Chinese Shan states, Lan Na, Lan Xang, Manipur and Siam.

The future king was born Ye Htut onJanuary 1516 to Mingyi Swe and Shin Myo Myat. His exact ancestry is unclear. No extant contemporary records, including Hanthawaddy Hsinbyushin Ayedawbon, the extensive chronicle of the kings reign written two years before his death, mention his ancestry. It was only in 1724, some 143 years after the kings death that Maha Yazawin, the official chronicle of Toungoo Dynasty, first proclaimed his genealogy. According to Maha Yazawin, he was born to a gentry family in Toungoo , then a former vassal state of Ava Kingdom. He was descended from viceroys of Toungoo Tarabya and Minkhaung I from his fathers side and from King Thihathu of Pinya and his chief queen Mi Saw U of Pagan Dynasty from his mothers side. Furthermore, Ye Htut was distantly related to then presiding ruler of Toungoo Mingyi Nyo and his son Tabinshwehti through their common ancestor, Tarabya of Pakhan. Later chronicles simply repeat Maha Yazawins account. In all, the chronicles neatly

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