Kingdom of Mrauk U
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The Kingdom of Mrauk-U was a kingdom that existed on the Arakan coastal plain from 1429 to 1785. Based in the capital Mrauk U, near the eastern coast of the Bay of Bengal, the kingdom ruled over what
King Min Razagyi Statue
Filipe de Brito, Portuguese mercenary and governor of Syriam, Burma, circa 1600.
Natives of Arakan sell slaves to the Dutch East India Company, c. 1663 CE.
Arakanese Coin stamped by King Abhaya Maha Raza during 1774
Konbaung dynasty
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The Konbaung dynasty, also known as the Third Burmese Empire, was the last dynasty that ruled Burma from 1752 to 1885. It created the second-largest empire in Burmese history and continued the adminis
Kingdom of Mrauk U
…to 1603. In 1666, it lost control of Chittagong after a war with the Mughal Empire. Its existence continued until 1785, when it was conquered by the Konbaung dynasty of Burma. It was home to a multiethnic population, with the Buddhists making up the majority and the city of Mrauk U being home to temples, shrines…
The Lion Throne of Burma in the throne hall of the Amarapura Palace (painting by Colesworthey Grant, 1855)
The Shwedagon Pagoda during the First Anglo-Burmese War (1824–26)
The last king, Thibaw Min (right), here with Queen Supayalat and her sister Junior Queen Supayalay, was forcibly deposed by the British following the Third Anglo-Burmese War in 1885.
A royal scribe, 1855