Narameikhla

Narameikhla

▪ king of Arakan
also called  Meng Soamwun  
flourished 15th century

      founder and first king (reigned 1404–34) of the Mrohaung dynasty in Arakan, the maritime country lying to the west of Lower Burma on the Bay of Bengal, which had been settled by the Burmese in the 10th century.

      When Arakan became the scene of a struggle between rival centres of power in the 15th century, Narameikhla, the son of King Rajathu (reigned 1397–1401), was forced in the first year of his reign to flee to Bengal, where he became a vassal to King Aḥmad Shāh of Gaur. With the aid of Aḥmad Shāh's successor, he regained control of Arakan in 1430. In 1433 he built at Mrohaung a new capital, which remained the capital of Arakan until the 18th century. As a nominal vassal of the Muslim kings of Gaur, Narameikhla employed Muslim titles in his coins and inscriptions, though he and his subjects were Buddhists. He was succeeded by his son, Ali Khan (reigned 1434–59), who had adopted a Muslim name.

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