Binnya Kyan ( my, ဗညားကျန်း, ; 1420–1453) was the 13th king of the
Hanthawaddy Pegu Kingdom in Burma from 1451 to 1453. Binnya Kyan, son of King
Binnya Dhammaraza
Binnya Dhammaraza ( mnw, ဗညာ ဓမ္မရာဇာ, my, ဗညား ဓမ္မရာဇာ, ; also spelled Banya Dhamma Yaza;Aung-Thwin 2017: 261 1393–1424) was king of Hanthawaddy Pegu from 1421 to 1424. His short reign was mark ...
, came to power after assassinating his cousin King
Binnya Waru
Binnya Waru ( my, ဗညားဗရူး, ; Mon: ; c. 1418–1451) was the 12th king of the Hanthawaddy Kingdom in Burma from 1446 to 1451. He was a nephew and adopted son of King Binnya Ran I after whom he succeeded to the Hanthawaddy throne. ...
in 1451. One notable project of his reign was the raising of the height of
Shwedagon Pagoda
The Shwedagon Pagoda (, ); mnw, ကျာ်ဒဂုၚ်; officially named ''Shwedagon Zedi Daw'' ( my, ရွှေတိဂုံစေတီတော်, , ) and also known as the Great Dagon Pagoda and the Golden Pagoda is a gilded stupa ...
to from .
[Harvey 1925: 112–117] The king himself was murdered in 1453 by his first cousin
Leik Munhtaw
Leik Munhtaw ( my, လိပ်မွတ်ထော, ; Mon: ; 1432–1454) was the 14th king of the Hanthawaddy Pegu Kingdom in Burma for seven months in 1453–54. He came to power by assassinating his first cousin King Binnya Kyan. Binnya K ...
who seized the throne. Despite his raising of the height of the Shwedagon, the king murdered so many of his rivals that by the time he himself was murdered, his killer, first cousin Leik Munhtaw was the last living male descendant of King
Razadarit.
Historiography
Various Burmese chronicles do not agree on the key dates of the king's life.
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Hanthawaddy dynasty
1453 deaths
Year of birth unknown
15th-century Burmese monarchs
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