Letya Min Nann (, 1068 - 1109) was the founder of the Parein Dynasty of

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Early life

The future king was born in 1068 (430 ME) to Prince Min Re-baya (မင်းရဲဘယ) and Princess Saw Pauk Nyo (စောပေါက်ညို), both of his parents are children of King Min Bilu.Dhanyawaddy Razawin Thit Vol. 1 1930:282 The prince grew up in

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and where he later also married his younger sister, named Shwe Gu-Tha due to preserving Arakanese royal bloodline.

Ancestry

The prince's origin tracing back to King Khittathin, founder of Pyinsa Dynasty and whom fifth in-descend from him named Min Bilu was slain and killed by an usurper named Thinkhaya, son of the murdered king fled to the Court of

Kyansittha Kyansittha (, ; also spelt as Kyanzittha or Hti-Hlaing Min; 21 July 1030 – 1112/13) was king of the Pagan dynasty of Burma (Myanmar) from 1084 to 1112/13, and is considered one of the greatest Burmese monarchs. He continued the social, econom ...

and where resided at

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and married his own sister, Saw Pauk-Nyo and their son was named Letya Min-Nann.

Reign

Restoration to the throne

In the year 1103, Arakanese Prince Letya Min Nann was successfully restored to the throne by acceleration of his grandfather in the name of

Sovereign. He was determined to relocate the capital from Pyinsa to newly named place called Launggret. However, the site proved to be unhealthy and only held temporarily, so he moved the capital to the north past the Paungdok Creek. In the year 1106, he established the new capital,

Parein Parein ( ) is the former capital of the Parein Dynasty of Arakan from 1103/1106 to 1167 during the Le-Mro period. The site of the former capital is located a few miles southeast of Mrauk U and north of Launggyet within Mrauk-U Township. Geograp ...

, there and erected a palace named Nan-Oo, on the west bank of

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. The King died in 1109, he was aged 41 and his son Thibaha who succeeded him.

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* {{s-end 12th-century Burmese monarchs 1068 births 1109 deaths Rakhine people