, title = King of Toungoo, The King who born in Sunday , image = , caption = , reign = 22 August 1714 – 14 November 1733 , coronation = 22 August 1714 , succession =

King of Burma This is a list of the monarchs of Burma (Myanmar), covering the monarchs of all the major kingdoms that existed in the present day Burma (Myanmar). Although Burmese chronicles, Burmese chronicle tradition maintains that various monarchies of Bur ...

, predecessor = Sanay , successor = Maha Dhamma Yaza Dipadi , suc-type = Successor , reg-type = , regent = , spouse =

Chakpa Makhao Ngambi Chakpa Makhao Ngambi was the Burmese queen of Toungoo dynasty of Kingdom of Ava (modern day Upper Burma) and the Meitei princess of Ningthouja dynasty of Kangleipak (Manipur Kingdom). She was the Queen consort of King Taninganway () of Myan ...

(of

Ningthouja dynasty The Ningthouja dynasty, also known as Mangang dynasty, comprises the descendants of the kings of Manipur. Ningthouja literally means progeny of King (''Ningthou'' means king and ''cha'' or ''macha'' means progeny in which ''ja'' is a corrupted ...

), Thiri Maha Mingala DewiHmannan Vol. 3 2003: 357
Thiri Sanda Dewi
Dhamma Dewi , issue = Maha Dhamma Yaza Dipadi , issue-link = , full name = Thiri Parawa Maha Dhamma Yaza Dipadi , house =

Toungoo Taungoo (, ''Tauñngu myoú''; ), also spelled Toungoo and formerly Toung-ngú, is a district-level city in the Bago Region of Myanmar, 220 km from Yangon, towards the north-eastern end of the division, with mountain ranges to the east an ...

, father = Sanay , mother = Maha DewiHmannan Vol. 3 2003: 353 , birth_date = June 1689
Sunday, 1051 ME , birth_place = Ava (Inwa) , death_date = 14 November 1733 (aged 44)
Saturday, 9th waxing of

Nadaw Nadaw (; also spelt Natdaw) is the ninth month of the traditional Burmese calendar. Festivals and observances *Mahagiri Nat Festival, Mount Popa *Literature and Arts Festival () *Pagoda festivals ** Botahtaung Pagoda Festival (Yangon) Nadaw sy ...

1095 ME(Hmannan Vol. 3 2003: 365–366): Saturday, 9th waxing of Nadaw 1095 ME = , death_place = Ava (Inwa) , date of burial = 15 November 1733(Hmannan Vol. 3 2003: 366): the king was cremated the next day after his death: 7th waxing of Natdaw 1095 ME = 13 December 1733 , place of burial = Inwa Palace , religion =

Theravada Buddhism ''Theravāda'' (; 'School of the Elders'; ) is Buddhism's oldest existing school. The school's adherents, termed ''Theravādins'' ( anglicized from Pali ''theravādī''), have preserved their version of the Buddha's teaching or '' Dhamma'' in ...

, signature = Taninganway Min (, ; ; c. 1689 – 14 November 1733) was king of the

Toungoo dynasty ''taungnguumainn saat'' , conventional_long_name = Toungoo dynasty , common_name = Taungoo dynasty , status = Empire/Monarchy, Kingdom , event_start = Independence from Kingdom of Ava, Ava Kingdom , yea ...

Burma Myanmar, officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar; and also referred to as Burma (the official English name until 1989), is a country in northwest Southeast Asia. It is the largest country by area in Mainland Southeast Asia and ha ...

(Myanmar) from 1714 to 1733. The long and slow descent of the dynasty finally came to the forefront during his reign in the form of internal and external instabilities. He faced a rebellion by his uncle Governor of Pagan at his accession. In the northwest, the Manipuri horsemen raided Burmese territory in early 1724. The retaliatory expedition to Manipur in November 1724 failed. In the east, southern

Lan Na The Lan Na kingdom or the Kingdom of Lanna (, , "Kingdom of a Million Rice Fields"; , , ), also known as Lannathai, was an Indianized state centered in present-day Northern Thailand from the 13th to the 18th centuries. The cultural developmen ...

(Chiang Mai), under Burmese rule since 1558, successfully revolted in 1727.Harvey 1925: 207–208 Taninganway tried to recapture the breakaway region twice but both tries failed.Hmannan Vol. 3 2003: 363 By 1732, southern Lan Na was independent although a strong Burmese garrison in Chiang Saen in northern Lan Na confined the rebellion to the Ping valley around Chiang Mai.Lieberman 2003: 285–286 In 1724,

U Kala U Kala () was a Burmese historian and chronicler best known for compiling the ''Maha Yazawin'' (lit. 'Great Royal Chronicle'), the first extensive national chronicle of Burma. U Kala single-handedly revolutionized secular Burmese historiography a ...

completed ''

Maha Yazawin The ''Maha Yazawin'', fully the ''Maha Yazawindawgyi'' (, , Pali : Mahārājavaṃsa) and formerly romanized as the ,. is the first national chronicle of Burma/Myanmar. Completed in 1724 by U Kala, a historian at the Toungoo court, it was the ...

'' (the Great Chronicle), the first comprehensive national chronicle of Burmese history based on earlier sources.

Early life

He was born to the heir apparent Prince Sanay and his chief queen Maha Dewi in 1689. He was made heir apparent on 1 November 1711 (Sunday, 8th waning of Tazaungmon 1073 ME).Hmannan Vol. 3 2003: 349

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