Narapati of Mrauk-U

Narapati of Mrauk U (Arakanese: နာရပတိ (မြောက်ဦး); whose personal name Nga-Kuthala (ငကုသလ), was a king of the Mrauk-U Dynasty of Arakan. He was a great-grandson of Min Bin. When Min Sanay died from smallpox, he seized the throne for himself and bore the title of Narapati which means "Lord of the people". To secure his accession, Narapati murdered many royal relatives and nobles, causing targeted survivors to flee to Chittagong.

Narapatigyi
နရပတိကြီး
King of Arakan
Reign17 June 1638 - 13 December 1645
PredecessorSanay
successionThado
BornMaung Ku-tha
မောင်ကုသလ
1600s (Wednesday born)
Launggyet
Died13 December 1645
Mrauk U
ConsortNat Shin Mae
IssueThado
Names
Hsinphyuthakhin Hsinnithakhin Narapatigyi
ဆင်ဖြူသခင် ဆင်နီသခင် နရပတိကြီး
Fatherunknown
Motherunknown
ReligionTheravada Buddhism

In Narapati's reign, the military might of Mrauk U began to dwindle. However, one of the achievements of Narapati was that he established diplomatic ties with Ava in 1640. He did not maintain good relations with the Dutch for trade. The king ruled until his death in 1644, with his son Thado succeeding him.

Third Mrauk U period

With the military might of the Mrauk U Kingdom dwindling, the dynasty saw its last era.

References

    (1) A history of rakhineland in brief By Aung Hla Thein

    (2) New arakanese chronicle By Ven. Candamālālaṇkāra


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