Nyaungyan Min

Nyaungyan Min ညောင်ရမ်းမင်း
King of Burma Prince of Nyaungyan
Reign	19 December 1599 – 3 March 1606 (&100000000000000060000006 years, &1000000000000007400000074 days)
Coronation	25 February 1600 12th waxing of Tabaung 961 ME
Predecessor	Nanda
Successor	Anaukpetlun
Issue
Anaukpetlun Thalun Minyekyawswa II
Full name
Thitsa သစ္စာ
House	Toungoo
Father	Bayinnaung
Mother	Khin Pyezon
Born	1557 919 ME (Friday born)
Died	3 March 1606 (aged 49) Friday, 11th waning of Tabaung 967 ME Shan States
Religion	Theravada Buddhism

Nyaungyan Min (Burmese: ညောင်ရမ်းမင်း, pronounced [ɲàuɴjáɴ mɪ́ɴ]; 1557–1606) was the fifth king of Toungoo Dynasty of Burma who reigned from 1599 to 1606. Nyaungyan is also often referred to as the founder of Restored Toungoo Dynasty or Nyaungyan Dynasty because his successful efforts to reunify main parts of his father Bayinnaung's empire which had famously collapsed under his step-brother King Nanda's watch, done in by a multitude of domestic and external attacks.

A son of King Bayinnaung from a commoner, Nyaungyan was only one of many claimants to the Burmese throne after the kingdom's capital Pegu was sacked by combined Arakanese and rebellious Toungoo forces and Nanda was deposed in December 1599. Nyaungyan, based out of Ava in central Burma, stayed out of low country battles between other claimants. Instead, he focused on reclaiming the Shan States and successfully fended off Siamese attacks on the Shan States. By his death in 1606, Nyaungyan had reunified major areas (but not all) of Upper Burma and Shan States.^[1] His son and successor Anaukpetlun went on to complete the work Nyaungyan started by recapturing Lower Burma and Lanna. His another son Thalun (r. 1629–1648) went on to rebuild the war torn country.

References

1. ^ Maung Htin Aung (1967). A History of Burma. New York and London: Cambridge University Press. p. 138. 

Nyaungyan Min Toungoo Dynasty Born: 1557 Died: 3 March 1606
Regnal titles
Preceded by Nanda	King of Burma 19 December 1599 – 3 March 1606	Succeeded by Anaukpetlun
Royal titles
Preceded by	Prince of Nyaungyan 15?? – 1599	Succeeded by