Binnya Kyan
{{other people|Binnya Kyan}}
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| name = Binnya Kyan
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| reign = 30 May 1451 – {{circa}} June 1453
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| succession = King of Hanthawaddy
| predecessor = Binnya Waru
| successor = Leik Munhtaw
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| father = Binnya Dhammaraza
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| birth_date = {{circa}} 1420The chronicle Mon Yazawin (Shwe Naw 1922: 55) says he died at age 27 (28th year) in 1445 after having reigned for 3 years, meaning he was born {{circa}} 1417/18. But the chronicle also says he was younger than his predecessor Binnya Waru by two years. Since Binnya Waru was born in 1418/19 per Hmannan Yazawin, Binnya Kyan was probably born around 1420/21.
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| death_date = {{circa}} June 1453
| death_place = Pegu
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| religion = Theravada Buddhism
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Binnya Kyan ({{langx|my|ဗညားကျန်း}}, {{IPA|my|bəɲá dʑáɰ̃|pron}}; {{circa}} 1420–1453) was the 13th king of the Hanthawaddy Pegu Kingdom in Burma from 1451 to 1453. Binnya Kyan, son of King Binnya Dhammaraza, came to power after assassinating his cousin King Binnya Waru in 1451. One notable project of his reign was the raising of the height of Shwedagon Pagoda to {{convert|92|m}} from {{convert|20|m}}.Harvey 1925: 112–117 The king himself was murdered in 1453 by his first cousin Leik Munhtaw 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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| style="background-color:#B9D1FF" width=20% | Chronicles
! style="background-color:#B9D1FF" width=10% | Birth–Death ! style="background-color:#B9D1FF" width=10% | Age ! style="background-color:#B9D1FF" width=10% | Reign ! style="background-color:#B9D1FF" width=10% | Length of reign ! style="background-color:#B9D1FF" width=10% | Reference |
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| Maha Yazawin
| not reported | not reported | June 1450 – 1451/52 | 1 |
| Slapat Rajawan
| {{circa}} 1436–1463/64 | 27 | 1459/60–1463/64 | 3 |
| Hmannan Yazawin
| not reported | not reported | June 1450 – 1452/53 | 2 |
| Mon Yazawin (Shwe Naw)
| | 27 | | 3 |
Notes
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References
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Bibliography
- {{cite journal | last=Athwa | first=Sayadaw | translator=P.W. Schmidt | title=Slapat des Ragawan der Königsgeschichte | journal=Die äthiopischen Handschriften der K.K. Hofbibliothek zu Wien | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0A1LAQAAMAAJ | location=Vienna | year=1766 | edition=1906 | language=German | volume=151 | publisher=Alfred Hölder}}
- {{cite book | last=Harvey | first=G. E.| title=History of Burma: From the Earliest Times to 10 March 1824 | publisher=Frank Cass & Co. Ltd | year=1925 | location=London}}
- {{cite book | last=Kala | author-link=U Kala | first=U | title=Maha Yazawin | publisher=Ya-Pyei Publishing | location=Yangon | year=1724 | edition=2006, 4th printing | language=Burmese | volume=1–3}}
- {{cite book | last=Pan Hla | first=Nai | title=Razadarit Ayedawbon | language=Burmese | year=1968 | edition=8th printing, 2005 | location=Yangon | publisher=Armanthit Sarpay}}
- {{cite book | last=Phayre | author-link=Arthur Purves Phayre | first=Lt. Gen. Sir Arthur P. | title=History of Burma | year=1883 | edition=1967 | publisher=Susil Gupta | location=London}}
- {{cite book | author=Royal Historical Commission of Burma | author-link=Royal Historical Commission of Burma | title=Hmannan Yazawin | volume=1–3 | year=1832 | location=Yangon | language=Burmese | edition=2003 | publisher=Ministry of Information, Myanmar}}
- {{cite book | editor=Shwe Naw | translator=Shwe Naw | title=Mon Yazawin (Shwe Naw) | language=Burmese | year=1785 | edition=1922 | location=Yangon | publisher=Burma Publishing Workers Association Press}}
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{{s-hou|Hanthawaddy Dynasty|{{circa}}|1420|June|1453}}
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{{Burmese monarchs}}
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Category:Year of birth unknown
Category:15th-century Burmese monarchs
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