Thalun

Thalun (Burmese: သာလွန်မင်း, pronounced [θàlʊ̀ɰ̃]; 17 June 1584 – 27 August 1648) was the eighth king of Toungoo dynasty of Burma (Myanmar). During his 19-year reign, Thalun successfully rebuilt the war-torn country which had been under constant warfare for nearly a century since the 1530s. Thalun instituted many administrative reforms and rebuilt the economy of the kingdom.

Thalun
သာလွန်
The statute of king Thalun in Mandalay Palace
King of Burma
Reign19 August 1630 – 27 August 1648
PredecessorMinyedeippa
SuccessorPindale
Born(1584-06-17)17 June 1584
Sunday, 5th waxing of Nayon 946 ME[1]
Died27 August 1648(1648-08-27) (aged 64)
Thursday, 10th waning of Tawthalin 1010 ME
Ava (Inwa)
Burial29 August 1648
Inwa Palace
Consort13 queens
• Khin Myo Sit[2]
• Khin Thet Hnin of Mone (Sinthumala the daughter of Sao Hla Hkam, the sawbwa of Mone)
• Khin Myat Hset of Pinya
• Khin Htwe Hla daughter of Pye Yan Naing of Wabo
• Khin Hla Hsan
• Shin Hla Nyi younger sister of Gov.of Nyaung Pin Seik
• Min Latt daughter of Shin Yan Ngu the grandson of Ne Myo Shin Pyitsaw the Gov. of Tharrawaddy lineage from Pagan Kingdom dynasty
• Ne Nyunt of Pathein
• Khin Ma Shwe Nan the Princess of Toungoo
• Thumana Dewi the Princess of Pathein (Pathein Minthami)
• Phyu Hnin Kalaya daughter of Binnya Than Lan
• Thumani the daughter of Binnya Yaza Thippanet the sawbwa of Chiang Saen district
• Sao Nang Hsu Thar the daughter of Hso Waing Hpa, the sawbwa of Hsipaw
Issue11 sons and 9 daughters including:
• Ne Myo Ye Kyaw son[3]
• Khin Ma Min Sit daughter[3]
• Shwe Sin Thu daughter[3]
• Hpone Wei Lu daughter
• Thakin Kyaw Pindale son
• Min Phyu daughter
• Thakin Phyu son
• Khin Pan Phyu daughter
• Hpone Khaing Thit daughter
• Thakin Nyo son
• Ne Myo Datha son
• Thakin Tha Lut son
• Khin Ma Sein In Phyu daughter
• Nara Zaya son
• Zeyawara Pye son
• Thakin Pinya son
• Thakin Pu Phyu son
• Aggapatta daughter
• Minye Kula son
• Sittaya Nyunt Lok daughter
Names
Birth name: Minye Theinkhathu [4]
HouseToungoo
FatherNyaungyan
MotherKhin Hpone Myat[5]
ReligionTheravada Buddhism

In 1608, Anaukpetlun captured Prome and made Thalun the governor of Prome. In 1628, Anaukpetlun was murdered by his own son Minyedeippa who made himself king. Thalun was then on his campaigns against the Shans at Kengtung with his brother Minye Kyawswa II, the governor of Ava. However, the death of Anaukpetlun forced the two to return to Pegu to claim the throne from the unlawful king and to counter the opportunistic Arakanese invasions. Thalun became the center of rallying against Minyedaikpa and was proclaimed the crown prince.

In 1630, Thalun and Minye Kyawswa were able to take Pegu and executed Minyedeippa.[6]: 218  At Pegu, there was an assassination attempt by a Mon on King Thalun, which resulted in the massacre of the Mons.

Thalun fought a three-year campaign against Lanna, finally subjugating them in 1632. In 1634, Thalun moved the capital to Ava and crowned himself king of Ava and made his brother Minye Kyawswa crown prince, Maha Uparaja. Thalun then concentrated on building pagodas and other works of merit.[6]: 219 

However, Minye Kyawswa died on 28 August 1648. Thalun then made his own son Pindale as the crown prince. The son of Minye Kyawswa who wanted the crown prince title for himself staged a rebellion. The palace was sacked and Thalun fled to Sagaing. However, the rebellion was soon put down and the conspirators were burnt alive. Thalun died on 19 October 1648, succeeded by his son Pindale.

Notes
  1. Hmannan Vol. 3 2003: 247
  2. Hmannan Vol. 3 2003: 249–251
  3. Maha Yazawin Vol. 3 2006: 214
  4. Hmannan Vol. 3 2003: 143
  5. Hmannan Vol. 3 2003: 42
  6. Rajanubhab, D., 2001, Our Wars With the Burmese, Bangkok: White Lotus Co. Ltd., ISBN 9747534584

References
  • Harvey, G. E. (1925). History of Burma: From the Earliest Times to 10 March 1824. London: Frank Cass & Co. Ltd.
  • Hmannan Yazawin (in Burmese). Vol. 1–3 (2003 ed.). Yangon: Ministry of Information, Myanmar. 1829.
  • Lieberman, Victor B. (1984). Burmese Administrative Cycles: Anarchy and Conquest, c. 1580–1760. Princeton University Press. ISBN 0-691-05407-X.
  • Than Tun (1968). "Administration under King Thalun (1629-48)" (PDF). Journal of Burma Research Society. 51 (2).
  • Than Tun (1985). The Royal Orders of Burma, A.D. 1598–1885. Vol. 2. Kyoto University. hdl:2433/173789.
  • Kala, U (1724). Maha Yazawin (in Burmese). Vol. 1–3 (2006, 4th printing ed.). Yangon: Ya-Pyei Publishing.


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