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Anaukpetlun

Anaukpetlun
အနောက်ဖက်လွန်
King of Burma
Reign 5 November 1605 – 9 July 1628
Predecessor Nyaungyan
Successor Minyedeippa
Born 21 January 1578
Tuesday, 14th waxing of Tabodwe 939 ME
Died 9 July 1628(1628-07-09) (aged 50)
Thursday, 8th waxing of 1st Waso 990 ME
West of Bago, Burma
Burial Pegu
Issue Minyedeippa
Full name
Birth name: Thakin Latt
သခင်လတ်
House Toungoo
Father Nyaungyan
Mother Thiri Maha Dhamma Yaza Dipadi Dewi
Religion Theravada Buddhism
Full name
Birth name: Thakin Latt
သခင်လတ်

Anaukpetlun (Burmese: အနောက်ဖက်လွန် [ʔənaʊʔ pʰɛʔ lʊ̀ɴ]; 21 January 1578 – 9 July 1628) was the sixth king of Taungoo Burma and was largely responsible for restoring the kingdom after it collapsed at the end of 16th century. In his 22-year reign from 1606-1628, Anaukpetlun completed the reunification efforts begun by his father, King Nyaungyan. Having inherited a partial kingdom comprising mainly Upper Burma and the Shan States from his father, Anaukpetlun went on to reconquer Lan Na in the east, and in the south, Lower Burma from rival Burmese factions and the Portuguese, as well as the Upper Tenasserim from the Ayutthaya Kingdom. The kingdom was known as the Restored Toungoo Dynasty or Nyaungyan Dynasty.

Officially styled as Maha Dhamma Yaza, Anaukpetlun was a grandson of Bayinnaung. Both of his parents were children of Bayinnaung, half-brother and half-sister. In November 1605, Nyaungyan died after a military campaign to Hsenwi. Anaukpetlun then inherited the Kingdom of Ava that included all north of Bagan along the Irrawaddy River and the cis-Salween Shan States.

Anaukpetlun pursued his campaigns to unify the Burmese kingdom. In 1608, he took Prome (modern Pyay), installing his brother Thalun as the King of Prome.

In 1610 he took Taungoo from Natshinnaung and forced the king to swear loyalty. However, Filipe de Brito e Nicote, the Portuguese ruler of Syriam (modern Thanlyin) marched to Taungoo and captured Natshinnaung.


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