Binnya Dala (minister-general)
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Agga Maha Thenapati Binnya Dala အဂ္ဂမဟာသေနာပတိ ဗညားဒလ |
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| Chief Minister-General | |
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In office 1559–1573 |
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| Monarch | Bayinnaung |
| Preceded by | Binnya Law |
| Succeeded by | Binnya Law |
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In office 1555–1559 |
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| Born | 1518 Hanthawaddy Kingdom |
| Died | c. September 1573 (aged 54–55) Kamphaeng Phet, Siam, Toungoo Empire |
| Profession | Military officer, scholar |
| Religion | Theravada Buddhism |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Toungoo Dynasty |
| Service/branch | Royal Burmese Army |
| Years of service | 1540s–1573 |
| Rank | General (1559–1573) Commander (1555–1559) |
| Unit | Army Group Nanda (1557–1570) |
| Battles/wars | Ava (1554–55) Shan states (1557) Lan Na (1558) Manipur (1560) Siam (1563–64) Lan Xang (1565) Siam (1568–69) Lan Xang (1569–70) Lan Xang (1572–73) |
Agga Maha Thenapati Binnya Dala (Burmese: အဂ္ဂမဟာသေနာပတိ ဗညားဒလ, Burmese pronunciation: [ʔɛʔɡa̰ məhà θènàpətḭ bəɲá dəla̰]; also spelled Banya Dala; 1518–1573) was a Burmese statesman, general and writer-scholar during the reign of King Bayinnaung of Toungoo Dynasty. He was the king's most trusted adviser and general, and a key figure responsible for the expansion, defense and administration of Toungoo Empire from the 1550s to his fall from grace in 1573. He oversaw the rebuilding of Pegu (1565–1568). He is also known for his literary works, particularly Razadarit Ayedawbon, the earliest extant chronicle of the Mon people. He died in exile after having failed to reconquer Lan Xang.
Little is known about his early life except that he was an ethnic Mon born in 1518/1519 (880 ME) in Hanthawaddy Kingdom. His birth name is unknown—the name Binnya Dala was a senior title of the Hanthawaddy court, (and later of Toungoo and Restored Hanthawaddy courts). Judging by his later literary works, he was highly educated, and fluent in both his native Mon and Burmese. Likewise, based on his senior ministerial and military leadership roles first achieved in the mid-1550s, he was likely a junior-to-mid-level officer in the service of King Tabinshwehti of Toungoo Dynasty in the 1540s, and may have begun his career in the service of King Takayutpi of Hanthawaddy in the late 1530s. The first confirmed record of him as a senior commander came in 1555 when he and three other Toungoo commanders drove out the retreating forces of the Confederation of Shan States from Singu.
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