Binnya E Law
| Binnya E Law ဗညားအဲလော |
|
|---|---|
| King of Martaban | |
| Reign | c. May 1330 – 1348 |
| Predecessor | Saw E |
| Successor | Binnya U |
| Born | 13 March 1308 Wednesday, 5th waning of Late Tagu 669 ME Martaban (Mottama) Martaban Kingdom |
| Died | 1348 (aged 40) 710 ME Martaban Martaban Kingdom |
| Consort |
Sanda Min Hla Tala Shin Saw Bok |
| Issue | Binnya E Laung |
| House | Wareru |
| Father | Hkun Law |
| Religion | Theravada Buddhism |
Binnya E Law (Burmese: ဗညားအဲလော, pronounced: [bəɲá ʔɛ́ lɔ́]; 1308–1348) was king of Martaban from 1330 to 1348. Placed on the throne by his half-sister Queen Sanda Min Hla, this son of King Hkun Law defeated Sukhothai Kingdom's invasion in 1330–1331, and freed Hanthawaddy from its tributary status to Sukhothai. He moved the capital to Pegu, and reigned the kingdom for 17 years.
Binnya E Law was a son of King Hkun Law, and a nephew of King Wareru, the kingdom's founder. Like his predecessors, he was of Shan and Mon descent. (He was at least a quarter Shan as his father Hkun Law, was half-Shan.) He became the governor of Pegu in 1330, following the death of King Saw Zein.
Binnya E Law was placed on the throne by Queen Sanda Min Hla, who had engineered the death of two previous kings, Zein Pun and Saw E within a few months following Saw Zein's death in April 1330. Sanda Min Hla, who was also queen consort of Saw Zein and Saw E, was Binnya E Law's half-sister. (Their father was Hkun Law.)
His immediate task as king was to stave off an attack from Sukhothai. The king of Sukhothai sent in an army to avenge for Sanda Min Hla's assassination of Saw E, his grandson. Binnya E Law defeated the invasion force near Martaban. From then on, Hanthawaddy formally threw off its nominal vassal status to Sukhothai, and was free from further foreign attacks.
Binnya E Law made his half-sister Sanda Min Hla his chief queen. (He probably did not have a choice. According to the Burmese and Mon Chronicles, when summoned by Sanda Min Hla to take over the throne, Binnya E Law went to Martaban without any of his concubines. Sanda Min Hla had killed the previous king Saw E supposedly because he spent too much time with his concubines.)
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