Binnya Waru ဗညားဗရူး |
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King of Hanthawaddy | |
Reign | 1446–1451 |
Predecessor | Binnya Ran I |
Successor | Binnya Kyan |
Born | c. 1418 Pegu (Bago) |
Died | 30 May 1451 New moon (15th waning) of Nayon 813 ME Pegu |
House | Wareru |
Father | Binnya Bye |
Mother | Shin Sawbu |
Religion | Theravada Buddhism |
Binnya Waru (Burmese: ဗညားဗရူး, pronounced: [bəɲá bəjú]; Mon: ဗညားဗရောဝ်
Various Burmese chronicles do not agree on the key dates of the king's life.
Binnya Waru was born to Shin Sawbu, a daughter of King Razadarit and Binnya Bye, Razadarit's nephew. He had two sisters Netaka Taw and Netaka Thin. His father died in 1419. In 1423, his mother Shin Sawbu was sent to Ava as a present to King Thihathu of Ava by his uncle Crown Prince Binnya Ran. A year later, after Binnya Ran became king after poisoning King Binnya Dhammaraza, another one of his uncles, Binnya Ran adopted the parent-less Waru as his own. In 1430, his mother Shin Sawbu fled Ava and returned to Pegu. But none of her children, Waru included, recognized her since she had been away for seven years.
He ascended to the throne in 1446 after his uncle Binnya Ran I's death. He reigned for about five years. (The Mon chronicle Slapat Rajawan gives five years of reign whereas Burmese chronicles give four years.)