Min Khayi

Min Khayi မင်းခရီ Ali Khan
King of Arakan, Monarch of Mrauk-U
Reign	9 May 1433 – c. January 1459
Predecessor	Saw Mon
Successor	Ba Saw Phyu
Born	c. March 1392 (Tuesday born) Launggyet
Died	c. January 1459 (aged 66) Mrauk-U
Consort	Saw Pa-Ba Saw Pyinsa Saw Yin Mi
Issue	Saw San-Me Ba Saw Phyu Ba Saw Nyo Min Swe of Launggyet
Father	Razathu II
Religion	Theravada Buddhism

Min Khayi (Burmese: မင်းခရီ, Burmese pronunciation: [mɪ́ɴ kʰəjì]; also spelled Min Khari, Arakanese pronunciation: [máɴ kʰəɹì]; also known as Ali Khan; 1392–1459) was king of the Mrauk-U Kingdom from 1433 to 1459.

He began his reign as a vassal of the Bengal Sultinate, and successfully unified the entire Arakan coastline (present-day Rakhine State) in 1437. He then took full advantage of the political turmoil in Bengal by seizing Ramu, the southernmost territory of his erstwhile overlord, and raiding as far north as Chittagong. In 1455, his kingdom finally achieved recognition by Ava, which had long interfered in the affairs of Arakan, as the sovereign Mrauk-U Kingdom state. His 25-year reign brought much needed stability to the Arakan littoral, and prepared his nascent kingdom for future expansions by his successors.

The earliest extant work of Arakanese literature in Burmese script, Rakhine Minthami Eigyin was composed during his reign in 1455.

Born in 1392, Khayi was a son of King Razathu II of Launggyet Kingdom, located in present-day northern Rakhine State. The small principality was a pawn caught between its larger neighbors of the Ava Kingdom and Hanthawaddy Pegu Kingdom, which were locked in a bitter Forty Years' War. Khayi was only about nine years old in 1401 when his father (r. 1394–1395, 1397–1401), died. In November 1406, his half-brother King Saw Mon III was driven out by Avan troops led by Crown Prince Minye Kyawswa. His brother fled to Bengal but Khayi fled to Pegu (Bago).

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