Naratheinkha
| Naratheinkha နရသိင်္ခ |
|
|---|---|
| King of Burma | |
| Reign | c. February 1171 – c. May 1174 |
| Predecessor | Narathu |
| Successor | Sithu II |
| Chief Minister | Ananda Thuriya |
| Born | 20 August 1141 Wednesday, 2nd waning of Tawthalin 503 ME Pagan (Bagan) |
| Died |
c. May 1174 (aged 32) Pagan |
| Consort |
Min Aung Myat (1171–74) Saw Lat (1171–74) Saw Ahlwan (1171–74) Weluwaddy (1174) |
| House | Pagan |
| Father | Narathu |
| Mother | Myauk Pyinthe |
| Religion | Theravada Buddhism |
Naratheinkha (Burmese: နရသိင်္ခ, pronounced: [nəɹa̰ θéiɴkʰa̰]; 1141–1174) was king of Pagan dynasty of Burma (Myanmar) from 1171 to 1174. He appointed his brother Narapati Sithu heir apparent and commander-in-chief. It was the first recorded instance in the history of the dynasty that the king had given up the command of the army. The king was assassinated by Aungzwa, one of Sithu's servants, after the king had raised one of Sithu's wives to queen.
According to G.H. Luce, there is no inscriptional evidence that Naratheinkha or any kings between 1165 and 1174 ever existed. Other historians such as Htin Aung do not agree with Luce's "conjecture".
Naratheinkha was the eldest son of Narathu and Queen Myauk Pyinthe. Chronicles do not agree on his date of birth. The table below lists the dates given by the four main chronicles. Scholarship provisionally accepts the birth date as given in Zata's horoscopes section.
Naratheinkha grew up at the court of King Sithu I. He was not even in the line of succession as the heir apparent was his uncle Min Shin Saw. When he reached manhood, he married his second cousin Min Aung Myat, who like him was a grandchild of King Sithu I in marriage ceremony presided by the king himself.
In 1167, Naratheinkha suddenly became the heir apparent to the throne after his father assassinated both Sithu I and Min Shin Saw.
Naratheinkha came to power in 1171 after his father was killed by the assassins sent by the king of Pateikkaya, an Indian kingdom in the west. At accession, he made his brother Narapati Sithu the heir apparent and commander in chief. This was a significant change because it was the first recorded instance in the history of the dynasty that the king had given up the command of the army. Even a weak king like Sawlu never gave up the command.
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