Tabinshwehti

Tabinshwehti တပင်‌ရွှေထီး
Tabinshwehti Nat
King of Burma
Reign	24 November 1530 – 30 April 1550
Coronation	24 November 1530
Predecessor	Mingyi Nyo
Successor	Bayinnaung
Born	(1516-04-16)16 April 1516 Wednesday, 1st waning of Kason 878 ME Toungoo (Taungoo)
Died	30 April 1550(1550-04-30) (aged 34) Wednesday, 1st waning of Kason 912 ME near Pantanaw
Burial	near Pantanaw
Consort	Dhamma Dewi Khin Myat Khay Ma Naw
Issue	Min Letya Hanthawaddy Mibaya
House	Toungoo
Father	Mingyi Nyo
Mother	Yaza Dewi
Religion	Theravada Buddhism

Tabinshwehti (Burmese: တပင်‌ရွှေထီး, [dəbɪ̀ɴ ʃwè tʰí]; 16 April 1516 – 30 April 1550) was king of Toungoo Dynasty of Burma (Myanmar) from 1530 to 1550, and the founder of Toungoo Empire. His military campaigns (1534–49) created the largest kingdom in Burma since the fall of Pagan Empire in 1287. His administratively fragile kingdom proved to be the impetus for the eventual reunification of the entire country by his successor and brother-in-law Bayinnaung.

Based out of their small landlocked principality in the Sittaung valley, Tabinshwehti and his deputy Bayinnaung began their military campaigns in 1534 against the Hanthawaddy Kingdom, and had conquered the wealthier but disunited kingdom by 1541. He then leveraged the coastal kingdom's wealth, manpower and access to Portuguese mercenaries and firearms, and extended his rule to the ancient capital of Pagan (Bagan) in 1544. However, his attempts to build an East-West empire fell short in Arakan (1545–47) and in Siam (1547–49). He actively courted the support of ethnic Mons of Lower Burma, many of whom were appointed to the highest positions in his government and armed forces. His chief queen and chief primate were Mons. He moved the capital to Pegu (Bago). The king was assassinated on his 34th birthday on the orders of Smim Sawhtut, one of his close advisers. The kingdom he had built up fell apart right after his death, which Bayinnaung had to restore in the next two years.