Binnya Kyan (minister)

Binnya Kyan (minister)
Senior Minister of Hanthawaddy Kingdom
In office
1526–1538
Monarch Takayutpi
Personal details
Born Binnya Kyan
Died 1538
Pegu (Bago)
Religion Theravada Buddhism
This article is about the minister of King Takayutpi. For the Hanthawaddy king, see Binnya Kyan.
In this Burmese name, Binnya is an honorific.

Binnya Kyan (Burmese: ဗညားကျန်း, Burmese pronunciation: [bəɲá tɕáɴ]; died 1538) was a senior minister at the court of King Takayutpi of Hanthawaddy. He and Binnya Law, another senior minister, organized and led the coastal kingdom's defenses, which successfully repulsed the upstart Toungoo's three dry season raids between 1534 and 1538. They both were childhood tutors of the young king, and were absolutely devoted to him. Nonetheless, both ministers were executed in 1538 by the young king who believed in Toungoo's misinformation that the ministers were Toungoo moles. After their death, the king found himself helpless. When Toungoo forces came once again in late 1538, he decided to flee rather than fight.[1][2]

References

  1. Htin Aung 1967: 107–108
  2. Sein Lwin Lay 2006: 152–156

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