Binnya Law

Binnya Law
Senior Minister of Hanthawaddy Kingdom
In office
1526–1538
Monarch Takayutpi
Personal details
Born Binnya Law
Died 1538
Pegu (Bago)
Religion Theravada Buddhism
In this Burmese name, Binnya is an honorific.

Binnya Law (Burmese: ဗညားလော, Burmese pronunciation: [bəɲá lɔ́]; died 1538) was a senior minister at the court of King Takayutpi of Hanthawaddy. He and Binnya Kyan, 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

Bibliography

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