Sanda Thudhamma

King of Arakan

Sanda Thudhamma Raza
စန္ဒသုဓမ္မရာဇာ

Going around the Palace of Arakanese King Sanda Thudhamma Raza in Mrauk-U, AD 1664

King of Arakan

Reign

c. May 1652 - 11 June 1674

Predecessor

Thado of Mrauk-U

Successor

Uggabala

Born

Nga Twan Khin
ငထွန်းခင်
c. February 1637 Tabaung 983 ME
Mrauk U

Died

20 December 1684 (aged 47) Wednesday, 3rd waxing of Pyatho 1030 ME
Mrauk U

Consort

Ratana Piya

Issue

Uggabala
Wara Dhammaraza
Thuwanna Kalya

Names
Shwenanthakhin Sanda Thudhamma Raza ရွှေနန်းသခင် စန္ဒသုဓမ္မရာဇာ

House

Narapatigyi

Father

Thado of Mrauk-U

Mother

Raatana Kounmari

Religion

Theravada Buddhism

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Sanda Thudhamma Raza (Arakanese: စန္ဒသုဓမ္မရာဇာ, was 24th king of the Mrauk U Kingdom. He reigned from 1652 to 1674. He lost the control of Chittagong during his reign.

The famous Bengali poet Syed Alaol was the poet in his court. He translated Tohfa at the request of Shrichondro Sudhormo or Sanda Thudhamma.

Reign

Prince ascended to the throne after death of his father, Thado in 1652.

In 1664, Sanda Thudamma had to cede large amounts of his territories due to an invasion by Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb. In 1666, another invasion by Shaista Khan captured the port of Chittagong. Chittagong remained a key port throughout Mughal rule.^[1]

References

^ Markovits, Claude, ed. (2004) [First published 1994 as Histoire de l'Inde Moderne]. A History of Modern India, 1480–1950 (2nd ed.). London: Anthem Press. p. 106. ISBN 978-1-84331-004-4. Shayista Khan ... was appointed [Bengal's] governor in 1664 and swept the region clean of Portuguese and Arakanese pirates ... in 1666, he recaptured the port of Chittagong ... from the king of Arakan. A strategic outpost, Chittagong would remain the principal commercial port of call before entering the waters of the delta.

Bibliography

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