Kingdom of Ava
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Was the dominant kingdom that ruled upper Burma (Myanmar) from 1364 to 1555. It was the successor state to the petty kingdoms that had ruled central Burma since the collapse of the Pagan Empire.
Establishment
February 1364: After the Maw troops sacked both Sagaing and Pinya in succession in 1364, Thihathu's great grandson Thado Minbya of Sagaing seized both devastated capitals in 1364, and founded the Ava Kingdom in 1365.
Chronology
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Was a military war fought between the Burmese-speaking Kingdom of Ava and the Mon-speaking Kingdom of Hanthawaddy.
January 1403: Razadarit, the king of Hanthawaddy Kingdom, invaded Upper Burma in full force with a large flotilla in 1401.
January 1404: In 1403, Upper Burma was under attack by King Razadarit of Hanthawaddy. The Kingdom of Ava, led by King Minkhaung I, successfully defended against the invasion, leading to a truce being agreed upon between the two rulers.
January 1407: Ava expanded greatly between 1404 and 1406: it absorbed the Shan states of Kale and Mohnyin in the north, and Arakan in the west.
January 1409: In 1408, the Hanthawaddy Kingdom, led by King Razadarit, launched a military campaign to drive out the Ava Kingdom's forces from Arakan. This conflict was part of the ongoing power struggle between the two kingdoms for control over the region.
January 1413: Arakan becomes a tributary of Pegu.
January 1422: Arakan tributary of Pegu (1412-1421).
Was a military campaign led by the Bengal Sultanate to help Min Saw Mon regain control of his Launggyet Dynasty. The campaign was successful. Min Saw Mon was restored to the Launggyet throne, and northern Arakan became a vassal state of the Bengal Sultanate.
January 1431: A campaign led by the Bengal Sultanate to help Min Saw Mon, an Arakanese king, to regain control of his country. Bengali forces defeated Burmese forces and installed Min Saw Mon as the ruler of Mrauk U. As a result of the victory, Arakan became a vassal state of the Bengal Sultanate.
January 1366: Sagaing king Thihapate was put to death by his stepson Thado Minbya who seized the throne, establishing the Kingdom of Ava.
November 1375: Pyanchi I was viceroy of Toungoo from 1367 to 1375. He ruled the region like a sovereign king. But when he tried to revolt with Hanthawaddy's help in 1375, his nominal overlord King Swa Saw Ke of Ava had him assassinated near Prome.
January 1430: In 1429, the Mawsön (Bawzaing) state was founded in Burma.
January 1483: The Prome Kingdom in the south and the Shan states under Ava sway in the north broke away.
January 1501: In 1500, the territory of Hsipaw acknowledged Bayinnaung's sovereignty. Bayinnaung was a powerful king of the Toungoo Dynasty in Burma, known for his military conquests and expansion of the empire. Hsipaw was a Shan state in present-day Myanmar.
January 1511: In 1510, Taungoo broke away from the Kingdom of Ava.
March 1527: In 1527, the Confederation of Shan States, led by the state of Mohnyin in alliance with Prome, sacked Ava. The Confederation placed nominal kings on the Ava throne and ruled much of Upper Burma.
Disestablishment
March 1527: In 1527, the Confederation of Shan States, led by the state of Mohnyin in alliance with Prome, sacked Ava. The Confederation placed nominal kings on the Ava throne and ruled much of Upper Burma.
