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Min Khayi ((ビルマ語:မင်းခရီ), (:mɪ́ɴ kʰəjì); also spelled Min Khari, Arakanese pronunciation: (:máɴ kʰəɹì); also known as Ali Khan; 1392–1459) was king of Arakan from 1433 to 1459. He began his reign as a vassal of Bengal, and successfully unified the entire Arakan coastline (present-day Rakhine State) in 1437. He then took full advantage of the political turmoil in Bengal by seizing Ramu, the southernmost territory of his erstwhile overlord,〔〔 and raiding as far north as Chittagong.〔 In 1455, his kingdom finally achieved recognition by Ava, which had long interfered in the affairs of Arakan, as a sovereign state.〔 His 25-year reign brought much needed stability to the Arakan littoral, and prepared his nascent kingdom for future expansions by his successors.〔 The earliest extant work of Arakanese literature in Burmese script, ''Rakhine Minthami Eigyin'' was composed during his reign in 1455.〔 ==Early life== Born in 1392, Khayi was a son of King Razathu II of Launggyet, located in present-day northern Rakhine State. The small principality was a pawn caught between its larger neighbors of Ava and Hanthawaddy Pegu, which were locked in a bitter decades-long war. Khayi was only about nine years old in 1401 when his father (r. 1394–1395, 1397–1401), died. In November 1406, his half-brother King Saw Mon III was driven out by Avan troops led by Crown Prince Minyekyawswa. His brother fled to Bengal but Khayi fled to Pegu (Bago).〔Sandamala Linkara Vol. 2 1999: 9〕 At Pegu, King Razadarit agreed to place Khayi to the Launggyet throne as his vassal. Circa November 1407, a 5000-strong Hanthawaddy invaded Arakan, and successfully captured Launggyet. A 16-year-old Khayi was made a puppet king while the real power belonged to Pegu commander, Maung Khwin. But that arrangement was short-lived. Within months, Ava sent an army led by Myinsaing Myoza and drove out the Peguan troops. Khayi this time fled to northernmost reaches of Arakan in early 1408.〔Sandamala Linkara Vol. 2 1999: 10〕 For the next two decades, the prince led a quiet life at a village in North Arakan, and did not try to regain the Launggyet throne. He got married to a daughter of a local rich man and got a son named Saw San-Me.〔Sandamala Linkara Vol. 2 1999: 18〕 That changed in 1429 when his brother Saw Mon came back with an army from Bengal to retake his throne. En route to Launggyet, Saw Mon got into an argument with Gen. Wali Khan of Bengal, and was imprisoned by the general. The place Saw Mon was imprisoned happened to be near where Khayi had been living in exile, and Khayi broke his brother free.〔Sandamala Linkara Vol. 2 1999: 11〕 Saw Mon returned to Bengal and returned with another army supplied by the Sultan of Bengal Jalaluddin Muhammad Shah. After Saw Mon regained the Launggyet throne in April 1429, Khayi quickly proved his worth and became the heir-presumptive.〔Sandamala Linkara Vol. 2 1999: 11–18〕 He took more wives, including Saw Pa-Ba and Saw Pyinsa, both of Launggyet royalty.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Min Khayi」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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