Razadarit
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Razadarit (, ; , or ; also spelled Yazadarit, "king of kings"; 1368–1421), personal name Pasoom-Paing-Cek ( ; ), courtesy name Benya Noy (, ; , ), was king of Hanthawaddy Pegu from 1384 to 1421. He successfully unified his Mon-speaking kingdom, and fended off major assaults by the Burmese-speaking Ava Kingdom (Inwa) in the Forty Years' War. The king also instituted an administrative system that left his successors with a far more integrated kingdom. He is one of the most famous kings in Burmese history.
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- 1368-01-28
- date of death
- 1421-02-01
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- Early life
- Rise to power
- Conflicts with his father
- Open rebellion
- Accession
- Early reign
- Consolidation of power at Pegu
- Rebellious provinces
- War with Ava and conquest of the provinces
- Ava's initial invasions (1385–1387)
- Conquest of provinces (1387–1390)
- Donwun and Martaban
- Dala, Myaungmya and Bassein
- Second coronation and the fallout (1390)
- Third Ava invasion (1390–1391)
- Height of power
- External relations
- Domestic affairs
- Invasion of Ava
- Casus belli
- Invasion
- Ava's counterattack
- Temporary truce
- Treaties of Prome and Kawliya (1403)
- Resurgent Ava
- Preparation for war
- Renewal of war
- Pegu's invasion of Arakan (1408)
- Minkhaung's reprisals (1408–1410)
- Minye Kyawswa's invasions (1410–1415)
- Irrawaddy delta and Arakan (1410–1411)
- Alliance with Hsenwi and retaking of Arakan (1411–1412)
- Siege of Prome and defense of Lower Burma (1412–1413)
- Minye Kyawswa's last campaign (1414–1415)
- Last campaigns (1416–1418)
- Death and succession
- Administration
- Legacy
- Family
- Ancestry
- Siblings
- Consorts
- Issue
- Historiography
- Notes
- References
- Bibliography
Razadarit (, ; , or ; also spelled Yazadarit, "king of kings"; 1368–1421), personal name Pasoom-Paing-Cek ( ; ), courtesy name Benya Noy (, ; , ), was king of Hanthawaddy Pegu from 1384 to 1421. He successfully unified his Mon-speaking kingdom, and fended off major assaults by the Burmese-speaking Ava Kingdom (Inwa) in the Forty Years' War. The king also instituted an administrative system that left his successors with a far more integrated kingdom. He is one of the most famous kings in Burmese history.
Razadarit came to power at 16 after a rebellion against his father King Binnya U (r. 1348–1384), barely controlling the Pegu province. By his sheer will and military leadership, the young king not only defeated Ava's first wave of invasions (1385–1391) but also unified his kingdom in the process. After presiding over Pegu's emergence as a regional power, he twice renewed the war with Ava in the 1400s, and outlasted Ava's fierce counterattacks with the help of Hsenwi and Ming China. Between 1401 and 1418, he met Ava's King Minkhaung I and Crown Prince Minye Kyawswa head-on in Lower Burma, Upper Burma, and Arakan.