Min Bilu (Arakanese:မင်းဘီလူး, was the 7th monarch of the Laungyet Dynasty of Arakan.[1]

Min Bilu of Launggyet
မင်းဘီလူး
King of Arakan
Reign1274 - 1276; 1278-1279
Coronation1277
PredecessorNankyargyi
SuccessorSithabin I
Bornearly 1250s
Launggyet
Diedapprox. 1279 (aged around 26)
ConsortSaw Mae Nyo
Saw Thamar
Saw Mar-La
IssueMin Hti
HouseAlawmaphyu
FatherNankyargyi
MotherSaw Paw May
ReligionTherevada Buddhism

Reign

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Min Bilu succeeded his father, Nankyakyi who had been assassinated on his way from Mahamuni Temple to the capital due to the tyrannical rule. As for a newly king, he was very unpopular and more hateful than his father throughout his reign simply for its abused power, neglecting religious duties and even cast away his infant son Min Hti, lucky the child was miraculously preserved. Widespread acts of tyrannies he committed, he was eventually killed in coup led by Sithabin I.

References

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  1. ^ Rakhine Razawin Thit Vol 6 (in Burmese). Ven. Sandamala Likãra. p. Phase 7.