Sanda Thudhamma

Sanda Thudhamma Raza စန္ဒသုဓမ္မရာဇာ
King of Arakan
Reign	c. May 1652 - 11 June 1674
Predecessor	Thado of Mrauk-U
Successor	Thiri Thuriya
Born	1637
Died	1684 (aged 47) Mrauk U
Consort	Yadanar Piya
Issue	Thiri Thuriya,Thuwanna Kalya
Names Shwenanthakhin Sanda Thudhamma Raza ရွှေနန်းသခင် စန္ဒသုဓမ္မရာဇာ
House	Narapatigyi
Father	Thado of Mrauk-U
Mother	Yadanar Kounmaryi
Religion	Theravada Buddhism

Sanda Thudamma (Arakanese:စန္ဒသု ဓမ္မရာဇား, or islamized name Saad Ummadar), was an Arakanese king of the Mrauk U Kingdom. He reigned from 1652 to 1674. He lost the control of Chittagong under 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.

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.

Bibliography

• Harvey, G. E. (1925). History of Burma: From the Earliest Times to 10 March 1824. London: Frank Cass & Co. Ltd.
• Myat Soe, ed. (1964). Myanma Swezon Kyan (in Burmese). Vol. 9 (1 ed.). Yangon: Sarpay Beikman.
• Myint-U, Thant (2006). The River of Lost Footsteps—Histories of Burma. Farrar, Straus and Giroux. ISBN 978-0-374-16342-6.
• Sandamala Linkara, Ashin (1931). Rakhine Yazawinthit Kyan (in Burmese). Vol. 1–2 (1997 ed.). Yangon: Tetlan Sarpay.

See also

• Mrauk U Kingdom
• History of Rakhine