Binnya Ran II

Binnya Ran II ဒုတိယ ဗညားရံ
King of Hanthawaddy
Reign	1492–1526
Predecessor	Dhammazedi
Successor	Takayutpi
Born	c. February 1469 Tuesday, 830 ME Pegu (Bago)
Died	1526 (aged 57) 888 ME Pegu
Issue	Takayutpi Smim Htaw
House	Wareru
Father	Dhammazedi
Mother	Yaza Dewi II of Hanthawaddy
Religion	Theravada Buddhism

Binnya Ran II (Template:Lang-my, pronounced [dṵtḭja̰ bəɲá jàɴ]; Mon: ဗညားရာံ; 1469–1526) the 17th king of the Kingdom of Hanthawaddy in Burma from 1492 to 1526. He was revered for his gentleness although his first act as king was to enforce the massacre of the kinsmen, putting all the royal offspring to death.

During the confusion of Binnya Ran's ascension, Mingyi Nyo of Toungoo who at the time was a vassal of Ava, without King Minkhaung II's permission, sent a probing raid into Hanthawaddy territory. Binnya Ran II sent in a retaliatory raid of the city of Toungoo itself. After the show of force, Hanthawaddy was free of any incursions.

In 1501, he assembled an army of thousands to travel up the Irrawaddy river to pay pilgrimage to the Shwezigon Pagoda at Pagan inside Ava's territory. When the king of Prome, a small kingdom wedged between Ava and Hanthawaddy, checked him, he replied: "I could conquer both you and Ava but I do not wish. I only wish to worship before the Shwezigon". He returned peacefully after having worshiped there.

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