Thalun

Thalun သာလွန်
King of Burma
Reign	September 1629 – September 1648
Predecessor	Minyedaikpa
Successor	Pindale
Issue	Pindale Pye
House	Toungoo
Father	Nyaungyan
Religion	Theravada Buddhism

Thalun (Burmese: သာလွန်မင်း, pronounced [θàlùɴ]; May 1584 – September 1648) was the eighth king of Toungoo dynasty of Burma (Myanmar). During his 19-year reign, Thalun successfully rebuilt the war-torn country which had been under constant warfare for nearly a century since the 1530s. Thalun instituted many administrative reforms and rebuilt the economy of the kingdom.

In 1608, Anaukpetlun captured Prome and made Thalun the governor of Prome. In 1628, Anaukpetlun was murdered by his own son Minyedaikpa who made himself king. Thalun was then on his campaigns against the Shans at Kengtung with his brother Minyekyawswa II, the governor of Ava. However, the death of Anaukpetlun forced the two to return to Pegu to claim the throne from the unlawful king and to counter the opportunistic Arakanese invasions. Thalun became the center of rallying against Minyedaikpa and was proclaimed the crown prince.

In 1629, Thalun and Minyekyawswa were able to take Pegu and executed Minyedaikpa. At Pegu, there was an assassination attempt by a Mon on King Thalun, which resulted in the massacre of the Mons. In 1634, Thalun moved the capital to Ava and crowned himself as the King of Ava and made his brother Minye Kyawthwa the crown prince.

However, Minyekyawswa died in 1647. Thalun then made his own son Pindale as the crown prince. The son of Minyekyawswa who wanted the crown prince title for himself staged a rebellion. The palace was sacked and Thalun fled to Sagaing. However, the rebellion was soon put down and the conspirators were burnt alive. Thalun died in 1648, succeeded by his son Pindale.

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