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Bayinnaung

Type Figure Region Myanmar Time 1516–1581 Also known as Bayinnaung the Great

Bayinnaung was the most outstanding military commander of Burma's Toungoo dynasty in the sixteenth century.…

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  1. 1516–1539Toungoo · MyanmarOf local Toungoo origin, he won Tabinshwehti's favor through bravery and organizational ability; in 1539 he led the army to capture Pegu, becoming the core military commander of the wars of unification.
  2. 1540–1550Pegu–Ayutthaya direction · MyanmarIn the 1540s he directed multiple campaigns against the remaining Mon, the Shan states, and Siam; from 1541 to 1550 he effectively controlled the Toungoo military machine, and after Tabinshwehti's assassination in 1550 he quelled the rebellion.
  3. 1551–1581Pegu · MyanmarAfter his formal coronation in 1551 he continued his expeditions, capturing Ayutthaya in 1556, conquering Lan Xang and Lan Na in the 1560s, and dying at Pegu in 1581, after which the empire immediately fell into a succession crisis.

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