Tabinshwehti

Type Figure Region Southeast Asia Time 1516–1550 Also known as Tabinshwehti、Tabin Shwe Hti、德彬瑞梯

Tabinshwehti (1516–1550), second king of the Toungoo dynasty, unified central and southern Myanmar, launching the first large-scale territorial integ…

Timeline

1516Toungoo · ToungooTabinshwehti was the son of Toungoo King Mingyi Nyo and Queen Khin Su, born in the Toungoo palace and established as heir; Toungoo was then a rising local power among the fractured kingdoms of Pegu.
1517–1520Toungoo · ToungooUnder his father Mingyi Nyo he received Buddhist, Burmese-language and military education in Toungoo, witnessing the kingdom's expansion strategy toward neighboring Pegu vassals, accumulating early experience for his later wars of unification.

Sources

The Glass Palace Chronicle of the Kings of Burma — Pe Maung Tin and G.H. Luce (1923)
A History of Burma — Maung Htin Aung (1967)