# Thalun

Thalun (Burmese: သာလွန်မင်း, pronounced; 17 June 1584 – 27 August 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 Minyedeippa who made himself king. Thalun was then on his campaigns against the Shans at Kengtung with his brother Minye Kyawswa 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 1630, Thalun and Minye Kyawswa were able to take Pegu and executed Minyedeippa.$^{:218}$ At Pegu, there was an assassination attempt by a Mon on King Thalun, which resulted in the massacre of the Mons.
Thalun fought a three-year campaign against Lanna, finally subjugating them in 1632. In 1634, Thalun moved the capital to Ava and crowned himself king of Ava and made his brother Minye Kyawswa crown prince, Maha Uparaja. Thalun then concentrated on building pagodas and other works of merit.$^{:219}$
However, Minye Kyawswa died on 28 August 1648. Thalun then made his own son Pindale as the crown prince. The son of Minye Kyawswa 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 on 19 October 1648, succeeded by his son Pindale.

## Family

Thalun had one chief-queen, one principal queen and ten junior queens who give birth children. Most of them a noble's daughter More than a royal family.
| Name | Mother | Brief |
| 1. Minye Narathiha | Khin Thet Hnin (Sinthumala), the daughter of Sao Hla Hkam, the saopha of Mone the Chief queen with rank Myauk Gyi Kadaw | Son, died at age 7 years old |
| 2. Thakin Phyu | Khin Thet Hnin (Sinthumala), the daughter of Sao Hla Hkam, the saopha of Mone the Chief queen with rank Myauk Gyi Kadaw | Son |
| 3. Min Phyu | Khin Thet Hnin (Sinthumala), the daughter of Sao Hla Hkam, the saopha of Mone the Chief queen with rank Myauk Gyi Kadaw | Daughter |
| 4. Khin Ma (Shwe Sinthu) | Khin Thet Hnin (Sinthu Mala), the daughter of Sao Hla Hkam, the saopha of Mone the Chief queen with rank Myauk Gyi Kadaw | Daughter married to half-brother Ne Myo Ye Kyaw |
| 5. Hpone Wei Lu (Thila Dewi) | Khin Myo Sit, the principal queen with the rank Myauk Nge Kadaw | Daughter married to her full-brother Thakin Kyaw Pindale |
| 6. Thakin Kyaw Pindale | Khin Myo Sit, the principal queen with the rank Myauk Nge Kadaw | Son, Minye Nawrahta Gyi, Minye Nandameit become the King Pindale, married to full-sister Hpone Wei Lu (Thila Dewi) |
| 7. Khin Pan Phyu | Khin Myo Sit, the principal queen with the rank Myauk Nge Kadaw | Daughter married to half-brother Thakin Phyu |
| 8. Thakin Nyo | Khin Htwe Hla, the younger sister of Pyay Yannaing's queen, Wabo Kadaw | Son Governor of Tineta and Kanni married to Khin Phyu, the daughter of Minye Kyawswa of Sagu |
| 9. Thakin Ne Myo Dahta | Khin Htwe Hla, the younger sister of Pyay Yannaing's queen, Wabo Kadaw | Son Governor of Tineta married to Khin Ma Shwe Pa Chop, the daughter of Minye Kyawswa of Sagu |
| 10. Thakin Talote | Khin Hla San | Son Governor of Amyint married to half-sister Khin Ma Hsin In Pa Yoe |
| 11. Hpone Khaing Thit | Khin Hla San | Daughter died at age 22 years old |
| 12. Zeyawara (Shin Talout Naw) | Pinya Minthami, Khin Myat Hset | Son become the King Pye Min married to Khin Ma Lat, the daughter of Minye Mawrahta |
| 13. Khin Ma Hsin In Pa Yoe | Shin Hla Nyi, the elder sister of Upathitha Governor of Nyaung Pin Seik | Daughter married to half brother Thakin Talout |
| 14. Ne Myo Ye Kyaw (Minye Aung Din) | Dwantyawaddy, the daughter of Shin Yan Ngu (the nephew of Im Phyu Shin Baya Yanthameit the descendant from Pagan Kingdom) + his wife Min Lat | Son married with half-sister Shwe Sinthu and Khin Ma Min Sit, he died by shock from an overdose of marijuana, and get a nickname Siputtara Mingyi means King of Marijuana |
| 15. Narazeya | Dwantyawaddy, the daughter of Shin Yan Ngu (the nephew of Im Phyu Shin Baya Yanthameit the descendant from Pagan Kingdom) + his wife Min Lat | Son |
| 16. Thakin Pinya | A Htaing (Royal's friend) Nè Nyunt (Nai Rung) | Son, through the fourth level of practice dharma of Buddhist |
| 17. Khin Ma Min Sit | Toungoo Shwe Nan, Khin Ma Shwe Nan, the daughter of Thiri Dhamma Thawka Governor of Toungoo with the rank Toungoo Myo Thit and the son of King Nanda Bayin | Daughter married with half-brother Ne Myo Ye Kyaw |
| 18. Aggapatta | Ainnim Minthami (the royal princess) Min A-Nge daughter of Nawrahta Minsaw of Chiangmai with the title Thummana Dewi | Daughter died at age 10 years old |
| 19. Minye Kutha | Ainnim Minthami (the royal princess) Min A-Nge daughter of Nawrahta Minsaw of Chiangmai with the title Thummana Dewi | Son, |
| 20. Thakin Pu Phyu | Phyu Hnin Kalyar (Kaew Hnin Kalyar), the daughter of Binnya Than Lan (Phraya Sam Lan) | Son died at age 16 years old |
| 21. Sittaya Nyunt Lao | Nai Mauk the niece of Binnya Yaza (Maybe Phraya Racharithanon) the daughter of the saopha of Chiang Saen (Phraya Luang Thipphanet) | Daughter |
| 22.Khin Nè Ku | Yuang Kaew Mallika the daughter of Sao Ngam Möng the saopha of Möng Fang and his queen Nang Sam Phui the daughter of King Thammikarath King of Lan Xang | Daughter married to her half-brother King Pindale Min |
Among of his queens one of the notable junior queen were Sao Nang Su Thar, the daughter of Sao Hswe Hking the saopha of Ounbaunglay who didn't give birth children
And all he had 22 children (twelve sons and ten daughters): three sons and four daughters by principal queens, and eight sons and six daughters by junior queens. Two of the notable children by junior queens were: Ne Myo Ye Kyaw and Khin Ma Min Sit the couple who give birth King Minye Kyawhtin the King who have the fourth level direct pedigree from King Nanda Bayin