father death_date death_place mother birth_place religion birth_date issue article_title name type
ba saw phyu c. february 1492 -lrb- aged 36 -rrb- mrauk-u saw nandi mrauk-u theravada buddhism c. january 1456 ran aung saw mi saw phwa saw thazata min dawlya
 min dawlya monarch
min dawlya

min dawlya -lrb- , , arakanese pronunciation : ; also known as mathu shah ; 1456 -- 1492 -rrb- was king of arakan from 1482 to 1492 .
he came to power by having his father king ba saw phyu assassinated after his father had chosen another son as his heir apparent .
dawlya proved an able king , however .
known as hsinbyushin for possessing a white elephant , the king `` extended mrauk-u control to the east and west '' .
he died on the war elephant after having returned from a failed expedition to the chittagong hill tracts .
