Apaya

Apaya Maha Raza
အဘယ မဟာ ရာဇာ
Coin which was stamped by Arakanese King Apaya MahaRaza at the year of Arakanese Era 1136 (AD 1774)
King of Arakan
Reign1 May 1764 - 17 January 1774
Coronation1 May 1764
PredecessorSanda Parama
SuccessorSanda Thumana
Born1710 CE
Died17 January 1774 CE (aged 55)
Mrauk U Palace
ConsortSaw Shwe Kya (စောရွှေကြာ)
IssueRe Baw and others
Names
Shwenanthakhin apayamaharaza
ရွှေနန်းသခင် အဘယမဟာရာဇာ
Fatherunknown
Motherunknown
ReligionTheravada Buddhism

Apaya Maha Raza (Arakanese:အဘယ မဟာရာဇာ, 1710 - 17th January 1774) was the 44th king of the Mrauk-U Dynasty of Arakan, a former state in Myanmar (Burma). from 1764 to 1774. The king's son, crown prince who rose in rebellion died by his own hand. He was succeeded by his brother-in-law after successful revolt whom the king died.

He served as deputy general under King Sanda Parama and was known for quelling Burman incursions in southern Arakan.

King Apaya ordered his brother, Chit Thu who was a governor of Ramree to commissioned to repair the Mahamuni Temple.