Min Khayi

Naranu Min Khayi
မင်းခရီ
Ali Khan (အလီခင်)
King of Arakan
Reign9 May 1433 – c. January 1459
PredecessorSaw Mon
SuccessorBa Saw Phyu
Bornc. March 1392
Tuesday, c. Late Tagu 753 ME
Launggyet
Diedc. January 1459 (aged 66)
c. Tabodwe 820 ME
Mrauk-U
ConsortSaw Pa-Ba
Saw Pyinsa
Saw Yin Mi
Saw Khamout
IssueSaw San-Me
Ba Saw Phyu
Ba Saw Nyo
Min Swe of Launggyet
HouseSaw Mon
FatherRazathu II
MotherSaw Hla Mway
ReligionTheravada Buddhism

Min Khayi (Burmese: မင်းခရီ, Burmese pronunciation: [mɪ́ɴ kʰəjì]; also spelled Meng Khari, Arakanese pronunciation: [máɴ kʰəɹì]; also known as Ali Khan; 1392–1459) was the second king of the Mrauk-U Kingdom from 1433 to 1459.

He began his reign as a vassal of the Bengal Sultanate, and successfully unified the entire Arakan coastline (present-day Rakhine State) in 1437. He then took full advantage of the political turmoil in Bengal by seizing Ramu, the southernmost territory of his erstwhile overlord, and raiding as far north as Chittagong. In 1455, his kingdom finally achieved recognition by Ava, which had long interfered in the affairs of Arakan, as a sovereign state. His 25-year reign brought much needed stability to the Arakan littoral, and prepared his nascent kingdom for future expansions by his successors.

The earliest extant work of Arakanese literature in Burmese script, Rakhine Minthami Eigyin was composed during his reign in 1455.