Tharrawaddy (King)

King Tharrawaddy ( Burmese သာယာဝတီ မင္ ‌ း ; *  1786 ; †  1846 ) was ruler of Burma and belonged to the Konbaung dynasty .

Life

Tharrawaddy became the 8th king of the Konbaung dynasty by replacing his brother Bagyidaw (1819-1837), who had signed the, in Burmese opinion, degrading Treaty of Yandaboo , which released the provinces of Arakan and Tenasserim . Tharrawaddy immediately rejected this agreement after his accession to the throne and also declined further negotiations about it with the responsible authorities in India . Tharrawaddy, however, wanted to negotiate directly with representatives of the United Kingdom. The British government representative in the capital Amarapura , who was responsible for Burma at the time, was forced to leave in June 1837 . Tharrawaddy resisted speaking to his successor in 1838 , as he was only a representative of the Indian Governor General . In 1840 the British government withdrew its envoys and suspended diplomatic relations for a decade.

In 1841, Tharrawaddy almost conjured war with the English when he made a pilgrimage to Shwedagon Pagoda , accompanied by a large contingent of troops. The British interpreted this as an act of war and only held back because of their operations in Afghanistan .

After 1841, more and more mental disorders were found in Tharrawaddy, so that his son Pagan Min succeeded him to the throne in 1846.