Min Bin, king of Arakan (born 1493)

Min Bin

King of Arakan from 1531 to 1554

Min Bin was a king of Arakan, a former state in Myanmar (Burma), from 1531 to 1554, "whose reign witnessed the country's emergence as a major power". Aided by Portuguese mercenaries and their firearms, his powerful navy and army pushed the boundaries of the kingdom deep into…