Min Khayi
| Naranu Min Khayi မင်းခရီ | |||||
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| King of Arakan | |||||
| Reign | 9 May 1433 – c. January 1459 | ||||
| Predecessor | Saw Mon | ||||
| Successor | Ba Saw Phyu | ||||
| Born | c. March 1392 Tuesday, c. Late Tagu 753 ME Launggyet | ||||
| Died | c. January 1459 (aged 66) c. Tabodwe 820 ME Mrauk-U | ||||
| Consort | Saw Pa-Ba Saw Pyinsa Saw Yin Mi Saw Khamout | ||||
| Issue | Saw San-Me Ba Saw Phyu Ba Saw Nyo Min Swe of Launggyet | ||||
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| House | Saw Mon | ||||
| Father | Razathu II | ||||
| Mother | Saw Hla Mway | ||||
| Religion | Theravada Buddhism | ||||
Min Khayi (Burmese: မင်းခရီ, Burmese pronunciation: [mɪ́ɴ kʰəjì]; also spelled Mang Khari, Arakanese pronunciation: [máɴ kʰəɹì]; 1392–1459), also known as Ali Khan or Naranu (နရနု), was the second king of the Mrauk-U Kingdom from 1433 to 1459. His 25-year reign brought much needed stability to the Arakan littoral, and prepared his nascent kingdom for future expansions by his successors
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.
The earliest extant work of Arakanese literature in Burmese script, Rakhine Minthami Eigyin was composed during his reign in 1455.