Min Saw O

In this Burmese name, Min Saw is an honorific, not a given name.

Min Saw O (Burmese: မင်းစောအို, Burmese pronunciation: [mɪ́ɴ sɔ́ ò]; Arakanese pronunciation: [máɴ sɔ́ ò]; 1456–1515) was king of Arakan for six months in 1515. He was a brother of King Salingathu (r. 1494–1502).

Min Saw O မင်းစောအို
King of Arakan
Reign	January 1515 – July 1515
Predecessor	Gazapati
Successor	Thazata
Born	January 1456 Mrauk-U
Died	July 1515 (aged 59) Wagaung 877 ME[1] Mrauk-U
Consort	Taung-Nan Mibara
Names Min Saw O (မင်းစောအို) Jalal Shah (ဇလသျှာ)
House	Saw Mon
Religion	Theravada Buddhism

Reign

The king was also referred to as Jalal Shah by the neighbouring Bengal.

Saw O was put on the throne by the ministers of the court who had beheaded his grandnephew King Gazapati.

He came to the had an old age, his notable religious work was Thet-daw shay Pagoda meaning 'long life' was built during his short reign. 50 feet Pagoda stands on the hill named Ywetkartaung west of the royal palace, the project was left unfinished and did not complete until the reign of Minkhaung of Mrauk-U who completed and worshipped in 1525 (877 ME).

Death

Saw O died only after six months of reign in July 1515.^[2]