Ava • အင္းဝ

04.1752: Kingdom of Amarapura • အမရပူရ or Ava • အင္းဝ
1769-1886: nominally a tributary of the Chinese Empire
11.05.1824: British occupy Rangoon (till 1826)
24.02.1826: Arakan and Tanintharyi annexed to British India
20.12.1852: Rangoon (with remaining coastline) and Pegu annexed to British India
29.06.1857: Kingdom of Ratanapura • ရတနာပူရ (also known as Upper Burma)
01.01.1886: remnant of state annexed to British India as Upper Burma
26.02.1886: Upper and Lower Burma united within British India

Area: unknown
Population: unknown
Capitals: 1752-1760 Shwebo, 1760-1764 Sagaing, 1764-1823 and 1823-1841 Awa (now Innwa), 1782-1823 and 1841-1860 Amarapura (now Taungmyo), 1860-1886 Ratanapura (now Mandalay)
Currency: 1 gold kyat (mohur) = 16 silver kyat (က္ယပ္, Burmese rupee) = 80 mat = 160 mu = 320 pe = 1280 pyas
Official language: Burmese, Pali

Kings (Min thaya gyi):
04.1752-11.05.1760 Alaungphaya, Alaung Min (Aung Zeya)   အလောင္‌းဘုရား Sri Pawara Vijaya Nandajatha
11.05.1760-28.11.1763 Naungdawkyi, Naungdaw Min (Maung Hlauk)   Sri Pawara Mahadharma
29.11.1763-10.06.1776 Mang Ra Hsinbyushin (Maung Gu Yuwa)   ဆင္‌ဖ္ရူရ္ဟင္‌Sri Suriyadharma
10.06.1776-05.02.1782 Singusa Min   Sri Pawara Mahasuriya Dharmaraja
06.02.1782-11.02.1782 Phaungasa Min (Maung Maung)   Sri Pawara Vijaya Nandajatha Mahadharma
11.02.1782-05.06.1819 Amarapura Myoti Min Bodawpaya Hsinbyumyashin
(Maung Shwe Waing) 		  Sri Pawara Vijaya Nandayasatri Bhuwanaditya
05.06.1819-15.04.1837 Sattokhta Myoti Min Bagyidaw (Maung Nan Jin)   ဘက္ရီးတော္Sri Tribhuvana Aditya
15.04.1837-17.11.1846 Shwebo Myoti Min Tharawaddi (Maung Kheng)  သာယာဝတီမင္‌း    Sri Pawara Aditya Luka
17.11.1846-18.02.1853 Pagan Min (Maung Biddhu Khyit)   Sri Pawara Vijaya Nandajatha
18.02.1853-01.10.1878 Mindon Min (Maung Lwin)   မင္‌းတုန္‌းမင္‌းSri Pawara Vijaya Nandaratta
01.10.1878-29.11.1885 Thibaw Min (Maung Pu)   သီပော္‌မင္‌းSri Pawara Aditya Lanka
29.11.1885-01.01.1886 National Council (Hlutdaw)    

Major wars & other armed conflicts

1760-1769: wars with Siam
1766-1769: three Chinese invasions repelled
1775-1776: war with Siam
1785: Arakan conquered
1804: war with Siam
1811-1815: Arakan (Rohingya) uprising
03-04.1817: Burmese invasion of Ahom (Assam)
1819-1822: Burmese conquest of Ahom and Manipur
09.1823-02.1826: First Anglo-Burmese War
1838: Shan rebellion
1850: Mon rebellion
04-12.1852: Second Anglo-Burmese War
1878: civil war over succession
11-12.1885: Third Anglo-Burmese War
Commander of Royal Barges and Warboats (Hpaung-wun or Hlethin atwinwun): Maha Mintin Minhla Thihathu (during Third Burmese War)

07.1756: forces of king Alaungphaya captured in Syriam (Thanlyin) two French ships - later (probably immediately after capture) artillery was taken down, ships burned or abandoned, and crew forced to join Burmese army.

[1] Lorient (Gilles Cambry fils), frigate, 400 T, 31.2×8.8×4.2, 10x guns, 7+42 p.
not named 06.1751/02.1753/03.1753 07.1756 ex- Galathée see above

[1] Syriam (Frenchman Puel), 700 T, 5-10x guns.
not named 1740 07.1756 ex- Fleury d'Indes see above


[1] "Windsor Castle" class (paddle steamer, schooner-rigged)
John Wood - Port Glasgow, 81 t (138 bm), 33.6×4.9×3 m, 55 nhp = 9 kt.
name unknown 1832 #43 03.1844 ex- Windsor Castle ...

[1] royal yacht (iron paddle steamer)
Robert Napier & Sons Ltd. - Glasgow (Govan), 303 bm, 57.3×5.5×2.4 m, 82 nhp.
name unknown 1858 #91 ...

[20-26] ships of uncertain origin, built 1860-1872:
• 3 stern-wheel steamers built in 1860 (probably in Italy - Cantiere della Foce?)
• 2 steamers built in Yadanabon shipyard before 1870
• 10 teak ships built by Nicholson (in Burma?)
• 4 iron steamers built by Saya Bain (Burma)
• 6 stern-wheel steamers built in 1872
Three names known:
 Yaishana Yinbyan 14.11.1885 ...
 Yainanyinthar ... *
 Ayeyarwadi

[2] small iron steamers
Thomas B. Seath - Rutherglen, 30 t.
names unknown 1865 #64 or 66 ... *
#65

[1] unknown "battle steamship"
Yadanabon shipyard (Saya Shan), 20x guns.
... 03.1871/07.1871/1871 ... *

[1] "Setkyar Yin-byan" class (sea-going royal yacht)
Palmers SB & Iron Co. Ltd. - Jarrow, 677 grt/409 nrt, 66.3×7.9×2.3 m, 600 ihp (120 nhp) = 13 kt. Captains: C.L. Brown, later Lefevre.
 Setkyar Yinbyan /09.1871/ #284 ... *

[1] "Fairy" class (steam yacht)
Thomas B. Seath - Rutherglen, 142 grt.
Fairy /09.1872 #120 ... *

[2] double deck flats (non-propelled)
W. Denny & Bros. Ltd. - Dumbarton, 215 grt, 48.8×6.7×2.2 m.
names unknown 1884 #278 ... *
#279

[1] "Tulouyungjingyaw" class (river paddle steamer)
W. Denny & Bros. Ltd. - Dumbarton, 260-270 t (237 grt, 446 bm), 49×7×2.5 m, 96 nhp.
 Tulowyoungchingyaw /12.1884/ #298 1886 gunboat Sladen, § 1921

[1] "Palow" class (seized civilian river steamer)
W. Denny & Bros. Ltd. - Dumbarton, 396 t (244 grt/154 nrt), 48.9×8×2.3 m, 13 kt.
 Okpho /10.1879 #231 21.11.1885 ex- n/u 29.11.1885 n/u, b† 1902 (⌂?), # 1930

* Two unknown Burmese steamers were sunk 22.11.1885 near Pakokku. Remaining were seized by British late November-early December same year. Later fate unknown, probably mantained by Royal Indian Marine or sold to civilian owners (but not to Irrawaddy Flotilla Co.).
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