kingdom · Mainland Southeast Asia
Prome Kingdom
Origins
In 1482 Thado Minsaw, the governor of Prome and a son of King Narapati of the Ava Kingdom, rebelled during a succession crisis and made his town, on the Irrawaddy near the old Pyu city of Sri Ksetra, the seat of an independent kingdom.
Rule and society
Prome controlled the river trade between Upper Burma and the Mon coast and played Ava, the Hanthawaddy Kingdom and Toungoo against each other. Its kings at times allied with the Shan rulers who took Ava in 1527, receiving support from the Confederation of Shan States.
Decline and legacy
Tabinshwehti of the First Toungoo Empire besieged Prome after taking Pegu, and in 1542 the city fell despite help from the Shan confederation and Arakan. Prome was absorbed into the Toungoo realm and later served as a provincial centre; it is the modern city of Pyay.
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- Prome Kingdom was conquered by First Toungoo Empire1542 CE
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