. Among the Burmans; a record of fifteen years of work and its fruitage. va. Butearly in the fifteenth century (1426) the Bur-mans lost their capital and all the territory northof Toungoo and Prome, to the Shans. The newcity of Toungoo, built about this time, was theseat of an independent prince. Pegu had beenruled by kings of Shan race since 1281. In1538-9 the Toungoo Burman prince, TabinShwe Htee, conquered Pegu, in the following yearMartaban, and after being proclaimed king inPegu, extended his sway in 1542, as far north asPagan. Two years later, with an allied army ofBurmans, Shans and Tak
. Among the Burmans; a record of fifteen years of work and its fruitage. va. Butearly in the fifteenth century (1426) the Bur-mans lost their capital and all the territory northof Toungoo and Prome, to the Shans. The newcity of Toungoo, built about this time, was theseat of an independent prince. Pegu had beenruled by kings of Shan race since 1281. In1538-9 the Toungoo Burman prince, TabinShwe Htee, conquered Pegu, in the following yearMartaban, and after being proclaimed king inPegu, extended his sway in 1542, as far north asPagan. Two years later, with an allied army ofBurmans, Shans and Takings, he invaded andconquered Arracan, but not Chittagong. Buthis success as king at Pegu was short-lived. Ex-pensive but fruitless wars, and excessive dissipa-tion turned the people against him. He soonbecame the victim of a conspiracy and wastreacherously murdered. In 1551 the Burmanswere again victorious at Pegu, pursuing and des-troying the Talaing king. Three years laterthey regained Ava from the Shans, but retainedthe capital at Pegu. Pressing his successes, the. CQi Chief Races of Burma 79 Burman king, in 1557, conquered the Shans inthe extreme north of Burma, and a little later atThibaw, Mone and Zimme ; northern Siambecoming tributary to Burma. Steps weretaken to make the then non-Buddhist Shans(many were doubtless already Buddhists), con-form to the Buddhist customs of the Burmese,The Burman ruler, Nawartha, was now what hisambition craved,—the King of Kings. But before the end of the century Pegu andall the territory south to Tavoy had been 1600 and 1613 a Portuguese adventurernamed Philip de Brito reigned as king of Pegu,with residence at his own fortified city of the marriage of his son with the daughter ofthe king of Martaban, the cooperation of thatsection was secured. In 1612 De Brito and theking of Martaban marched against the prince ofToungoo, who had broken faith with De Britoby forming an alliance with Ava. They plun-dered the city,
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