Nara Apaya

Nara Apaya Raza နရအဘယရာဇာ
King of Arakan
Reign	23 January 1743 - 28 October 1761
Coronation	23 January 1743
Predecessor	Madarit
Successor	Thirithu
Regent	Gu Ta (Chief Minister)
Born	1694 CE Mrauk U
Died	28 October 1761 CE (aged 67) Mrauk U
Consort	Saw Thandar Wai (စောသန္တာဝေ)
Issue	Thirithu, Sanda Parama and others
Names Shwenanthakhin Nara Apaya Raza ရွှေနန်းသခင် နရအဘယရာဇာ
House	Narapawara
Religion	Theravada Buddhism

Nara Apaya (Burmese: နရအဘယ; 1694 - 28 October 1761) was a king of the Mrauk-U Dynasty of Arakan from 1743 until his death in 1761. Born from a poor background, he inherited the throne from his nephew.

During his reign, the country faced severe economic and political crisis that in order to solve, the king launched military campaign against the neighboring countries.

These incursions are known as "Harama Attack" planned led by his chief minister Gu Tha. The Arakanese raided the cities of Bassein, Dala, Danubyu and Hinthada as much of lower Irrawaddy valley in 1744, and again in 1745 as the king possessed war spoils. Later in the period between 1745 and 1749, which Arakan ravaged Bengal and carried away large amounts of Bengali taken slaves to be sold at a cattle market.

These attacks led to an internal rebellion that broke out in the country where the Myu people of edge of the Kaladan River revolted.

The King died soon after this and was succeeded by his son.

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