Razadarit Ayedawbon

Razadarit Ayedawbon (Burmese: ရာဇာဓိရာဇ် အရေးတော်ပုံ) is a Burmese chronicle covering the history of Ramanya from 1287 to 1421. The chronicle consists of accounts of court intrigues, rebellions, diplomatic missions, wars etc. About half of the chronicle is devoted to the reign of King Razadarit (r. 1384–1421), detailing the great king's struggles in the Forty Years' War against King Minkhaung I and Crown Prince Minye Kyawswa of Ava.^[1]

It is the Burmese translation of the first half of the Hanthawaddy Chronicle from Mon by Binnya Dala, an ethnic Mon minister and general of Toungoo Dynasty. It is likely the earliest extant text regarding the history of the Mon people in Lower Burma,^[2] probably the only surviving portion of the original Mon language chronicle, which was destroyed in 1565 when a rebellion burned down Pegu (Bago).^[3]

Four oldest palm-leaf manuscript copies, conjecturally dated to the mid 18th century, of the original Binnya Dala translation have survived. In all, nine slightly different versions of the chronicle existed according to a 1968 analysis by Nai Pan Hla.^[2] Pan Hla re-translated one of the versions back to Mon in 1958. He also wrote a new (tenth) version in 1968, synthesizing the Burmese versions of Razadarit, the version of Pak Lat Chronicles, and the accounts in Hmannan as well as modern research.^[4]

References

Bibliography

• Aung-Thwin, Michael A. (2005). The Mists of Rāmañña: The Legend that was Lower Burma (illustrated ed.). Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press. ISBN 9780824828868. 
• Harvey, G. E. (1925). History of Burma: From the Earliest Times to 10 March 1824. London: Frank Cass & Co. Ltd. 
• Pan Hla, Nai (1968). Razadarit Ayedawbon (in Burmese) (8th printing, 2004 ed.). Yangon: Armanthit Sarpay. 
• Thaw Kaung, U (2010). Aspects of Myanmar History and Culture. Yangon: Gangaw Myaing. 

Burmese chronicles
National chronicles	Standard chronicles Maha Yazawin Hmannan Yazawin (Glass Palace Chronicle) Hmannan Yazawin, Part II Hmannan Yazawin, Part III Other nationals Yazawin Kyaw Yazawin Thit Maha Yazawin Kyaw
Biographic chronicles	Zatadawbon Yazawin Razadarit Ayedawbon Hanthawaddy Hsinbyushin Ayedawbon Alaung Mintayagyi Ayedawbon Alaungpaya Ayedawbon Nyaungyan Mintaya Ayedawbon Hsinbyushin Ayedawbon
Regional chronicles	Upper Burma Pagan Yazawin Pagan Yazawin Thit Inwa Yazawin Toungoo Yazawin Pyay Yazawin Myauk Nan Kyaung Yazawin Ramanya Razadarit Ayedawbon Nidana Arambhakatha Gavampati Slapat Rajawan Lik Amin Asah Pak Lat Chronicles Arakan Maha Razawin Rakhine Razawin Inzauk Razawin Razawin Linka Rakhine Razawin Haung Dhanyawaddy Ayedawbon Mizzimadetha Ayedawbon Maha Razawin (Saya Me) Rakhine Razawin Thit Shan states Jinakalamali Zinme Yazawin Kengtung Yazawin Hsenwi Yazawin Hsipaw Yazawin Mong Yawng Yazawin Miscellaneous Pawtugi Yazawin Dawei Yazawin Myeik Yazawin
Religious chronicles	Yazawin Kyaw Sasana Vamsa
Chronicles in verse	Rakhine Minthami Eigyin Pyay Zon Mawgun Thakin Htwe Eigyin Shwe Sa-daing Hsindaw Minye Deibba Eigyin Yodaya Naing Mawgun Dhanyawaddy Naing Mawgun Minzet Yazawin Thanbauk
Administrative treatises	Zabu Kun-Cha Lawka Byuha Mani Yadanabon Wawhara Linathta Dipani Yazawwada Shwebon Nidan Myanmar Min Okchokpon Sa-dan Shwenanthon Wawhara Abhidan
Law treatises	Alaungsithu Hpyat-hton Wareru Dhammathat Dhammathat Kyaw Hanthawaddy Hsinbyumyashin Hpyat-hton Manu Thara Shwe Myin Dhammathat Manu Kye Dhammathat Manu Wunnana Shwe Myin Dhammathat
Notable inscriptions	Myazedi Inscription Sawlumin inscription Kalyani Inscriptions Shwezigon Pagoda Bell Inscription Kuthodaw Pagoda Inscriptions