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Leik Munhtaw

Field	Value
type	monarch
name	Leik Munhtaw
လိပ်မွတ်ထော
reign	June 1453 – January 1454
succession	King of Hanthawaddy
predecessor	Binnya Kyan
successor	Shin Sawbu
suc-type	Successor
father	Binnya Ran I
mother	Soe Min Wimala Dewi
birth_date	1432
birth_place	Pegu (Bago)
Hanthawaddy kingdom
death_date	January 1454
death_place	Pegu (Bago)
Hanthawaddy kingdom
religion	Theravada Buddhism

လိပ်မွတ်ထော | suc-type = Successor | reg-type = | issue-link = Hanthawaddy kingdom Hanthawaddy kingdom

Leik Munhtaw (, ; Mon: မမောဟ်ထာဝ်; 1432–1454) was the 14th king of the Hanthawaddy Pegu Kingdom in Burma for seven months in 1453–54. He came to power by assassinating his first cousin King Binnya Kyan. Binnya Kyan himself had come to power in 1451 by murdering his cousin King Binnya Waru, and went on to kill off male descendants of King Razadarit. Leik Munhtaw, son of King Binnya Ran I and a grandson of Razadarit, got to Binnya Kyan, also a grandson of Razadarit, first. Leik Munhtaw went on to kill more rivals. In early 1454, palace ministers killed Leik Munhtaw, leaving no male heir of Razadarit's line. The ministers chose his daughter Shin Sawbu to be the next ruler of Hanthawaddy.

Brief

Various Burmese chronicles do not agree on the key dates of the king's life.

Chronicles	Birth–Death	Age	Reign	Length of reign
Maha Yazawin	1438–1451/52
and
1438–1453/54	~13
and
~15	1451/52
and
1453/54	7 months	(Maha Yazawin Vol. 2: 70): He was born after his mother was given to Binnya Ran in 798 ME (1436/37), later corrected by Hmannan as 792 ME (1430/31). The chronicle also reports two different death dates: (Maha Vol. 2 2006: 81) gives 813 ME (1451/52) while the summary section of Hanthawaddy kings (Maha Yazawin Vol. 2 2006: 140) gives 815 ME (1453/54).
Slapat Rajawan	not reported	not reported	1463/64
Hmannan Yazawin	1432–1452/53
and
1432–1453/54	~21
and
~22	1452/53
and
1453/54	(Hmannan Vol. 2: 74): He was born after his mother was given to Binnya Ran in 1430/31. The chronicle also reports two different death dates: (Hmannan Vol. 2 2003: 91) gives 814 ME (1452/53) while its summary of Hanthawaddy kings section (Hmannan Vol. 2 2003: 185) gives 815 ME (1453/54).
Mon Yazawin (Shwe Naw)	not reported	not reported	1445/46	(Shwe Naw 1922: 55) says Leik Munhtaw reigned for 7 months but does not provide any other information. (Shwe Naw 1922: 69) says his successor Shin Sawbu reigned for 25 years and died in 832 ME (1470/71), which implies that Leik Munhtaw died 807 ME (1445/46).

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Hmannan Vol. 2 2003: 74
Harvey 1925: 368
Phayre 1967: 84
Schmidt 1906: 131

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