Razadarit Ayedawbon

Razadarit Ayedawbon
Cover of the 2004 (8th printing) of the version by Nai Pan Hla
Author	Royal Historians of Hanthawaddy Kingdom
Original title	ရာဇာဓိရာဇ် အရေးတော်ပုံ
Translator	Binnya Dala
Country	Kingdom of Burma
Language	Burmese
Series	Mon chronicles
Genre	Chronicle, History
Publication date	1560s

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

^ Thaw Kaung 2010: 29–30
^ ^a ^b Aung-Thwin 2005: 133–135
^ Harvey 1925: xviii
^ Pan Hla 1968: 3–4

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 (2005) [1968]. Razadarit Ayedawbon (in Burmese) (8th printing 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

Regional chronicles

Upper Burma	Pagan Yazawin Pagan Yazawin Thit Inwa Yazawin Toungoo Yazawin Pyay Yazawin Myauk Nan Kyaung Yazawin
Ramanya	Razadarit Ayedawbon Mon Yazawin Nidana Arambhakatha Gavampati Slapat Rajawan Mon Yazawin (Shwe Naw) 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