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pointed governors to Arakan* and Thandwe, and then returned to Ava. 
The danger from the Shans of Zimme having passed, Badzadirit returned 
to his capital. As Naramit-lila was the hereditary king of Arakan, the 
king of Pegu determined to restore him. He sent a force which occupied 
Thandwe. They then heard that the king of Arakan had fled to Dacca. The 
Burmese prince now returned with an army to retake Thandwe, but by 
a false report of a large army approaching, retired. Soon after, a reliev¬ 
ing force did arrive from Muttama, and the commanders who had held 
Thandwe, pushed on to the capital of Arakan, which the Burmese gover¬ 
nor abandoned and fled. 
At this time Prome was held for the king of Ava by a son-in-law of 
Lauk-bya. Badzadirit thought there was an opportunity to take the place., 
as the prince of Ava was engaged against the chief of Thein-ni. He ad¬ 
vanced up the river in the month Nat-dau, 774 (A. D. 1412), but was 
almost immediately recalled by news of Muttama being threatened by an 
attack from Siam. He at once returned with a part of his army, leaving 
his son Binya Pathin as Commander-in-Chief. That officer deemed it 
prudent to retire from Prome. He, therefore, stockaded himself at Tlia-le- 
tsi, on the west bank of the river. The king of Ava soon arrived with 
an army at Prome, and a month later Meng-re-kyau-tswa joined him. 
They made an attack by land and water on the fort at Tha-le-tsi. But 
the Talaing garrison had firearms in abundance, and destroyed numbers of 
the enemy, and the rest were driven back in confusion. The Burmese 
king then blockaded the work. King Badzadirit approached with an army, 
and it was agreed to have a fair fight between two war boats, one on 
either side. La-gwun-in commanded the boat on the Talaing side, but he 
was overcome and killed by a treacherous attack from four Burmese boats, 
under Meng-re-kyau-tswa. After this, the king of Pegu commenced a 
retreat. The Burmese prince followed by water and attacked the Talaing 
flotilla near Tarukmau. Both sides suffered severely, but Badzadirit 
hastened the retreat of his army by land and water, and himself went 
on ahead with his body-guard. The Burmese army followed, and, enter¬ 
ing the delta, successively occupied Dala, Ta-kun, Than-lyeng, and Mliau- 
bi. Badzadirit entrenched himself at Kha-ma-bym. For several months 
the two armies were engaged in various combats until the Talaing army 
gained a victory over Meng-re-kyau-tswa. The Burmese army then re¬ 
treated. 
In Arakan the Talaing commanders having heard that their king had 
suffered a defeat, evacuated that country, and brought their army to Bas- 
sein. Badzadirit suspected that one or both of these officers had been 
bribed by the king of Ava. One of them was put to death, but the other 
* In the history of Arakan tills event is recorded in the year 7G8. 
