Binnya U

Binnya U (1323–1384) took the throne of Martaban–Hanthawaddy in 1348 as Hsinbyushin, Lord of the White Elephant, succeeding his maternal uncle Binnya E Law. Son of Saw Zein and Sanda Min Hla, he held power only tenuously and bought the court's loyalty with marriages, taking three daughters of a minister himself.

In 1351–1352 he drove back a Lan Na invasion, leading the counterattack on his white elephant; in 1352–1353 he retook Pegu from his half-brother Min Linka. In 1362 he raised the Shwedagon Pagoda at Dagon to about 20 metres.

Then a coup by two brothers in 1363–1364 began the loss of Martaban, and by 1369 he held only Pegu province, which became his capital. Ailing, he made his sister Maha Dewi regent in 1383 and died in January 1384 amid the revolt of his eldest son Binnya Nwe, who became King Razadarit.