Maung Bein

Maung Bein (Burmese: မောင်ပိန်), known by honorific U Bein (Burmese: ဦးပိန်), was a Burmese court official and clerk of Amarapura Mayor Bhai Saab.[1] He is remembered for building the U Bein Bridge.[2] The bridge was built from wood reclaimed from the former royal palace in Inwa.[3] He also served the King Pagan along with Bhai Saab in the closest proximity of all government officials and often enjoyed great power that was derived from the king's favor.[4] Maung Bein and Bhai Saab are some examples of powerful figures who were the most powerful officials of their time.[5] Being favourites of the king, no one can compete with them for power. They are notorious for persecuting the people.[6][7] Eventually the King Pagan realized their sins and order to executed them. Maung Bein was a Muslim but a graduate of a Burmese monastery.[8]

References
  1. thoṅʻ, Pacʻ tuiṅʻʺ (1993). Myuiʺ khyacʻ citʻ dhātʻ thakʻ sanʻ reʺ choṅʻʺ pāʺ myāʺ (in Burmese). Pranʻ krāʺ reʺ Vanʻ krīʺ Ṭhāna, Sa taṅʻʺ nhaṅʻʹ Cā nayʻ jaṅʻʺ Lupʻ ṅanʻʺ.
  2. Mranʻ māʹ cvayʻ cuṃ kyamʻʺ (in Burmese). Mranʻ mā Nuinʻ Naṃ Bhā Sā Pranʻ cā Pe ʹA Sāṅʻʺ. 1954.
  3. Vaṅʻʺ (Ma), Taṅʻ (2001). ကုန်းဘောင်ကိုဆန်၍ (in Burmese). Cvanʻ Rai Cā pe.
  4. Ūʺ.), Ññui Mra (ʾUiʺ ve (1997). Kunʻ ̋ bhoṅʻ rhā puṃ toʻ (in Burmese). Mravatī cā pe tuikʻ.
  5. Nvayʻ, Natʻ (2002). Mranʻ mā praññʻ mrokʻ puiṅʻʺ (in Burmese). Khyui Teʺ Saṃ Cā pe.
  6. Sanʻʺ (Ūʺ), Bha (1953). Kyanʻ ̋suṃ ̋mranʻ mā rā ja vanʻ (in Burmese). Thvnʻ ̋thvnʻ-̋kvmʻ pa ṇī.
  7. Ketu, Mra (1998). Nanʻʺ mū nanʻʺ rā Mra Ketu cā poṅʻʺ khyupʻ (in Burmese). Rvhe Pu ra puikʻ Cā pe Tuikʻ.
  8. "ကမ္ဘာကျော် ဦးပိန်တံတားကြီး၏ရှုခင်းအလှများအား ယခုနှစ်တွင် ခရီးသွာများပိုမိုလာရောက် လေ့လာလျက်ရှိ". Myanmar DigitalNews (in Burmese). 7 April 2019.
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