Town · The kingdom of Arakan (the Lemro) · as at first light, 1 January 1200

Ramree and Cheduba

Ramree is a large low island with rice ground, sheltered channels behind it and the only real anchorage between the Kaladan and Sandoway; Cheduba (Manaung) is a small island off Ramree with fresh water and a beach a ship can be careened on, on a coast where a watering point is the difference between a passage and a wreck (board).

Nothing is dated.

Who holds it

Title
Headman or the king's officer
Since
not known
Born
not known
Family
not known
Confidence
low

No source we read names a holder.

Lord in 1200

The king of Arakan.

How things stand that morning

Islands of the Arakan coast under local lords.

Places of note

  • Ramree: Island and anchorage.
  • Cheduba: Watering island.

Where the sources disagree

Evidence: The campaign board entry and geography.

"The campaign board" is OMNIA's working map. These notes record where its earlier claims were checked against the sources.

Primary sources for Kingdom of Arakan (the Lemro)

Chronicles, registers, sagas and inscriptions written in or near 1200 that cover this entry. Each has its own page with editions, translations and where to read it.

  • The Glass Palace Chronicle of the Kings of Burma, The Royal Historical Commission of King Bagyidaw (Monywe Sayadaw and others), drawing on U Kala's Maha Yazawin (about 1724) and earlier chronicles (1829 to 1832). The standard Burmese court chronicle, compiled six centuries after 1200 from older chronicles now lost. Read online
  • Epigraphia Birmanica, being lithic and other inscriptions of Burma, Various, edited by Taw Sein Ko, C. Duroiselle and C. O. Blagden (inscriptions of the 11th to 15th centuries; the series ran from 1919 to 1936). The Archaeological Survey of Burma's series of edited inscriptions with full translations. Read online
  • Inscriptions of Pagan, Pinya and Ava; Inscriptions of Burma, Various (the Pagan kings, queens, ministers and donors), edited by Tun Nyein, Taw Sein Ko, G. H. Luce and Pe Maung Tin (inscriptions of the 11th to 14th centuries; editions 1899 and 1933 to 1956). The dedicatory inscriptions of Pagan are the only contemporary texts for the kingdom of Narapatisithu (reigning 1174 to 1211). Read online

Sources and studies

  1. English Wikipedia, Bagan

Last revised 4 November 2026. Published 4 November 2026. Suggest a correction on the OMNIA Discord.