{"id":1583,"date":"2025-07-08T13:48:16","date_gmt":"2025-07-08T13:48:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/myanmarmuslim.news\/en\/?p=1583"},"modified":"2025-07-08T13:48:17","modified_gmt":"2025-07-08T13:48:17","slug":"the-curse-of-tyrants-from-kalar-kya-min-to-modern-myanmars-blood-kings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/myanmarmuslim.news\/en\/2025\/07\/08\/the-curse-of-tyrants-from-kalar-kya-min-to-modern-myanmars-blood-kings\/","title":{"rendered":"The Curse of Tyrants: From \u201cKalar Kya Min\u201d to Modern Myanmar\u2019s Blood Kings"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

History punishes rulers not just for losing wars\u2014but for losing their moral compass<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Two notorious Burmese monarchs\u2014Narathu<\/strong>, infamously known as \u201cKalar Kya Min\u201d<\/em>, and the Arakan king who betrayed Shah Shuja<\/strong>\u2014learned this the hard way. Their stories are not just buried in stone inscriptions or palm-leaf chronicles; they echo loudly in the modern crimes of Min Aung Hlaing<\/strong> and Tun Myat Naing<\/strong>, the two warlords responsible for the suffering of Myanmar Muslims today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Narathu \u2013 The “Kalar Kya Min” Who Betrayed All<\/em><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Narathu seized the Pagan throne by murdering his father<\/strong>, brother<\/strong>, and the trust of the Sangha<\/strong>. After forcing the respected monk Ashin Panzakuma<\/strong> to bless his deception, he poisoned his elder brother, Min Shin Saw<\/strong>, immediately after crowning him. The monk, betrayed and disillusioned, departed the kingdom with a final, damning declaration:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“\u1019\u1004\u103a\u1038\u1006\u102d\u102f\u1038\u1019\u1004\u103a\u1038\u100a\u1005\u103a\u1021\u1031\u102c\u1000\u103a\u1010\u103d\u1004\u103a \u1004\u102b\u1019\u1014\u1031\u1015\u103c\u102e\u104b”<\/strong>
\u201cUnder a wicked and defiled king, I shall no longer remain.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Later, Narathu married a Muslim princess<\/strong>, but killed her in cold blood when she refused intimacy over his unhygienic habits. In return, the Sultan of Pateikkara<\/strong> sent eight assassins<\/strong>, who stabbed Narathu to death inside his own palace<\/strong>\u2014a divine punishment disguised as revenge. From then on, he was remembered as \u201cKalar Kya Min\u201d<\/strong>, not in honor, but in shame.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Aurangzeb\u2019s Justice and the Fall of Arakan<\/em><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

In 1665, Mughal Prince Shah Shuja<\/strong> fled to Arakan seeking refuge. Instead of offering sanctuary, the Arakanese king murdered him<\/strong>, took his daughter as a concubine, and violated the laws of hospitality and humanity. The Mughal princess, shamed and broken, committed suicide<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Emperor Aurangzeb<\/strong>, enraged by the dishonor to his family and the mistreatment of Muslims, dispatched an army to punish Arakan. That act did more than avenge a death\u2014it set in motion the decline of the Arakanese dynasty<\/strong>, which never regained its former strength or moral legitimacy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Min Aung Hlaing and Tun Myat Naing: The Modern Echoes<\/em><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Today, two men in Myanmar bear the same stains<\/strong> as Narathu and the treacherous king of Arakan:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  • Min Aung Hlaing<\/strong>, head of the military junta, orchestrated the 2017 genocidal campaign against the Rohingya<\/strong>, leaving hundreds of villages burned, thousands raped or murdered, and over 700,000 exiled across the border.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Tun Myat Naing<\/strong>, once portrayed as a freedom fighter for the Rakhine people, has now been accused of silently enabling or even participating in the oppression of Muslims<\/strong>, including harassment, forced displacement, and killings in AA-controlled areas.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    They may wear uniforms instead of royal robes\u2014but their cruelty mirrors that of the kings who fell before them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    The Moral Thread<\/em><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

    What ties these stories across time?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    • The murder of Muslims<\/strong> and violation of trust<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • The abuse of power<\/strong>, not in war alone, but in the treatment of the weak, the refugee, the woman, and the religious figure.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • And the inevitable fall<\/strong> that awaits those who build thrones on injustice and blood<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

      If the killing of one Muslim princess<\/strong> led to the collapse of a dynasty<\/strong>, what fate awaits those who oversaw the slaughter of thousands<\/strong>?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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      Let History Judge Them All<\/em><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

      Narathu died stabbed by strangers because he betrayed his family and killed a Muslim queen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      The Arakan king fell from grace because he dishonored a guest and caused a princess to take her own life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Min Aung Hlaing and Tun Myat Naing have done far worse\u2014with far more victims. And if history is just, their names, too, will be remembered in infamy, not glory<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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      \u201cThe cries of the innocent are not lost to time. They are heard by history. And by justice.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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      Never Again, Never Forgotten<\/em><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

      To the people of Myanmar\u2014especially the Muslims and the oppressed\u2014these stories are not just tragic legends. They are warnings<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      And to those in power, let them know:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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      Your guns may silence the people, but history will never forget. And history always takes its revenge.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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