{"id":6434,"date":"2026-06-24T04:41:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T04:41:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/myanmarmuslim.news\/en\/?p=6434"},"modified":"2026-06-24T04:41:33","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T04:41:33","slug":"proof-of-nga-raman-kan-rahman-khan-in-the-glass-palace-chronicle-moshe-yegars-the-muslims-of-burmaand-ancient-myanmar-history-told-by-inscriptions-above-and-below-ground","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/myanmarmuslim.news\/en\/2026\/06\/24\/proof-of-nga-raman-kan-rahman-khan-in-the-glass-palace-chronicle-moshe-yegars-the-muslims-of-burmaand-ancient-myanmar-history-told-by-inscriptions-above-and-below-ground\/","title":{"rendered":"Proof of Nga Raman Kan @ Rahman Khan in “The Glass Palace Chronicle”, Moshe Yegar’s “The Muslims of Burma”and “Ancient Myanmar History Told by Inscriptions Above and Below Ground”"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I hereby scanned “The Glass Palace Chronicle of the Kings of Burma<\/em>“, translated by Pe Maung Tin and G. H. Luce and published.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The relevant section of the Glass Palace Chronicle<\/em> appears between pages 100 and 103. The chronicle refers to a figure named \u201cNga Ramankan\u201d or \u201cNga Raman Kan.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Burmese usage, the prefix \u201cNga\u201d<\/strong> was commonly attached to the names of non-royal male commoners. Therefore, \u201cNga Raman Kan\u201d was not a royal title but the name of an individual.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In\u00a0The Muslims of Burma<\/em>, Yegar noted that King Sawlu was educated by a Muslim Arab and referred to\u00a0Yaman Khan<\/strong>\u00a0as Governor of Ussa (Pegu). He further explained that the Burmese language historically lacked the \u201cr\u201d sound in certain contexts, leading to variations such as Raman, Yaman, or Rahman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Myanmar historian\u00a0Dr. Toe Hla<\/strong>, former Vice-Chairman of the Myanmar Historical Commission, examined contemporary stone inscriptions rather than later royal chronicles. In his work\u00a0Ancient Myanmar History Told by Inscriptions Above and Below Ground<\/em>,\u00a0confirmed that First, the evidence comes directly from contemporary inscriptions rather than later chronicles. Historians generally regard inscriptions as among the most reliable primary sources because they were created during the period they describe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Second, Dr. Toe Hla explicitly identifies the name \u201cRaman\u201d<\/strong> as a Burmese rendering of the Muslim name \u201cRahman.\u201d<\/strong> This independently supports the interpretation that I had advanced years earlier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Third, the inscriptions demonstrate that Muslims were not merely transient traders visiting Myanmar\u2019s ports. They were sufficiently integrated into local society to appear in official records, land grants, witness lists, and other administrative documents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I hereby scanned “The Glass Palace Chronicle of the Kings of Burma“, translated by Pe Maung Tin and G. H. Luce and published. The relevant section of the Glass Palace Chronicle appears between pages 100 and 103. The chronicle refers to a figure named \u201cNga Ramankan\u201d or \u201cNga Raman Kan.\u201d In Burmese usage, the prefix \u201cNga\u201d was commonly attached […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6435,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,6,133,127,1,130,11,16,123,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6434","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-articles","category-history","category-human-rights-constitution-federal-democracy-social-nets-minority-rights","category-islam-hope-allah-swt","category-local-news","category-motivation","category-myanmar-muslims-history","category-opinion","category-story","category-world-muslims"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/myanmarmuslim.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6434","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/myanmarmuslim.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/myanmarmuslim.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myanmarmuslim.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myanmarmuslim.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6434"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/myanmarmuslim.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6434\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6440,"href":"https:\/\/myanmarmuslim.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6434\/revisions\/6440"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myanmarmuslim.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6435"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/myanmarmuslim.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6434"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myanmarmuslim.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6434"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myanmarmuslim.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6434"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}