ABSTRACT
King Tharrawaddy, before his accession to the throne, had treated the British Resident, Major Burney, with courtesy and considerable deference, but after his accession he took a very different stand on the point. Kyaukmyaung had been made the capital, but, after a few months, it was moved to Amarapura, which had been the capital of Bodopra, King Tharrawaddy’s grandfather. In 1841, Tharrawaddy came to Rangoon, with an idea of doing something for the recovery of Arakan and Tenasserim, but, in spite of all his bombastic pride, he thought better of that, and did nothing beyond ordering festivities on a large scale. King Tharrawaddy was succeeded by his son, the Prince of Pagan, who ruled, or at least occupied the throne, under the name Pagan Min. Before leaving Calcutta, Commodore Lambert had received a letter from Lord Dalhousie to Pagan Min, which was to be forwarded if matters could not be settled with the governor of Rangoon.
