ABSTRACT
Alompra, before his death, had expressed the wish that his six sons by his first wife should succeed him in the order of their seniority. When the son of Alompra who had accompanied the expedition to Siam, left to take his father’s body to Mutsobomyo, the command of the army fell to a trusted officer of Alompra, named Noratha. Alompra’s second son then ascended the throne, under the title Sinbyushin, which means “Lord of the White Elephant.” Almost all the Kings of the Alompra dynasty started a new capital for the country. Alompra himself had made Mutsobomyo his capital, which is intelligible enough, as it was his own birthplace. Instead of adhering to Alompra’s directions about the succession, a court intrigue managed to put Sinbyushin’s son on the throne. Naungdawgyi made Sagaing his capital, and his successor, Sinbyushin, shifted the capital back to Ava.
