King Mindon

E279550

Burmese monarch King of Burma human

King Mindon was a 19th-century Burmese monarch of the Konbaung Dynasty known for his administrative reforms, promotion of Buddhism, and relocation of the royal capital to Mandalay.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
King Mindon Min	6
King Mindon canonical	3
King of Burma	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2585331 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: King Mindon
Context triple: [Mandalay, foundedBy, King Mindon]

A. King Thibaw Min
King Thibaw Min was the last monarch of the Konbaung Dynasty and the final king of Burma, whose defeat and exile marked the end of Burmese independence and the beginning of full British colonial rule.
B. Queen Supayalat
Queen Supayalat was the last queen of Burma, known for her strong political influence, resistance to British colonial expansion, and central role in the fall of the Konbaung dynasty.
C. Kyaw Ba
Kyaw Ba is a Burmese military officer and politician who served as a prominent member of Myanmar’s former ruling junta, the State Law and Order Restoration Council (SLORC).
D. King Mangrai
King Mangrai was a 13th-century ruler who established the Lanna Kingdom in northern Thailand and made Chiang Mai its capital.
E. Maung Maung
Maung Maung was a Burmese lawyer, writer, and briefly the president of Myanmar in 1988 during a period of political upheaval.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: King Mindon
Target entity description: King Mindon was a 19th-century Burmese monarch of the Konbaung Dynasty known for his administrative reforms, promotion of Buddhism, and relocation of the royal capital to Mandalay.

A. King Thibaw Min
King Thibaw Min was the last monarch of the Konbaung Dynasty and the final king of Burma, whose defeat and exile marked the end of Burmese independence and the beginning of full British colonial rule.
B. Queen Supayalat
Queen Supayalat was the last queen of Burma, known for her strong political influence, resistance to British colonial expansion, and central role in the fall of the Konbaung dynasty.
C. Kyaw Ba
Kyaw Ba is a Burmese military officer and politician who served as a prominent member of Myanmar’s former ruling junta, the State Law and Order Restoration Council (SLORC).
D. King Mangrai
King Mangrai was a 13th-century ruler who established the Lanna Kingdom in northern Thailand and made Chiang Mai its capital.
E. Maung Maung
Maung Maung was a Burmese lawyer, writer, and briefly the president of Myanmar in 1988 during a period of political upheaval.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Burmese monarch ⓘ King of Burma ⓘ human ⓘ
avoided	large-scale war with the British during his reign ⓘ
birthDate	1808-07-08 ⓘ
birthPlace	Amarapura ⓘ
burialPlace	Mandalay Palace ⓘ surface form: Mandalay Palace grounds
capitalRelocatedFrom	Amarapura ⓘ
capitalRelocatedTo	Mandalay ⓘ
commissioned	inscription of the Tipitaka on marble slabs at Kuthodaw Pagoda ⓘ
country	Myanmar ⓘ surface form: Burma Myanmar ⓘ
deathDate	1878-10-01 ⓘ
deathPlace	Mandalay Palace ⓘ
domain	Upper Burma ⓘ
era	19th century ⓘ
father	Tharrawaddy Min ⓘ
founded	Kuthodaw Pagoda ⓘ Mandalay ⓘ Mandalay Palace ⓘ
fullName	Mindon Min ⓘ
held	Fifth Buddhist Council in Mandalay ⓘ
implemented	administrative centralization ⓘ monetary reforms ⓘ taxation reforms ⓘ
knownAs	a pious Buddhist king ⓘ
language	Burmese ⓘ
mother	Queen Kyaymyin Mibaya ⓘ
notableFor	administrative reforms ⓘ promotion of Buddhism ⓘ relocation of royal capital to Mandalay ⓘ
patronOf	Sangha ⓘ surface form: Buddhist Sangha Buddhist scholarship ⓘ
policy	attempted modernization of the Burmese kingdom ⓘ diplomatic engagement with British Empire ⓘ
positionHeld	King Mindon self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: King of Burma
predecessor	King Pagan Min ⓘ
reignEnd	1878 ⓘ
reignStart	1853 ⓘ
religion	Theravada ⓘ surface form: Theravada Buddhism
royalHouse	Konbaung Dynasty ⓘ
sibling	Thebaw Min ⓘ surface form: Pagan Min
spouse	Laungshe Mibaya ⓘ Setkya Dewi ⓘ Tharazein Mibaya ⓘ other consorts ⓘ
style	Min (royal title) ⓘ
successor	King Thibaw Min ⓘ
title	Hsinbyumashin’s father-in-law ⓘ

How these facts were elicited