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See also:ALOMPRA, ALOUNG P'HOURA (1711–1760), founder of the last Burmese See also:dynasty, was See also:born in 1711 at Motshobo, a small See also:village 5o M. See also:north-See also:west of See also:Ava. Of humble origin, he had risen to be See also:chief of his native village when the invasion of See also:Burma by the See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king of See also:Pegu in 1752 gave him the opportunity of attaining to the highest distinction. The whole See also:country had tamely submitted to the invader, and the leading chiefs had taken the oaths of See also:allegiance. Alompra, however, with a more See also:independent spirit, not only contrived to regain See also:possession of his village, but was able to defeat a See also:body of Peguan troops that had been sent to punish him. Upon this the Burmese, to the number of a thousand, rallied to his See also:standard and marched with him upon Ava, which was recovered from the invaders before the See also:close of 1753. For several years he prosecuted the See also:war with See also:uniform success. In 1954 the Peguans, to avenge themselves for a severe defeat at Keoum-nuoum, slew the king of Burma, who was their prisoner. The son of the latter claimed the See also:throne, and was supported by the tribe of Quois; but Alompra resisted, being determined to maintain his own supremacy. In 1755 Alompra founded the See also:city of See also:Rangoon. In 1757 he had established his position as one of the most powerful monarchs of the See also:East by the invasion and See also:conquest of Pegu. Before a See also:year elapsed the Peguans revolted; but Alompra, with his usual promptitude, at once quelled the insurrection. The Europeans were suspected of having instigated the rising, and the See also:massacre of the See also:English at Negrais in See also:October 1759 is supposed to have been approved by Alompra after the event, though there is no See also:evidence that he ordered it. Against the Siamese, who were also suspected of having abetted the Peguan rebels, he proceeded more openly and severely. Entering their territory, he was just about to invest the See also:capital when he was seized with an illness which proved fatal on the 15th of May 1760. Alompra is one of the most remarkable figures in See also:modern See also:Oriental See also:history. To undoubted military See also:genius he added considerable See also:political sagacity, and he deserves particular See also:credit for his efforts to improve the See also:administration of See also:justice. His See also:cruelty and deceitfulness were faults See also:common to all Eastern despots.
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