Pathein, the capital city of Ayeyarwady Division, Myanmar (Burma); formerly known as Bassein.
Binnya Dhammaraza pacified Binnya Ran for a time by making him the heir-apparent and governor of Pathein (Bassein) and the entire Irrawaddy delta.
Mrauk U also sent in a naval flotilla that landed in Bassein (Pathein).
Despite setbacks en route, including the sinking of one ship and the loss of a few others, the army arrived at the city of Kusumiya (modern Pathein) on the banks of the Bago river, and captured it.
Bassein was seized on 19 May, and Pegu was taken on 3 June, after some sharp fighting round the Shwemawdaw Pagoda.
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In November 1407, Razadarit's Hanthawaddy troops captured Launggyet (Arakan's then capital), and took Anawrahta and Saw Pye Chantha prisoner to Pathein.