ALOUNG See also:

• ALOUNG ALOMPRA

ALOMPRA  P'HOURA (1711–1760), founder of the last Burmese See also:

• DYNASTY (Gr. &vvaareta, sovereignty, the position of a hevnori7r, lord, ruler, from SuvaaBay to be able, Suvaµas, power)

dynasty, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in 1711 at Motshobo, a small See also:

• VILLAGE

village 5o M. See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north-See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west of See also:

• AVA

Ava . Of humble origin, he had risen to be See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief of his native village when the invasion of See also:

• BURMA

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

Pegu in 1752 gave him the opportunity of attaining to the highest distinction . The whole See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country had tamely submitted to the invader, and the leading chiefs had taken the oaths of See also:

• ALLEGIANCE (Mid. Eng. ligeaunce; med. Lat. ligeantia, &c.; the al- was probably added through confusion with another legal term, allegeance, an allegation; the Fr. allegeance comes from the English; the word is formed from " liege," of which the derivatio

allegiance . See also:

• ALOMPRA, ALOUNG

Alompra, however, with a more See also:

• INDEPENDENT

independent spirit, not only contrived to regain See also:

• POSSESSION
• POSSESSION (Lat. possessio, possidere, to possess)

possession of his village, but was able to defeat a See also:

• BODY

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
• STANDARD, BATTLE OF THE

standard and marched with him upon Ava, which was recovered from the invaders before the See also:

• CLOSE
• CLOSE (from Lat. clausum, shut)
• CLOSE, MAXWELL HENRY (1822-1903)

close of 1753 . For several years he prosecuted the See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war with See also:

• UNIFORM

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

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 (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city of See also:

• RANGOON

Rangoon . In 1757 he had established his position as one of the most powerful monarchs of the See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

East by the invasion and See also:

• CONQUEST

conquest of Pegu . Before a See also:

• YEAR

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

massacre of the See also:

• ENGLISH

English at Negrais in See also:

• OCTOBER

October 1759 is supposed to have been approved by Alompra after the event, though there is no See also:

• EVIDENCE (Lat. evidentia, evideri, to appear clearly)

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 (i.e. capital stock or fund)
• CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

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

modern See also:

• ORIENTAL

Oriental See also:

• HISTORY

history . To undoubted military See also:

• GENIUS (from Lat. genere, gignere)

genius he added considerable See also:

• POLITICAL

political sagacity, and he deserves particular See also:

• CREDIT (Lat. credere, to believe)

credit for his efforts to improve the See also:

• ADMINISTRATION (Lat. administrare, to serve)

administration of See also:

• JUSTICE (Lat. justitia)

justice . His See also:

• CRUELTY (through the O. Fr. crualte, mod. cruaute, from the Lat. crudelitas)

cruelty and deceitfulness were faults See also:

• COMMON

common to all Eastern despots .