Maung Bein (Burmese: မောင်ပိန်), known by honorific U Bein (Burmese: ဦးပိန်), was a Burmese court official and clerk of Amarapura Mayor Bhai Saab.[1] He is remembered for building the U Bein Bridge.[2] The bridge was built from wood reclaimed from the former royal palace in Inwa.[3] He also served the King Pagan along with Bhai Saab in the closest proximity of all government officials and often enjoyed great power that was derived from the king's favor.[4] Maung Bein and Bhai Saab are some examples of powerful figures who were the most powerful officials of their time.[5] Being favourites of the king, no one can compete with them for power. They are notorious for persecuting the people.[6][7] Eventually the King Pagan realized their sins and order to executed them. Maung Bein was a Muslim but a graduate of a Burmese monastery.[8]

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  2. ^ Mranʻ māʹ cvayʻ cuṃ kyamʻʺ (in Burmese). Mranʻ mā Nuinʻ Naṃ Bhā Sā Pranʻ cā Pe ʹA Sāṅʻʺ. 1954.
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  5. ^ Nvayʻ, Natʻ (2002). Mranʻ mā praññʻ mrokʻ puiṅʻʺ (in Burmese). Khyui Teʺ Saṃ Cā pe.
  6. ^ Sanʻʺ (Ūʺ), Bha (1953). Kyanʻ ̋suṃ ̋mranʻ mā rā ja vanʻ (in Burmese). Thvnʻ ̋thvnʻ-̋kvmʻ pa ṇī.
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  8. ^ "ကမ္ဘာကျော် ဦးပိန်တံတားကြီး၏ရှုခင်းအလှများအား ယခုနှစ်တွင် ခရီးသွာများပိုမိုလာရောက် လေ့လာလျက်ရှိ". Myanmar DigitalNews (in Burmese). 7 April 2019.