Kinwun Min-Gyi's London Diary: The First Mission Of A Burmese Minister In Britain (Asian Portraits)

Features of Kinwun Min-Gyi's London Diary: The First Mission of a Burmese Minister in Britain (Asian Portraits)

Kinwun Min-gyi was a voice of moderation in the clamor of opinion in the Burmese court as to how to deal with the British usurpers. Thus the first Burmese diplomatic mission to London in 1872, led by the Kinwun Min-gyi, worked zealously to convey Burma's rich culture to the world, and to secure international recognition as an independent