Letya Zeya Thingyan ( my, လက်ျာ ဇေယျ သင်္ကြန်, ) was governor of Toungoo (Taungoo) from 1408/09 to 1411/12.Sein Lwin Lay 2006: 26 Born Khin Nyo, he was a childhood tutor of King Minkhaung I of Ava. His appointment as governor of Toungoo came at the height of the

Forty Years' War The Forty Years' War ( my, အနှစ်လေးဆယ်စစ်; 1385 – 1424; also Ava-Pegu War or the Mon-Burmese War) was a military war fought between the Burmese-speaking Kingdom of Ava and the Mon-speaking Kingdom of Hanthawad ...

against the

Hanthawaddy Kingdom ( Mon) ( Burmese) , conventional_long_name = Kingdom of Hongsarwatoi (Hanthawaddy) Pegu , common_name = Hongsarwatoi (Hanthawaddy) Kingdom / Ramannya (Ramam) , era = Warring states , status = Kingdom , event_pre ...

, and he commanded the regional Toungoo army, which consisted of 60 war elephants. In 1411/12, Minkhaung reappointed Letya to

Pyinzi Pyinzi is a town in eastern Myingyan District in the center of the Mandalay Region in Myanmar. It is located at the crossroads where Route 2 goes west to Natogyi, Route 2 goes east to Myittha, and a secondary highway goes south to Kokkosu and P ...

because the king was concerned that Letya was getting too old to be governor of a frontier town during the war. He lost his post in 1426 when the new king

Mohnyin Thado Mohnyin Thado ( my, မိုးညှင်း သတိုး, ; 1379–1439) was king of Ava from 1426 to 1439. He is also known in Burmese history as Mohnyin Min Taya (မိုးညှင်း မင်းတရား, , "Righteous L ...

appointed his son-in-law Thihapate governor of Pyinzi.Hmannan Vol. 2 2003: 61

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