''Yazeinda Yazawara Mandani'' (), or more commonly known as ''Maha Yazawin Kyaw'' ( my, မဟာ ရာဇဝင်ကျော်, ; ), is a Konbaung period national chronicle of

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(Myanmar). The chronicle is very similar to ''

Hmannan Yazawin ''Hmannan Maha Yazawindawgyi'' ( my, မှန်နန်း မဟာ ရာဇဝင်တော်ကြီး, ; commonly, ''Hmannan Yazawin''; known in English as the '' Glass Palace Chronicle'') is the first official chronicle of Konbaung ...

'', the official chronicle of Konbaung Dynasty, except for its more sympathetic treatment of the last Toungoo kings.Thaw Kaung 2010: 53–55

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The chronicle had already been in the works in May 1829 when its author Monywe Zetawun Sayadaw, a

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and one of the "most learned scholars" of the day was tapped by King

Bagyidaw Bagyidaw ( my, ဘကြီးတော်, ; also known as Sagaing Min, ; 23 July 1784 – 15 October 1846) was the seventh king of the Konbaung dynasty of Burma from 1819 until his abdication in 1837. Prince of Sagaing, as he was commonly known ...

to head the

Royal Historical Commission of Burma The Royal Historical Commission ( my, တော်ဝင် မြန်မာနိုင်ငံ သမိုင်း ကော်မရှင်, ) of the Konbaung Dynasty of Burma (Myanmar) produced the standard court chronicles of Konbaung ...

. The commission was asked to write a new official chronicle. The ''

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'' had already written an abridged chronicle in 1810, and ''Maha Yazawin Kyaw'' was intended to be a comprehensive national chronicle. For the next three years and four months, the monk and the commission worked on compiling the new chronicle.Hmannan Vol. 1 2003: vi While working on ''Hmannan'', the monk however disagreed with other members of the commission on their portrayal of the last Toungoo kings. He felt that the existing assessments of the Toungoo kings by the Konbaung historians were too harsh and unwarranted. Though he was the head of the commission, his views did not prevail. The monk continued to work with the commission to the completion of the chronicle but also completed his own version c. 1831–1832 before ''Hmannan'' was officially completed. Aside from its more sympathetic narrative of the late Toungoo period, ''Maha Yazawin Kyaw'' does not differ much from the rest of ''Hmannan''.

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