Min Hla ( my, မင်းလှ, ; also known as Min Hla Nge, မင်းလှငယ် , ; 1417–1425) was king of
Ava for three months in 1425. The eldest child of King
Thihathu of Ava (r. 1421–1425) was only 8 when he was placed on the throne by the court, following the assassination of his father. The boy king too was assassinated three months later by Queen
Shin Bo-Me, who had arranged his father's assassination. He was succeeded by Prince
Nyo of Kale Kye-Taung, Bo-Me's lover.
Brief
Min
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Hla was born to Princess
Saw Min Hla and Crown Prince
Thihathu
Thihathu ( my, သီဟသူ, ; 1265–1325) was a co-founder of the Myinsaing Kingdom, and the founder of the Pinya Kingdom in today's central Burma (Myanmar).Coedès 1968: 209 Thihathu was the youngest and most ambitious of the three brother ...
in
Ava (Inwa),
[Hmannan Vol. 2 2003: 54] 26 April 1417.
[The main royal chronicles (Maha Yazawin Vol. 2 2006: 59–60), (Yazawin Thit Vol. 1 2012: 270) and (Hmannan Vol. 2 2003: 58) all say that he became king at age 8 (in his 9th year) in August/September 1425, meaning he was born in early 779 ME (1417). The chronicle ''Zatadawbon Yazawin'' (Zata 1960: 74) says he was born on Monday, 11th nekkhat of the 2nd month of 774 ME. But the birth year of 774 ME is most likely a typographical error, and should be 779 ME per the other chronicles. Indeed, Monday, 11th waxing of Kason of 779 ME = Monday, 26 April 1417.] The prince had two younger sisters,
Saw Pyei Chantha and Shwe Pyi Shin Me,
[(Maha Yazawin Vol. 2 2006: 56) says Min Hla had just one younger sister, Saw Pyei Chantha. But (Yazawin Thit Vol. 1 2012: 270) says Min Hla had another the sister, the youngest sibling, Shwe Pyi Shin Me. (Hmannan Vol. 2 2003: 54) follows ''Yazawin Thit's'' account.] and four older maternal half-siblings—
Minye Kyawhtin
Minye Kyawhtin ( my, မင်းရဲကျော်ထင်, ; also transliterated as Minyekyawdin 1651–1698) was king of Toungoo dynasty of Burma (Myanmar) from 1673 to 1698. Minye Kyawhtin, governor of Pindale, was elected by the ministe ...
,
Min Hla Htut, Minye Aung Naing,
Saw Min Phyu, from his mother's first marriage to his uncle Crown Prince
Minye Kyawswa
Minye Kyawswa ( my, မင်းရဲကျော်စွာ, ; also Minyekyawswa and Minrekyawswa; January 1391 – 13 March 1415) was crown prince of Ava from 1406 to 1415, and commander-in-chief of Ava's military from 1410 to 1415. H ...
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[ His mother was wedded to his father in 1416, a year after the death of Minye Kyawswa, by his grandfather King Minkhaung I (r. 1400–1421).][Hmannan Vol. 2 2003: 50][Yazawin Thit Vol. 1 2012: 263–264]
Minkhaung died in 1421, and with Thihathu's accession, a 4-year-old Min Hla became the heir-presumptive
An heir presumptive is the person entitled to inherit a throne, peerage, or other hereditary honour, but whose position can be displaced by the birth of an heir apparent or a new heir presumptive with a better claim to the position in question.
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of the kingdom. About four years later in August 1425, Thihathu was assassinated in an attempted coup by one of his queens, Shin Bo-Me, who had planned to place her lover Prince Nyo of Kale (Kalay) on the throne.[Hmannan Vol. 2 2003: 58] But the coup was not an immediate success. The court simply followed the order of succession
An order of succession or right of succession is the line of individuals necessitated to hold a high office when it becomes vacated such as head of state or an honour such as a title of nobility.[Tarabya of Ava
Tarabya ( my, တရဖျား, or ; 22 December 1368 – 25 November 1400) was king of Ava for about seven months in 1400. He was the heir apparent from 1385 to 1400 during his father King Swa Saw Ke's reign. He was a senior commander in A ...]
(r. 1400)—was available.[ She invited Prince of Kale to come down to Ava to claim the throne by force. Nyo marched to Ava with an army right after the rainy season was over. At Ava, Bo-Me managed to poison the boy king to death in early November 1425.][ The Bo-Me faction successfully placed Nyo on the throne.][Harvey 1925: 96]
Historiography
The following is a list of the key events as reported in the royal chronicles.
Ancestry
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1417 births
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